Ginetta G15 Super S

The Ginetta G15 Super S was a rear engined variant of the G15 built for the American market after normal G15 production had ended. The Ginetta Owners Club says the G15 had been out of production for more than three years when the company's west coast importer in America proposed fitting a Volkswagen Beetle engine and gearbox. Because the importer financed the chassis and body changes, with engines to be fitted on arrival in the United States, Ginetta agreed to build two cars for export. They were standard G15s with the rear chassis modified for the VW driveline, coil spring damper units and an extra damper on the rear trailing arms, wider arches for wider wheels, a horizontally split engine cover, a front air dam and a plastic rear bumper. The club lists a price of 2500 pounds without engine and gearbox, and the Ginetta Owners Club of Switzerland dates the two cars to about 1976.