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Follow us on @CKCMagazine Comment: Editor’s Letter
Welcome
T
here’s a magazine shop in Brighton called, Healy Enigma (as driven elsewhere in the issue) shares
imaginitively enough, MagazineBrighton that common ground with an MX-5. Unlike the Fiat, you can
specialises in the kind of ultra-specialist specify it to your own taste to the nth degree and be
titles that you won’t find in WHSmith. The pretty certain that you’ll rarely see another in your local
magazine you’re holding in your hand right now would be supermarket car park. Now that has to be better value
considered far too mainstream to appear on its shelves; than a £15 magazine.
instead, it stocks titles that are printed in very small
numbers by very small independent publishers, but which It’s possibly a bit hackneyed to say that we don’t just write
command high cover prices – we’re talking as much as about kit cars but own them too, but the fact remains
£15 for a single edition. that you couldn’t do this job without loving kit cars. Every
Kit car journalist for over Why am I telling you this? Because publishing is single writer on this magazine owns at least one kit car,
15 years. Built a Sylva
just one area where products made for a very specific and some of them are even on the road and working!
Riot and raced a Tiger
market has emerged, and where people are willing to With that in mind, we created the 18-page supplement
Avon for several seasons.
Has run numerous kit
pay a premium for something that’s rare, special and tagged to the back of this issue. Because there’s so much
cars as daily drivers over made precisely for people like them. Name just about more to kit car ownership than building and driving –
the years. any product you can think of and there will be a less there’s the constant potential for personalisation, upgrade
well-known, more bespoke boutique offering of the same and adventure, and that’s something you can easily forget
that commands a greater value. In ever greater numbers, if your build has ground to a halt or your car has been off
people are turning their backs on Tesco in favour of the the road for some time.
local butcher and the number of micro breweries increases If that rings true for you, why not make 2016 the year
all the time. that you grasp the nettle and make the most of kit car
THE CKC TEAM
And kit car manufacturers are the automotive parallel ownership? It makes for a far better new year’s resolution
PUBLISHER to this movement. The days of building a kit car because than the usual catalogue of abstinence that will be forgotten
Ian Stent it’s a cheaper way to get into a sports car are long by mid-January. And those of us in the CKC office whose cars
TECHNICAL EDITOR gone. Today, you build (or buy) a kit car because it’s not are off the road will join you! Have a great Christmas and
John Dickens homogenised in the way a mainstram, globally available start making kit car plans for the season ahead.
COLUMNISTS sports car is. In a world where a Fiat 124 Spider and
Gary Axon Mazda MX-5 are really the same car, so a truly individual Adam Wilkins, Editor
Richard Heseltine kit-form offering takes on greater value. Like the Fiat, the @AdamWilkins_
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Contents: January 2016 Like us on /CKCMagazine
18 First Drive – Healy Enigma

Latest folding hard-top version of
impressive Enigma driven.
24 Out & About – Vee-Power

Goodwood Breakfast event focuses
on the appeal of Vee!
25 Out & About – Southern Classics

Local gathering in Chichester
College car park reveals hidden gems.
26 Out & About – Restoration Show
44
CKC hosted a hall of kit car clubs at
the recent Classic Restoration Show.
30 Reader’s Car – Westfield S2000

The second part of the story on Bill
Bourne’s impressive Mega S2000 Westie.
36 Race Diaries
Latest on and off track antics of our
competition regulars.
40 Event Preview – Autosport

What to expect at 2016’s first big
event. Come and say hello.
44 Impressions – Dutton Surf

Richard Heseltine recalibrates his
brain as he drives into a river... and floats!
50 What Were They Thinking!

Another extraordinary round-up of
26
the weirdest one-offs from our archives.
36
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56 Reader’s Car – DNA 4Thirty

Think a bodykit is for kit car
cheats... think again. Paul Lucas’s DNA build
makes us re-evaluate the genre... again.
62 Our Cars
More progress being made by at least
some of the CKC team, if not all of them!.
66 How To: Wheel Offsets Explained

John Dickens talks you through how
to accurately measure your wheel offset.
70 Products
The latest new kit car friendly
products to catch our eye.
74 Running Reports
More news from real kit car
builders in the real world.
56
6
3 Welcome
Can kit car makers make the most of the
current trend for small, independent businesses?
17 Outside View
Axon found our challenge to
name ten cars that have yet to be replicated
challenging. Here’s why.
6 Up Front – News
What’s going on in the kit car world.
79 Between The Lines
Insider knowledge revealed.
12 Up Front – Clubs & Lifestyle

