Help me identify this chassis please! KVA? Countach?

[Alexander M]

Hi there!

I recently came across this chassis - it is a Countach replica - but the chassis seems to be a KVA GT40. I am new to KVA GT40 and I would like to have more information on it in general. Are there drawings of that chassis somewhere? In the manual it reads that the toe and chamber can be adjusted. This rear trailing arm suspension - what is the performance of that? Is it worth changing both front and rear suspension (lots of work). What is your view on this?

Here that Countach replica:

 

[Alexander M]

I found these images and the rear suspension has striking similarities:

 

[Adrian Starling]

Hi Alexander, I have a GT Forte completed chassis with suspension which you could use to upgrade your chassis. Please pm if you would like to further the conversation. Kind regards, Adrian

 

[Nick]

Hi Alexander if it turns out to be a KVA / GTD chassis, and you can weld or know someone who can you could see if a Southern GT conversion will fit and if they will export to you so you can graft it onto your chassis

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[Paul Hendrickx]

In ZA you should be able to find the South African version of the first KVA. the KCC similar chassis and suspensions

 

[Alexander M]

Is there any more information on that front suspension unit? What car is that from? It seems removable completely.

 

[Mike Pass]

In the UK the early KVA used the fabricated trailing arm setup like yours. The angled cantilever bracket holding the top of the coil over is something of an undamped spring as it it is not well braced. Some early KVAs used Ford Granada trailing arms.
In the UK the early KVA used a complete Ford Cortina Mk3 front axle. In SA I think KCC would have used something from a SA Ford.. Unless the pic is flipped your car seems to be left hand drive. The two main SA GT40 cars are the Superformance and the CAV. and both of these suspension setups are not readily adaptable to your chassis. In the UK many people upgraded by cutting off the entire front and rear chassis and welding on SGT front and rear sections. However SGT have been taken over by AK who do not offer this option.
Cheers
Mike

 

[Frank Catt]

What ever chassis it is, one thing is sure - it must not ever be driven , its dangerous !

 

[Alexander M]

What ever chassis it is, one thing is sure - it must not ever be driven , its dangerous !

Can you outline your thoughts here?

 

[Alexander M]

Front suspension:

Indeed somewhat similar to this Ford Cortina unit

My idea was to fabricate an early C4 front suspension into the car

 

[Alexander M]

For the rear, I was also thinking C4 - similar to this Countach scratch build

But I wonder how "bad" the KVA chassis really is. Just because thinks look better does not mean they are better.

 

[Ian Anderson]

If you are in South Africa try and find a Car magazine from the late 1980’s, every month the KCC (Kit car Center) that a next to the Joburg Pick and Pay Bernini advertised in the mag. From memory the whole kit was ZAR25000

It was a copy of the KVA chassis but made in South Africa. The front suspension was a complete Cortina suspension subframe welded in place.

Engineering was very agricultural heavy and probably not something you want to be doing any sort of speed in. southern GT now AK Sports cars can make a weld in section to convert the rear to GT40 stuff.

Overall I would think your C4 stuff will be a more economic and sensible idea
Ian