EMPI Sportster Dune Buggy – video

In the late 1950s this was one of the first all metal kit car dune buggy built on a VW Beetle shortened pan or frame.

EMPI owned part of  Land Sea Air Inc., Riverside California. They sold lots of plans and lots of kits.

The EMPI Sportsters where built at Econo Motors in Riverside, California.

 

Here are some links to more info and videos of EMPI Sportsters:

Beach Wheels Blog

Larry’s 1958 EMPI Sportster – video clip

Nice EMPI Sportster – video clip

New EMPI Sportster – video clip

EMPI Sportster Face Book page

Dune Buggy Archives – web site

EMPI Sportster info on Samba web site