Spex Design Corporation

{{No sources, date=March 2019 Spex Design Corporation was a

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manufacturer based in

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. The company was founded by

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(also known for the

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in 1985. The company made a kit called ''Spex Elf'' that was somewhere in the middle of a body kit and a kit car based on the first generation (1973-1979)

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. By cutting off the roof and side panels and adding a steel subframe and fibreglass body it allowed a quite easy conversion of a Honda Civic into a roadster. The kit used many parts from the donor Civic, but the front light came from the

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and the rear light from

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. The company made about 20 kits before selling the molds. Kit car manufacturers