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Yes, that's a PBS. It was rebuilt by Chuck Koske and ran in the SF region for many years. He and his dad had heavily modified the PBS body work, shortening it up, etc. They sold it and built a new car and body, of which that new body is what was used on the Fox cars.

PBS stands for Paul and Bob Swenson and the have a shop in Garden Grove. They've built some of the most ineresting cars, boats, motorcycles and even horses for carousels. Here is a link to the history section of their site. http://www.pbseng.com/PBSHistory.html Many of their cars are still active and running in vintage. My dad owned and ran a PBS MKIV for many years. I'll try to get him to dig out some old photos and get them scanned and posted.

John Bosso

We have completed the frame restoration on the Astech to as close to original as possible thanks to Bob Fox. Have fitted the orig Fiat 850 block and Webster transmission, now we need to see about getting some new body work made (we have a nose mold with a new nose in it, but not much else. Need to talk to Kerry Tholen again and see if she knows where the molds are), get it fitted, then strip it all back down for blasting, powder coat, then home for complete assembly. Maybe mid year 2009 we could get it on track.

Not sure of any other Astech's still running. Last I talked with Kerry, she still has hers fitted with a Nissan. Dick Colburn still has some pieces and frames, not sure about the original car. He's on this site regularly, but he may be busy getting ready for the runoffs.

John