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	The July 2007 Issue Kit Car 148 pages in total - perfect bound - top quality. Priced at £3.99 Kit Car magazine's July issue is available through shops at its cover price, or through our back issues service at £5 UK, £6 Abroad. Payment Details. Complete list of contents of all other available back issues. All our back issues are priced at £5 each (£6 abroad).
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CONTENTS July 2007 REGULARS HYNESIGHT 7 The editor reflects on the ever higher power to weight ratios being achieved by kit cars and the safety implications that must result. NEWS 10 A round up of all the latest news, developments and services from manufacturers and specialist parts suppliers. Plus your chance to win a set of ETB instruments. YOUR SAY 18 In praise of the SVA and Paul Jepson, disagr eement with Iain Ayre and other matters of topical interest. FRESH AYRE 22 Music reviews, pro gr ess on the Police Cobra and the design and development of the hugely interesting Polikoff DP1. CLASSIFIED ADS 48 Fair weather is bringing kit cars out of the garage and into the mark et-place to make way for new build projects. This month sees two large selections of complete pre-owned kit cars offered for sale. There’s another lot at the back of the magazine. LET US GUIDE YOU 147 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 get from Er to Jz. FEATURES GIMME 5! 28 Marlin’s 5EXi has been quietly developed in recent years and from the immensely promising prototype, it’s become a truly brilliant car. GD T70 164 Nigel Dean gets to gr ips with GD’s awesome Lola T70 replica that bases 60s looks on a bang up to date mechanical mix. A THOROUGH GRILLING 173 Kit car gr illes tend to be made from whatever mesh happens to be available but these seemingly trivial components can also be professionally supplied. STERLING SERVICE 174 Hall mark Cars is among the top names in used kit cars. Ian Hyne pays them a visit and finds a thriving company with a gr eat deal to commend it. HAWK 289 182 Hawk Cars is the sole manufacturer of the 289 Cobra and this 289 FIA replica shows the superb authenticity that can be achieved. WORKSHOP TECH TALK 40 Bike engined cars pose a number of technical and cost related decisions and Nigel Dean helps one reader through the minefield. TECH PRODUCTS 37 A superior rust protection system, a smart battery charger and a power glove with torch are among this month’s useful bits and pieces. TECH TIPS 44 Choosing the engine for a kit is no longer a simple matter of using what comes with the donor. Nigel Dean runs through the points to bear in mind. ETB 150 Nigel Dean compares digital instrumentation with conventional analogue instruments in respect of cost and efficiency.