The Purvis Eureka is a sports car which was produced by Purvis Cars from 1974 to 1991 in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia.[1]
It was first exhibited at the 1974 Melbourne International Motor Show, and was based on the British Nova kit car. The name was pay tribute to the Eureka Stockade, with Purvis Cars also adopting the Eureka Flag as its logo. It utilised a Volkswagen Beetle chassis, and had a fibreglass body. The Eureka was offered both as a kit car and as a fully assembled vehicle.[2]
The canopy model had no doors, with access was being through a manually operated one-piece canopy, which was later replaced by a powered canopy.[3] A targa top version was also available from the 1980s onward.[4]