What car comes to your mind when I say it was built by the Australians? For me it’s the Holden Ute, but what if I told you they built a sports car! Like you I too was a little surprised when I came across this bit of information and decided to dig a little deeper. There was a car called the PURVIS EUREKA. Purvis built cars in Australia between 1974 and 1991, and was founded by Allan Purvis in Melbourne. Allan was interested in the UK kit car manufacturer called Nova. The interest in kit car manufacturing was something prevalent during the 70s to the late 90s when we saw a lot of them. These companies mostly borrowed a power plant from Ford or GM, had a basic tubular steel chassis, and a fiberglass or aluminum body. Allan was so impressed with the Nova kit car that he decided to source the kit and sell it in Australia. However he did not want to just sell it directly, instead along with his team he perfected the car for 3 years and unveiled it at the Melbourne auto show in 1974. One ma
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