A look back at last year's event...
In the exhibition hall, there was something for everyone.
Pilgrim displayed their 356 lookalike Speedster, which generated lots of interest along with their popular cobra kit. Tiger brought their new Aviator, which will soon be road tested and featured in Kit Car. Replicator Cars displayed their recently completed TR3 replica, which we’d test driven three days before the show.
Another new car was the recently launched single seater MEV Sonic, which is now marketed along with other MEV kits by Nottingham based Road Track Race. Raw made an appearance on the Sunday with their Striker and Fulcrum and had reasons to celebrate after Garry Goodyear had won the Kit Car Championship in his Fulcrum the day before.
The IVA has seemingly dissuaded a lot of people from buying and building kit cars. Luckily there are several kit cars that don’t need to undergo the test and Stafford saw many of them including the Reliant based Tempest, MR2 based kits from DNA and Dave Jones, Pilgrim’s Beetle based 356 and the buggies from Blitzworld.
The busiest stands were undoubtedly those selling parts. Europa Spares, Car Builder Solutions and Robin Hood were all inundated. From the kit car manufacturers, orders were taken by Road Track Race, MNR, Cobretti, Pilgrim and DNA to name but a few. Several test drives were booked for Martin Keenan’s Midi (MK Engineering) and most manufacturers were pleased by the interest and enthusiasm.
New contenders in the kit car market included HID City, who supply HID Xenon headlight kits and have ventured into the component car market. Similarly, Viper Performance were testing the water with their range of silicone hoses, tubing and air filters.