What you’ve been up to in your car and
with your club.
15 Events Diary
What’s happening when.
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Up Front: News Like us on /CKCMagazine
DNA goes old school:

Classic California revealed
A while back, we ran a story
on DNA Automotive’s new
service offering its mould-making
skills to anyone who had an idea
that they wanted to turn into
reality. David Turrici responded,
and went to the firm with his plans
for a BMW Z3 based Ferrari 250
California replica. This is the result
– and it’s going into production as
a DNA model.
It marks a new direction
for DNA in offering a classic
replica alongside its modern
supercar recreations. “I like older
cars,” says DNA’s Brian Hale,
“and they’re great to replicate
because they don’t go out of
fashion!”
The photos here show the
buck from which the production
moulds will be taken. In typical
DNA fashion, it looks thoroughly
developed and finished to a very
high standard. It’s also said to be a
very simple build. Unlike other Z3
bodykits on the market, the engine
cover is a conventional bonnet is the consequence of fewer windscreen surround) and lighting. time for the car’s debut at May’s
rather than a flip front. components. That will buy The latter are Mini at the front and Stoneleigh show. Given DNA’s track
The £5950 kit price makes everything needed to covert a Z3 MGB at the back, and therefore record, we’re looking forward to
this the entry-level offering in and get it ready for paint. Options readily available. seeing this one. Oh, and naturally
the DNA range, but there’s no on top of that include wheels, Interior upgrades are also to the first one will be red.
drop in quality – the lower price additional accessories (grilles, follow, and should be ready in www.dnaautomotive.com
Westfield adopts innovative rotary engine

W estfield Sportscars is
working with Advanced
Innovative Engineering on an
AIE has designed and
developed the rotary engine
below – and, yes, that is all of it!
120bhp. Smaller versions still –
with lower power outputs are
also available – and are designed
adventurous new engine option It’s about the size of a briefcase, to work as range extenders for
for its SEi model. weighs just 28kg and produces electric vehicles. Westfield is the
first company to use one of AIE’s
rotary engines as the sole means
of powering a vehicle. required. This engine is a big
And with 120bhp, and such step in the right direction.
light weight, it’s more than How popular the engine
capable of delivering acceptable proves in a market where the
performance. weight saving is not necessary
The decision to adopt will no doubt depend on its
the technology is driven by cost, fuel consumption and its
forthcoming regulations to reduce driving characteristics. Until
vehicle weights – something that we have those answers, we
Westfield needs to abide by with must applaud Westfield for its
its type approved models. Given consistently forward-looking
that the SEi is already very light, approach to specialist sports
it will require significant measures car manufacture.
to meet with percentage www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk
reductions in weight that are www.aieuk.com
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Dax Cars
relocates...
FAC
Initially
T
intend
C obra replica manufacturer Dax
Cars has recently relocated
to new premises just the other side
one-of e
f, DNA’s d to be a of the M11 to the company’s old
replica 250 Ca home. The new contact details for the
is lifornia
produc now going in company are as follows... Dax Cars,
tion. It’s to Unit 1 New House Farm, Vicarage Lane
DNA’s
classic first East, North Weald, Essex CM16 6AP.
replica
. T: 01992 523788. E: [email protected]
W: www.daxcars.co.uk
...RoadRunner
moves, too
R oadRunner Racing is another kit

car company that has been on
the move. The new address is: Units
1&2 Stonepit Road, Stonepit Lane, South
Cave, East Yorkshire HU15 2BZ.
W: www.roadrunnerracing.net
Raptor: a re-imagining of the MK Indy EDT wins

