Spex Design Corporation

{{Short description|Canadian kit car manufacturer}}

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Spex Design Corporation was a kit car manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded by Paul Deutschman (also known for the T-Rex, Porsche Spexter and Callaway cars like the C7 Corvette and CS Camaro) and Kell Warshaw in 1982.{{Cite news |last=Suderman |first=Art |date=March 18, 1988 |title=Prototype recalls classic Porsche Speedster |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-prototype-recalls-classic/157429670/ |access-date=October 19, 2024 |work=Calgary Herald |pages=C3 |via=Newspapers.com}} The company made a kit called Spex Elf that was somewhere between a body kit and a kit car based on the first-generation (1973–1979) Honda Civic. 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 Honda Accord and the rear light from Mercury Capri.{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Rich |date=January 1985 |title=At Last: The Thoroughly Modern Kit Car |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_OMDAAAAMBAJ |access-date=October 19, 2024 |magazine=Popular Mechanics |pages=91, 143 |via=Google Books}} The company made about 20 kits before selling the molds.