REGULARS
HYNESIGHT
Haynes’ Power Tool Grand Prix and Dremel’s race car challenge are perfect showcases for the ingenuity and technical ability of Kit Car readers.
NEWS
Win a trip to the Monaco GP with Dremel, news from
Stuart
Taylor,
Westfield
, MEV, Sylva plus a classic kit-form one-off is on the road to completion.
YOUR SAY
If you’ve got words of con
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atulation, condemnation or criticism or simply want to air a topic of particular or topical interest, here’s your opportunity.
FRESH AYRE
Our man dishes out slapped fingers to Carroll Shelby, identifies the cause of the high rate of heart attacks, updates on the Police Cobra and a good deal more from the
USA
.
SEEING i2i
Ian Hyne
visits i2I television for a review of an established Channel 5 television series in which kits and restorations created star cars.
LET US GUIDE YOU
Classic replicas represent a large proportion of the kit cars available today. Over the next few issues we’ll be detailing all of them in alphabetical order. This month we cover 48 pages worth, from Ro to W, whilst next month we’ll fill in the final gap from Ki to Ro.
KIT CARS GALORE
Summer weather is bringing kit cars out of the garage and into the
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et-place to make way for new build projects. This month sees the largest selection of complete used kit cars offered for sale. There are well over 170 in this issue – the largest collection to be found anywhere!
FEATURES
A STING IN THE TAIL
Grinnall’s Scorpion has brought modern design to the three-wheeler. Nigel Dean compares driving it to the experience of his Dad’s Morgan trike.
RED RAW
Ian Hyne
gets to
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ips with Raw’s superb T150 and briefly samples raw Northern’s 320 bhp Noble Motorsport 2-litre Duratec car. We’re talking 600 bhp per ton!
THE EYES HAVE IT
The Tifosi Rana is an old style Frogeyed Sprite replica on a very dated donor. But it’s cute, affordable and above all, fun.
Ian Hyne
takes a gander at it.
GOING LARGE
Ian Hyne
tries a Dodge Viper replica (Venom RT10) for sale at Hall
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Cars. It may not be the best there is but it represents a
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ading.
WORKSHOP
TECH TALK
The design of a cooling system for a Pinto powered MK Indy and a run down of the range of terms used to describe engines.
TECH TIPS
They look brilliant and also perform better than standard equipment. Nigel Den takes you through the selection and fitting of steel-braided hoses.
TECH PRODUCTS
With kit car values increasing and attracting the attention of thieves,
Nigel Dean
thoroughly explores alarms and immobilisers.
FASTENER FINDINGS
There’s a certain science involved in selecting the fasteners employed for the varying aspects of a kit car build.
Nigel Dean
is your guide to steel, zinc-plated, stainless or even titanium for the ultimate in construction chic.
VENI, VIDI, SCC
Stafford Vehicle Components is another essential specialist supporting the industry who, as well as selling lighting and electrical components, also manufacture.
NO PROBLEMS: JUST SOLUTIONS
If you’ve got a build problem, Neil Foreman’s got the solution. How? Because he’s hit the same snag and found the kit to get round it. This is a man who can save you a lot of time, hassle and hair!
REAR-GUARD ACTION
Concern over the continued availability of Ford rear wheel drive components and gearboxes is unfounded thanks to Mitchell Cotts Transmissions. Robert Hawkins finds out why.
COBRA CHAT AND TECH TIPS
Are you building an authentic Cobra replica? Gerry Hawkridge comes up with a definitive guide to dashboard lay-outs as well as a table for speedo gear selection. That’s on top of his pearls of accumulated technical wisdom to make car building easier and safer.
INITIAL IMPRESSIONS
Iain Ayre visits Rover V8 specialist RPI Engineering, to see what they have to offer builders and users of the industry’s most popular V8.
WIRED AND WONDERFUL
Wire Wheels are essential wear for many 60s and 70s sports car replicas plus a
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eat many of the kit industry’s period roadsters. Wire wheels are a
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eat deal more than a very pretty face - Iain Ayre checks out what MWS have to offer, and finds a few surprises.
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