‘green’ award
T he Scottish Kit Car Centre
has been quietly offering
its Seven-inspired Raptor since
six. Future developments include
bespoke bodywork for the Raptor
to give it an identity of its own. E DT Automotive has won a Green
Apple Environment Award for its
work in reducing vehicle emissions.
2011 and has supplied 11 kits – The company also works
We underwent the company’s engine
the first four of which went out on other makes of kit car, with treatment with our Bertini GT25 project
of the door before the build of everything up to a Lamborghini car earlier this year, which helps to
the first car was completed. Countach in the workshop at the improve the fuel economy of older
If it looks familiar, that’s moment. The firm is also working engines as well as reducing their
because the Raptor is based on on its own Cobra replica, which emissions. W: www.edtautomotive.com
the MK Indy. The Scottish Kit unusually is based on a Porsche We’ll be driving the new
Car Centre sources the base 944 donor, which also opens up Raptor demonstrator as soon
kit from MK before making its the option of a 968 base. Watch as it’s registered for the road.
alterations. These include a this space. www.scottishkitcarcentre.com
few chassis modifications, but
mainly centre on eliminating the
Ford Sierra parts in favour of
fabricated items.
Most of the cars built to
date have been fitted with
motorcycle engines, the Suzuki DJC V-Storm
Hayabusa and Yamaha R1 correction
I
proving particluarly popular. n our feature on turbocharing your
In addition, there have been a kit car last month, we wrongly stated
couple of Ford Zetecs in the that former SDR agent Scooby Bits
mix. To prove that the Scottish remains a distributor for new owner
Kit Car Centre is happy to go of the project, DJC Kit Cars. This is
incorrect, and the only place to buy a
bespoke, one customer has
V-Storm kit is from DJC itself.
fitted a Nissan Skyline straight W: www.djckitcars.co.uk

Boat-tail progress From the ads:

Royale Sabre
D evelopment of the
forthcoming boat-tail model
from Vincent, also known as
have been fitting the build
in-between other paying work. Toni
is busy building up his business
Dwornik Engineering, continues. with classic car restorations and
Andy Westgate of Westgate I’ve been flat this year with kit cars.
Composites, who is carrying out I’m now at a stage that I’m going
manufacture of the bodywork to start moulding the tub. The buck
tooling, has sent us this recent has been polished ready for the
T
photo. Here’s the latest from him... release wax. his Royale Sabre is priced at a
Enigma impresses
“Both myself and Toni [Dwornik] www.westgatecomposites.com strong £17,500 on the Car and
Classic site. The current owner has had
I t is fascinating to see how it for 18 months, and is selling because

the Healy Enigma has flown he already has a fleet of six other cars.
It looks particularly clean in the
in the face of all current kit car
photos, and the vendor claims it’s the
thinking and is clearly going best he’s seen. We’d certainly say it’s
from strength to strength. a shoo-in for that claim, although sadly
Wilkins has returned from his there is nothing in the advert to show
drive of the latest car (read the the interior (which is said to be just as
full review on page 18) and has good as the exterior...) or engine bay.
The latter plays host to a 2.0-litre Ford
driven all previous iterations of
Pinto engine.
the Enigma... and it just gets
It has covered 23,000 miles and is
better and better. By all accounts currently MoT’d and taxed, and used
it’s now a viable alternative regularly. Other than that, there’s not
to anything offered from the much information to go on. We don’t
production car world. Blimey. even know when it was built.
Perceived wisdom would We’d suggest that the asking
price is particularly ambitious, but
suggest that the Enigma is a
it could well be a car that the right
kit car at odds with all current buyer falls in love with and has to
thinking. Where others are have. Time will tell...
making cars ever simpler,
with virtually no bodywork
and certainly not anything as
complicated as doors or a fully
trimmed interior, Healy has
Scamping on
launched almost certainly the
most adventurous and complex
kit car we’ve seen in decades.
It’s a relatively little known fact
that Scamp Motor Company
founder Andrew Maclean has
Forget thoughts of a bodykit... never stopped producing the
this is a traditional kit car format Mini based utility vehicle. Bodies
with fabricated chassis and all and chassis are still available,
new fibreglass bodywork. and around two per year are
And then it relocates produced more as a hobby than
production from the UK out to a business.
Latvia... and the quality continues Lack of IVA compliance will can be built for off-road use. It’s existing cars that replacement
to climb, not decline. I managed always limit demand, but they also reassuring for owners of bodies and chassis are available
to have a close look at the car should they be needed.
Adam drove while it was on In other news, the company
Healy’s stand at the recent NEC has bought the rights to, and
Classic (report in the next issue) can produce, the incredible
and I cannot re-iterate how RTV (Rough Terrain Vehicle) in
extraordinarily impressive it is. The kit form. Originally launched in
doors shut with a production car 1983, it has an A-series engine
thunk and the interior is superbly mounted inline in the back and
equipped and finished... as is the and driveshafts running fore and
engine bay and boot. Of course, aft to provide four-wheel-drive.
the real acid test is whether the The front and rear sections pivot
company is selling any... and around a central bearing to
from what we hear it’s very busy give it remarkable go-anywhere
indeed. Who’d have guessed it? ability. No kits have yet been
Not me, but I couldn’t be happier produced, but Andrew has
to be proved wrong. recently begun building a period
unstarted kit that was offered to
Ian Stent him. We’re looking forward to
[email protected] seeing that!
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Principle has Aries Motorsport under new ownership

