Ever heard of a Bernardi?

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1986-Bernardi-W0QQAdIdZ148747826

Can't recall ever hearing of a Bernardi. Obviously some sort of kit car that was offered in the 80's. Like a Manta or Aztec??

 

looks like the unholy union of a bricklin and a corvette

 

Here is something I found on the net

"In Canada, a company called FORTVAC Automobile Canada Inc. built another version called the Bernardi. It was based upon a custom chassis with a V6 mounted mid-ships, four-wheel adjustable independent suspension, four wheel discs and power steering. The interior was Genuine leather with VDO gauges and GM instruments."

The founder of this car was Richard Fotier from St-Henri de Levis, Quebec. The cars where built there also.

hope this helps.

 

ok fine but again BEING CANADIAN and A AUTO JOURNALIST I still have never seen or heard of that fugly thing before so I assume they never made it to market

 

What a lovely brand name. "Drive home a new FORTVAC today!"


Man, the Avro Arrow and then this?!

 

I believe they built a dozen examples here in Quebec and I herd that an American company in Florida bought there business. And also the car supposedly was not built to be a kit car.

This is pretty much all I know about this Car.

Hope my research clears a little piece of it's short history..

 

Thanks guys for satisfying my curiosity!!

 

Allegedly, Bernardi mold was ["stolen"] clone...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/archive/index.php/o-t--t-245411--.html

... of Cimbria SS from Amore Motors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , pictured at link below.
http://www.travelhead.com/cars/cimbria/

In the early 1990's, Neria Yachts in Wilmington, North Carolina, built their own molds from a purchased Cimbria and had a limited run of cars called 'Nerias', with a severely modified shortened nose and the options of a full tube chassis and modern running gear.
Scroll down to; First Cousin, once removed...
http://www.nationalsterling.org/About.html

 

Wax... If you were going to "steal" a car's design wouldn't ya want one that looked good?

 

That similar design didn't lure you in?
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