Kit Car Magazine | Issues

Latest Issue - May 2012

REGULARS

004 > News

What’s happening in the industry.

014 > Display Cabinet

A reader’s Kubelwagen is under the spotlight this month.

123 > Newark Show

We present the Newark show guide. Be there on 16-17 June - it’s great fun!

132 > Fresh Ayre

136 > Hans On

More Iain - this time with dirt under his fingernails!

145 > Classified Ads

The biggest market-place for kit cars. We’ve the largest selection for sale.

153 > Back Issues

Lack of space prevents us printing our back issues list every month, but
here it is. Your chance to order the copies of interest that you may have
missed first time around.

162 > More Fresh Ayre

With more of a practical bent.

FEATURES

018 > Future Seven

Does the MEV Sonic 7 have the credentials to be the modern equivalent of the Lotus Seven styled kit car? Rob Hawkins test drives the 170bhp demonstrator to find out.

030 > Cheshire Cat

Rob Hawkins visits build agent Chester Sports Cars to see how much they know about the SuperCat, which is now manufactured by Southways
Automotive.

036 > Classic or Kit Car

Rob Hawkins test drives the long established Gentry and meets the new owners of this kit car that has become almost as well known as the MG TF it’s styled on.

044 > Chester's JPS

Chester Sports Cars became a Sylva J15 agent in 2010 and recently completed a demonstrator. Rob Hawkins tests drives this Sigma powered
mid-engined pocket rocket

118 > Zero IVA

Rob Hawkins follows Great British Sportscars as they submit their latest demonstrator for an IVA.

WORKSHOP

040 > Tech Tips

Nigel’s advice this month concerns engine rebuilding.

099 > Tech Products

The 2011 Stafford Genuine Kit Car Show saw a wide selection of accessory stands gracing the Bingley Hall. As ever our intrepid Tech’ Ed’ decided to
spend the entire weekend talking tools, fasteners, LED lighting, instrumentation, etc. Here’s a compilation of those products and services which caught Nigel’s attention.

100 > Registration

Building a Kit Car can be relatively straightforward and extremely rewarding. Actually getting your pride and joy on the road, however, can be a little more involved. Paperwork, the IVA test, proving you built the car yourself and ensuring you apply for the right type of registration, it's all too easy to fall foul of the system. Nigel, our Tech’ Ed’, has compiled this comprehensive step-by-step guide to help steer you through the bureaucratic minefield.

106 > IVA Interiors

Tech’ Ed’, Nigel Dean, continues to run through the major aspects of the IVA test. Here he deals with Section 12 - Interior fittings.

112 > IVA Classification

By now you are all probably fed up with the IVA and its introduction. Well, one area still undoubtedly confusing builders is the classification to which a project must be assigned.

116 > Pen Pushing

There is one part of building a kit car that most enthusiasts detest and that’s the paperwork. Whether it’s applying for the IVA test, collating donor
documentation or completing the registration forms, it’s a cross we all have to bear. Until now that is! Nigel Dean has discovered a talented man who can take the pain away. Interested? Nigel explains all.