it covered
P hil Edwards bought Aries
Motorsport from Steve
Huckerby in September, and
but that looks set to change with
the fresh enthusiasm of the new
owner.
that, other chances to see the
car will be at January’s Autosport
International show and the
has since been making progress The company has a road legal Stoneleigh kit car show in May.
from his Cardiff facility. The race car as a demonstrator, The company is also going to
company’s history began with which will compete in the organise trips to the Nürburgring
Stuart Taylor Motorsport off the Magnificent Sevens series and Le Mans 24-hour races,
F ounded in 2011, Principal Insurance back of the Locost boom at the throughout 2016, as well as any which will be open to owners to
is a fast growing company having turn of the millennium. 750 Motor Club Sports Specials join in with.
first made its mark in the motorcycle Development focus has been fixtures that don’t clash. Beyond www.ariesmotorsport.com
scene – and it’s now offering cover to kit on incorporating more CAD
car owners.
elements into the car, as well
The company has recently acquired
Kendal-based Central Insurance
as improving jig accuracy. Both
(previously Peart), and the Kendal facility car and bike engined models are
has now become Principal’s specialist available, with an RR spec track
motor division. focused model in the pipeline.
Said the company’s Kat Blayden- The Locost ‘book’ chassis
Byrne: “I’ve got an excellent and also remains available, and all
knowledgeable team which is now being
chassis and bodywork are made
backed by the resources and experience
offered through Principal in Manchester. in-house.
Being a specialist division within a As well as supplying kits,
specialist group, rather than within a large modular packages and turnkey
general brokering business, will allow us cars, Aries can also carry out
to be even more nimble and effective in IVA tests and general build and
securing cover that is appropriate and modification work on all makes
affordable. In short I think we are now
of kit car.
better placed than ever to serve and
support kit and replica car enthusiasts” Aries Motorsport hasn’t had a
www.principalinsurance.co.uk very high profile in recent years,
Blaze RR comes home Saturn panels return

F ollowing a spell under
the custodianship of
Mark Grimwood’s MBG Sports
for demonstrator duties it is
available.
Kits also remain available,
V max Composites is a new
company that has taken on
the ex-Saturn Sports Cars body
has released prices. A six-piece
body is priced at £550, or you
can buy components individually.
Cars, the Blaze RR project has as does the more basic body moulds for the Haynes Roadster. Typical examples of prices
returned to John Hewat at Blaze conversion package for the MGF. Dave Williams has a background include £155 for a nosecone,
Motorsport. www.blaze-bml.co.uk in composite manufacture, and £155 for a rear tub and £60 for
Mark couldn’t dedicate the had tried to buy the moulds a dashboard blank.
necessary time to market the several years ago, before they While the panels obviously
car, and has now decided to passed to NTS and then Gillham. have the conventional Haynes
focus instead on his day job. When the chance arose to buy Roadster appearance, Vmax plans
While the project returns to them in autumn 2015, he sold to offer accessories of its own
Blaze Motorsport, he is retaining his part-built Haynes Roadster to design, such as the aeroscreen
the demonstrator as part of finance the deal. and diffuser, in future.
the deal as his own private The Teeside based company www.facebook.com/vmaxcomposites
car. However, if it’s required
100 issues ago

We first met our now technical
editor John Dickens when when
we featured his one-off GTM
Coupé. With its unique GRP
monocoque, the car impressed
us enormously. We also brought
together three fantastic
Lamborghini Countach replicas
and featured a very tidy period
style Pilgrim Sumo. Meanwhile,
Wilkins was still in the midst of
building his Sylva Riot.

