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Fiberfab was an American automotive manufacturer established in 1964.
Starting with accessories and body parts, they progressed to making kit cars and fully assembled automobiles.
They became one of the longest lasting kit car manufacturers.
After moving from Wisconsin to California, Warren Harding "Bud" Goodwin began racing sports cars.
He built his own racing special, topped with a Microplas Mistral body.
Goodwin incorporated Sports Car Engineering （SCE） in 1957 to manufacture Mistral bodies under license and sell them as the SCE Spyder.
SCE's bodies incorporated the innovation of bonding steel tubing into the fiberglass for rigidity.
SCE also manufactured custom chassis.
By the time Goodwin sold the company to Du Crest Fiberglass in 1958, SCE's product line had grown to include the Tornado and Hurricane models.
In 1964 Goodwin and partner John Hebler established the Fiberfab Company in Palo Alto, California.
The company started building street rod parts and body panels for Corvettes, Mustangs, and Jaguars before moving on to complete bodies and kit cars.
Noel Johnson was a Fiberfab employee who later became part owner of the company.
He said that Goodwin was impressed by the Devin body kit concept, but wanted a product that would be easier for the inexperienced home builder to assemble.
Within two years Fiberfab had launched several complete body kits, including the Apache, Aztec and Aztec II, and the Centurion.
In 1966 Fiberfab was made a subsidiary of Velocidad Inc.
, another company controlled by Goodwin.
The key people in Velocidad were Jamaica K. Goodwin （president）, Warren "Bud" Goodwin （vice-president）, and John E. Hebler （Secretary-Treasurer/plant manager）.
The company was also referred to as Fiberfab-Velocidad Inc.
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