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Feb 2008 Issue

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Feb 2008

REGULARS

HYNESIGHT                                                                                                             

Having driven the Sylva Riot on a track day alongside Evos and Imprezas, Ian Hyne reckons you don’t need electronic gizmos to make a car drive, handle and grip.

NEWS                                                                                                                       

Westfield has bought GTM is the big news while the Onyx Type 37 nears completion, the MEV R2 appears and the Midas Gold Coupe moulds have been recovered.

FRESH AYRE                                                                                                    

The Buick Riviera is pretty, academia is easy, a Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi, Teal’s Andy Dutton solves a problem and a bigger than average Backdraft Cobra.

CLASSIFIEDS                                                                                                

Whilst not as packed as usual, given the season, our classifieds still offer a wonderful selection of used kit cars for sale.

FEATURES

FIGHTING IN THE STREET                                                                         

The Sylva Riot is exactly that but this is no mindless thug, it’s a cool, well calculated and potent, giant-killing driving machine that punches well above its weight.

DAX COSTING                                                                                              

You may have followed Nigel in the building of his Cobra replica some time ago. Here he revisits his build with an account of what it cost. Ooch!

WORLD OF REPLICAS                                                                                       

Standards in the kit car industry have risen umpteen fold over the past decade or so. Here Ian recounts how that’s impacted upon the replica side of this industry.

JIM FIXED IT FOR ME – Part 2                                                                      

It’s a long way from Pamplona to Santiago but the car was fine and things were looking good until that last afternoon when once again, oil caused a problem.

WORKSHOP

HOW TO BUILD A WESTFIELD – Part 3                                                    

It’s one thing to build a car but quite another to do it the Nigel Dean way. If you want to do the best possible job, read and learn from a master of the art.

BE PREPARED                                                                                               

Is your garage suitable for kit car building? Ian Hyne gives some hints and tips about what facilities you’ll need.

FORWARD PLANNING                                                                                 

David Hill takes the would-be kit cat builder through the whole process of project planning and shows you how forethought can make any build a breeze.

TECH PRODUCTS                                                                                            

Indoor and outdoor car covers, a handy oil-filter removal tool, winter offers from Sealey tools and oil-coolers from Rally Design interest Nigel this month.

TECH TIPS                                                                                                           

'Detail’ Dean has a few words of wisdom for Rover V8 owners with rough rocker covers while the simple lessons can be applied to any kit car engine bay.

REAR END

GUIDE EXTRACT

Last year we published an A to Z Guide, a Replica Guide and a Cobra Guide. Here we’ve included a sample section to show you what you might have missed. If you didn’t miss it first time, please chill because it’s a FREE BONUS!

Feb 2008

If you send somebody else to purchase your monthly 'fix'; make sure they pick up the biggest and best magazine on the subject! There are other titles with confusingly similar names. Ours has a massive 172 pages and is quite the most total and complete.

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The Total & Complete guide to all kit cars

Kit Car Guide

Kit Cars & the Law

Registration, Single / Individual Vehicle Approval,Regulations SVA, IVA, BIVA

Replica Guide

AC Cobras, Sevens & other replicas