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Scottish KKC Run Out

2 015 marked the 30th
anniversary of the Scottish Kit
Car Club, an impressive milestone
for any voluntary organisation.
Around 70 members are scattered
across the country which can
make gatherings tricky, but it’s well
supported and has clearly stood
the test of time.
To celebrate the anniversary, a
club gathering was organised for
September and an impressive 26
kits gathered at a services between
Glasgow and Carlisle. There then
followed a carefully chosen route
down through Moffat, then into
the Tweedsmuir hills – a single track
road with a very good road surface.
The group passed the stunning Talla
and Meggat reservoirs and rejoined
the main road at St Mary’s loch.
Then it was back to Moffat
before a short hop over the other
side of the M74 to The Old Stables
Inn, run by club member Peter
Dutton. A barbecue was laid on
for 70 people, with judging and
prizes for various cars awarded
later in the day. A great effort by all
involved in organising it and proof,
if it were needed, that the club
remains in good health.
www.scottishkitcarclub.co.uk
Caterham 5.5-hour show build

CKC track day – 14 May
T he recent Regent Street Motor videos make good viewing on YouTube
(http://tinyurl.com/pm9zmoy) or by
T
Show in London witnessed
Caterham Cars with an outside display clicking the play buttons here when he dates for the 2016 is exclusive to kit car drivers.
as it attempted to build one of its kits in viewing in the CKC app. CKC/Omex Track Day have There’s a terrific atmosphere in
just five and a half hours. The resulting www.caterhamcars.com now been released and we are the paddock and lots of fun to
already taking bookings via the be had out on the circuit.
simple online ordering system T: 01823 617908.
on the CKC website (although www.completekitcar.co.uk
you are always welcome to
phone if you prefer).
Held at Llandow circuit near
Cardiff, this is a great day which

GBS on Silverstone Other news...

Credit where credit’s due – Really
F1 circuit enjoyed the pictures we printed in the last
issue of Colin Atwell’s wedding and his
G reat British Sports Cars

invited existing and
potential customers to join
very understanding new wife, Rachel. But
we forgot to mention the photographer
who took the pictures. Paul Tutton was the
it at a recent track day at man behind the lens and if you are in the
Silverstone. The company was Bristol area he may be able to do pictures
for you (whether track day focused or
allocated its own pit garage in
anything else). Contact him by email at
the fancy new F1 facilities at [email protected].
the circuit and had a superb
day mixing it with all manner of
exotic machinery, including a
Ferrari LaFerrari!
The company was joined
by its Swedish and Stateside
dealers, who both enjoyed a
rare opportunity to experience fantastic day was had by all,
the full Grand Prix circuit at and every car performed well.
Silverstone. By all accounts a www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk Prizes – The Sussex Westfield Sports
Car Club members were delighted to
walk away with the Best Club Stand at
the recent Classic Restoration Show, with
the Bristol Kit Car Club awarded second
prize and the DNA Owners’ Club a well
deserved third place. Well done to all of
them and a great end to what has proved
to be a very popular new event on the
show calendar. Roll on 2016. See page
26 for more info.
Scamp week away A-series engines with a build cost

approaching £25,000!
S camp diehard and club

president, Chris Westgate,
organised a full five days of
With the Scamp’s use of Mini
components, it was no surprise
that support for the event was
With the location in Kent,
another day was spent hopping
over to France and touring down
potential entertainment for club strong! Club members could come to Boulogne. Another day involved
members based from a campsite and go as they pleased, with a local run out to Rye with fish and
near Lydd in Kent. A key attraction various planned outings over the chips by the sea. Then there was a for 2016’s event! If you fancy
was that the campsite was owned duration. A key attraction for many day trip to the new Battle of Britain finding out more about Scamps,
by Glynn Swift, Mini tuning expert was a guided tour of the Swiftune memorial near Folkestone, and head for the owners’ club website.
and the man behind Swiftune. facility, looking over race tuned another day spent driving to and www.scampownersclub.org.uk
then enjoying the Romney, Hythe
and Dymchurch 1/3 scale railway.
Finally a day trip to the excellent
Chatham Dockyards before a last
night’s camping and heading home.
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2016 Events
There’s plenty to entertain you and your kit car. Here’s our diary of
the events over the coming 12 months that have caught our eye.
If you know more, tell us and we’ll get the word out.
JANUARY Grosvenor Shows 16th-20th Sunday 24th

