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	The Jan 2007 Issue Kit Car 148 pages in total - perfect bound - top quality. Priced at £3.99 Kit Car magazine's Jan issue is available through shops at its cover price, or through our back issues service at £5 UK, £6 Abroad. Use the buttons below or this link for payment by other means. Complete list of contents of all other available back issues. All our back issues are priced at £5 each (£6 abroad), or £13 for 3 (£16 abroad). Use the button below to buy a copy for delivery to a UK address: Or this one to buy a copy to be delivered to a foreign address:
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CONTENTS Jan 2007 REGULARS HYNESIGHT James May lusts after an MX5 with an Alfa 164 engine. Ian Hyne points him in the right direction and wishes you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year. NEWS Though it’s quieter in the run up to Christmas, the Exeter show is on the horizon and we’ve news of new cars from SDR and MEV. PUBLISHERS PAGE Esteemed publisher, Den Tanner, thought you might like to know, at the start of 2007, that Kit Car is firmly in pole position and why that’s so. In this, the first of a semi-regular column, he’ll be giving accurate information concerning what’s what in the intriguing world of kit car publishing. YOUR SAY Someone’s found an Excalibur GT and wants to know more while another has something to add to Nigel Dean’s piece on starter problems. FRESH AYRE He’s found replacement Lucas smoke on E-Bay, been to the Pebble Beach Concours and found an original Lotus Seven racing in Canada.The editor reflects on the ever higher power to weight ratios being achieved by kit cars and the safety implications that must result. FEATURES ULTIMA GTR The Ultima GTR holds a special place in the kit car world as the only self-build 200mph car available anywhere. Nigel Dean waxes lyrical. FLAT-FOUR FLAIR This is the first Subaru based and powered kit car. We first saw the idea from Minari a few years ago but the Murtaya has been developed in just nine months. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE Jackie Skelton has the guts and the ability to race. This is the first part of her participation in the 2006 Formula Woman Championship. SEBRING Iain Ayre takes a look at the Sebring that provides potential Cobra style thrills with a far higher level of comfort and luxury. TICKET TO RIDE The Toyota MR2 has served as the capable basis of a range of exotic Italian sports car replicas. However, in the Ride Cars GTS 350, it demonstrates a wider range of donor talents. Ian Hyne has a good look. TAXI! The Regent Tourer is a newcomer from a well known name and, though aimed squarely at the wedding hire business, it could also be a period people carrier. WORKSHOP TECH TIPS Nigel Dean explains the meaning of wheel offsets, the use of wheel spacers and what you must consider when going up a hub size. TECH PRODUCTS Sealey Tools have a Christmas promotion, there are rod end bearings from Rally Design and goodies from JLS Motorsport. TECH TALK Kit car registration concerns, sourcing steering components and does changing the engine in a kit require another SVA test? MARKET PLACE KITCARS GALORE – In their very own classified section. Although we’re at the end of the manic selling season we, yet again, bring you the biggest collection of kit cars for sale. There’s still more than a 100 cars for sale at the back of this issue – that’s tons more than you’ll find anywhere else! CAR BUILDERS SOLUTIONS At the very back, we print the CBS catalogue – All 52 pages of it. It’s packed full of Christmas gift ideas for the guys and gals who are into their exotic, and not so exotic, motors.