Could they have made it today? 🤔

Bradley Automotive operated from 1970 to 1981. The company specialized in fiberglass-bodied kit cars designed to bolt directly onto an unmodified Volkswagen Beetle chassis. This allowed builders to combine a reliable, affordable mechanical platform with exotic, sports car styling. Their most famous model, the Bradley GT, featured two seats and distinctive, upward-swinging gullwing doors. It achieved significant popularity through widespread magazine advertising, selling roughly 6,000 units. High-profile owners like Liberace, who famously ordered a gold metal flake version, helped elevate the brand's cultural profile. In the late 1970s, the company introduced the more refined GT II. However, Bradley soon faced major hurdles, including severe quality control issues, missing parts in customer kits, and the mass defection of its sales staff. Facing growing customer complaints and consumer fraud investigations by the Minnesota attorney general, the company transitioned into the Electric Vehicle Corporation to build battery-powered versions. These efforts could not save the business, and it folded in 1981 under heavy debt. #kitcar #1970s #cheapcars