14th-17th Satnav: CV8 2LZ Le Mans Tour Kent’s Kit, Custom And
Performance Car Show T: 01406 372600 Classic Car Tours American Car Show
NEC, Birmingham W: www.grosvenorshows.co.uk T: 01355 260422 Aylesford Priory, Kent.
Satnav: B40 1NT The world’s biggest kit car show. Lots of W: www.classic-car-tours.com Satnav: ME20 7BX
T: 0844 581 1419 clubs, manufacturers and parts stands. From £149 per person. T: 01732 840787
W: www.performancecarshow.com Do not miss this. W: www.kentskitcustomand
18th/19th americancarshow.co.uk
Part of Autosport International, the
Saturday 14th Le Mans 24-Hour Now in its third year, here’s a growing
Performance Car Show is looking
CKC/Omex Track Day France event with an interesting mix of cars.
like must see viewing for the kit car
enthusiast. Come and find us as we Llandow Circuit. An annual pilgrimage for kit car owners.
promote the 2016 Track Day Directory. Wales
Satnav: CF71 7PB 23rd-26th
AUGUST
Monday 29th
T: 01823 617908 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Knebworth Classic Motor Show
MARCH E: [email protected] Goodwood House,
Knebworth House, Nr Stevenage,
19th/20th W: www.completekitcar.co.uk West Sussex.
Hertfordshire
Goodwood 74th Members Meeting Join us at Llandow Circuit for a Satnav: PO18 0PX
Satnav: SG1 2AX
Goodwood Race Circuit, brilliant track day, exclusively for T: 01243 755055
T: 01527 831726
West Sussex kit cars. Beginners welcome at this W: www.goodwood.co.uk/fos
W: www.classicmotorshows.co.uk
Satnav: PO18 0PX very friendly day. Contact us to An essential event for the petrolhead –
Join CKC as we establish a dedicated
T: 01243 755055 register your interest. lots of iconic cars to see.
area set aside for kit car clubs and
W: www.goodwood.co.uk
private owners.
Previously members-only event now open Monday 30th
to the public. Motor Show JULY
Ragley Hall, 7th-11th SEPTEMBER
Easter Monday 28th Alcester, Le Mans Classic Tour 9th-11th
Motorfest Warwickshire Classic Car Tours Goodwood Revival
Weston Park, Satnav: B45 5NL T: 01355 260422 Goodwood Race Circuit,
Nr Shifnal, T: 01527 831726 W: www.classic-car-tours.com West Sussex
Shropshire W: www.classicmotorshows.co.uk From £179 per person. Satnav: PO18 0PX
Satnav: TF11 8LE Join CKC as we establish a dedicated T: 01243 755055
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Join CKC as we establish a dedicated France
area set aside for kit car clubs and
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Sunday 5th
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Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power
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The National Kit Car Motor Show T: 01527 831726 T: 01829 772432 and we’ll put relevant dates
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Follow us on @CKCMagazine Comment: Outside View
Gary Axon
“Ian sent a note a few months ago, casually asking myself, fellow columnist Richard Heseltine and editor Wilkins for our votes for the Top 10 cars that should have been replicated…
Oh, and please can he have our nominations later that same day! I replied immediately saying I’ll come up with a suitable list, but it might need more than a couple of hours of consideration.
In the end, I took about four days to come up with my definitive list, having changed my mind at least a dozen times”
R
eceiving an email from CKC’s publisher Stent is such though. As for Adam, his Alpine-Renault A110 and Talbot-Lago
a rare and special occurrence that I usually drop T150 were inspired choices, but I did give him some grief for
whatever I’m doing and jump to attention to read his selecting the 911 GT1. Sorry Adam, but it wouldn’t do if we all
prose. When the subject of such an email is ‘Top 10 liked the same things…
Replicas’ then not only do I jump, but I salute as well. With a couple of exceptions, replicas of most of the final 40
Ian sent such a note a few months ago, casually asking myself, cars selected still don’t exist, which was the point of Ian’s email,
fellow columnist Richard Heseltine and editor Wilkins for our although elsewhere in the world there have been replicas of a few
votes for the Top 10 cars that should have been replicated, but of the cars listed. These include Stent’s Porsche 917 (replicas exist
are not currently available (at least in the UK). Oh, and please can in South Africa, Australia, the USA, Netherlands, and now the UK
In 1982 Gary Axon he have our nominations later that same day! too), plus Adam’s Alpine A110 (the short-lived Darrian-built Monte
penned his first
I replied immediately saying I’ll come up with a suitable list, Carlo A220 in the noughties, plus copies currently produced in
published words
but it might need more than a couple of hours of consideration. Spain, Brazil and the USA), and his Bentley Blue Train (yours for a
for Alternative Cars
magazine, precipitating
In the end, I took about four days to come up with my definitive very hefty fee with a British-built recreation).
what has become a list, having changed my mind at least a dozen times, and also Being entirely selfish, my personal top choice of all of the
lifelong obsession restricting my final selection to cars that realistically could be selected replicas would be the stunning CD Peugeot 204. Despite
with the more obscure turned into replicas – thus ruling out various pre-war Voisins and editor Wilkins surmising that it would be unlikely to have a queue
elements within the the glorious, but far too straight-edged-for-GRP, 1971 Fiat 130 of people waiting for a recreation of this extreme Le Mans
automotive world. Today Coupé. Our collective Top 10 thoughts subsequently appeared racer, I for one would buy one, and I know of at least five fellow
he’s a leading light in in the December 2015 edition of CKC (still available in print or enthusiasts that would sacrifice their hard-earned for one of
helping to assemble via the CKC app, just in case you missed it), with Ian selecting the these as well, potentially making this one of the better-selling kit
the shortlist of invited
‘ultimate’ Top 10 from the 40 cars that we suggested. cars compared to many past efforts! With a simple spaceframe
cars at motoring
My initial choice was partially compromised by Stent sharing chassis, a mid-mounted 1.9-litre Peugeot 205 GTi engine, and a
events, such as the
Goodwood Festival of
his early thoughts with us, him choosing the early-’50s Maserati windscreen adapted from a Stratos replica, job done.
Speed, Revival and the A6 GCS Berlinetta that I would have also opted for (me favouring I also listed the innovative Chrysler CCV concept (of which six
Concours of Elegance. the Zagato coachwork over the Pininfarina body that Ian selected). were made), as I liked the idea of forcing the CKC team to use a
Ian didn’t share Richard and Adam’s final 10 with me, which photo of it in the magazine! Sadly my cunning plan failed. As for
is just as well as my choice might have been further curtailed. my other choices though, all still stands, although if permitted
However, already knowing Hezza and Wilkins’ tastes quite well, I have now changed my mind on one car, as I would like to
I figured that Richard would probably opt for a Zagato Lancia ‘officially’ substitute the 1996 Alfa Romeo Nuvola concept from
Hyena and pre-war Alfa and TZ (which he did), but I didn’t expect my Top 10 (beautiful though it is) and replace it with the one-off
his Elva-BMW GT160, which had totally slipped my mind, much 1953 Charbonneau-designed Salmson 2300 S Cabriolet, which
to my annoyance. That fact that he also chose two cars from my will be easy to replicate, as the car already has a GRP body. Oh,
selection (the Alfa 33 Stadale and Mercedes C111) was a surprise we can but dream hey…
NEXT MONTH
Richard
Heseltine
Respected classic
car journalist Richard
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Heseltine has been a

