Art Costalonga

Santo André , Brazil

Art Costalonga was a Brazilian manufacturer of hot rod kit cars. 

History

Donizete Costalonga founded the company in Santo André and is considered the best hot rod builder in the country. He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Art Costalonga .2005 and 2010, two vehicles won prizes. It is not known when the production ended. The last saved version of the company's website dates back to 2010. A total of around 100 vehicles were created as kits or built.

The most important product line was Hot Rods. The vehicles resembled the style of a Ford from 1932.  They were in versions Hiboy dragster and roadsters for the road, as well as from 2008 Coadster available. The base formed a separate chassis with four-wheel independent suspension. The bodies were made of fiberglass usually high-powered Ford V8 engines powered the vehicles with automatic transmission. 

In addition, his first success, called Black Bird (Painted in satin black), was built from a Chevrolet Corvette and created replica of the Chevrolet Corvette from 1958 with 452 hp with its own chassis and suspension the replica Chevrolet Corvette from 1958 is also available as kits.