major player at Classic
& Sports Car and Motor
Sport magazine before
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freelance journalist.
But he also happens
to be one of the most
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First Drive: Healy Enigma hard-top Like us on /CKCMagazine
Raising the
ROOF

Healy Designs has been working hard on its Mk3 Engima since
we drove the prototype earlier this year. Now we try the latest
demonstrator, complete with electric folding hard-top.
Words and pictures: Adam Wilkins
S
ettle into the quilted leather seats, ignition
on. Switch on the heated seats and then
push the button on the centre console with
the ‘roof down’ icon. Some electric motors
whir quietly into action and, 15 seconds later, the solid roof
has folded itself into the back of the car. There are worse
cars to be testing on a brisk November day than the latest
incarnation of the Healy Enigma.
The folding hard-top is the undoubted party piece of the
latest Enigma to arrive from Healy Designs’ manufacturing
facility in Latvia, but it is by no means the only development
to the Mk3 Mazda MX-5 based version of the car. In fact,
there are no fewer than 54 improvements to this car over
the blue prototype we drove earlier this year – which itself
was a massive step on from Mk1 MX-5 based car that made
its debut at Stoneleigh just 18 short months ago.
“The moment we think we’ve cracked it is the moment
we start going backwards,” says Healy’s Mick Snell.
“Every turnkey car goes through a 350-point pre-delivery
inspection before it goes out to the customer, and we
go through each car with a fine-tooth comb to see what
improvements can be made.”

And they also listen to potential

customers to iron out any imperfections.
At the recent NEC classic car show, one
lady was weighing up whether to sell
her Audi TT to make way for an Enigma.
Her only gripe? That the join in the
steering wheel stitching was lined up
where the driver’s index fingers rest.
That will be relocated on future cars.
Such are the high produciton values of
the Enigma that it’s gaining interest
from owners of mainstream – and much
less individual – sports cars. Another
potential customer marvelled at the fact
the Enigma’s roof retracts faster than
that of his own Mercedes-Benz SLK. This
is not a car that’s judged by the usual kit
car metrics.
And so it proves on the move. This
Quilted leather trim gives the Enigma an upmarket feel; 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine from Mk3 Mazda MX-5 produces 158bhp.
is a car that you could easily live with
day in, day out, for long trips and the
supermarket run. Because the hard-top
car isn’t yet registered, our drive was
restricted to private land, but we were able
to work through the gears and get the car
up to decent speed. That wasn’t the limit
Hard roof looks the part either raised or lowered. Sequence above right takes about 15 seconds to complete. It’s a neat trick!

of the day’s driving, though. Another Mk3 The modern 2.0-litre engine from the clock for its turnkey cars. The company is
car was available for a proper drive on the Mk3 is light years ahead of the old twin- currently working on sourcing a supply
road. Like the car pictured, it featured all cam units found in Mk1 and Mk2 MX-5s. of brand new engines for those customers
the latest developments with the exception As well as being more powerful (158bhp who want an all-new car.
of the solid roof. in the test car), it’s hugely more refined. Even with the slightly used running
The soft-top stayed up and the heated It’s quiet most of the time, with a suitably gear of the demonstrator, it feels like a
seats switched on for our road miles, the sporting rasp when you press on. With new car. The basic structure of the car, a
Enigma playing its ‘civilised’ hand to a the remap in the demonstrator, there’s square-tube spaceframe with steel floors
tee. Wind noise is miminal (and even less a notable step up in power at around and bulkheads, feels utterly rigid and
in the hard-top car) and the stock MX-5 3500rpm, too. you won’t detect any rattles or scuttle
interior means that the ergonomics and The gearchange is slick in that typical shake, even on rough country lanes. It’s
comfort are spot-on. Healy’s retrim gives MX-5 fashion, and is a 6-speed item in a solid platform on which the suspension
the ambience a lift, and the company is the late model donor car. Everything feels can work brilliantly; it rides well and is
currently working on its own bespoke fresh and new, which isn’t surprising when utterly composed. Long distance touring
centre console to distance itself further you learn that Healy never buys donor would be easy.
from the donor. cars with more than 20,000 miles on the Lots is carried over from the MX-5

therefore minimal. Oh, and a frequent the kits manufactured in Latvia may have
Tech spec question from potential customers is been brave, but it’s one that has paid off.
whether the folding hard-top encroaches Those prices couldn’t ba matched with UK
Engine as tested: 2.0-litre four-cylinder Mazda MX-5 engine. 158bhp.
on boot space. It doesn’t at all; there’s still manufacture, and yet the quality of the
Engine options: 1.8 or 2.0-litre four-cylinder Mazda MX-5 Mk3. space for a set of golf clubs. work is superb.
Chassis: Spaceframe made from square section steel, steel bulkheads. Given that Healy Designs had no control It’s a long time since there has been
Bodywork: GRP body tub, bonnet and bootlid. GRP door skins over standard over the shape of the roof, it blends into a kit car to take on mainstream sports
Mazda doors.
the car’s styling remarkably well. The cars on their own terms when it comes
Suspension: Front – Mazda MX-5 double wishbones. company’s Martin Williamson spent a to practicality and refinement. In recent
Rear – Mazda MX-5 double wishbones.
week at the Latvian facility fine-tuning the years, that has been the preserve of
Steering: Mazda MX-5 steering rack and column.
styling of the rear deck to ensure it looked simpler bodykit projects. Yet the Healy
Brakes: Discs all-round. right. In the old English white of the demo Enigma is a car that does just that – and
Kit price: £6750 plus VAT. (a colour from the Mini colour chart), it requires no excuses to be made for it.
Budget build cost: From £16,000. looks classy. We’d never tire of raising and Healy’s goal from the very beginning was
Contact: Healy Designs, Thetford, Norfolk. T: 07584 087056. lowering it – a first for a conventional kit to offer a fully-built car ‘outside’ of the kit
E: [email protected] W: ww.healydesigns.co.uk car. For all its MX-5 DNA, the Enigma feels car market, and the Enigma is a car that
like a special car in its own right. has very broad appeal.
donor, which helps. The windscreen and For self-build cars, the hard-top option The rapid development since the Mk1’s
soft-top are standard Mazda, and they keep adds little to the cost of a donor, but would debut at Stoneleigh 2013 has been great
wind noise to a minimum. You never have require painting. For turnkey Enigmas, to watch and the latest incarnation is
to raise your voice to make conversation, the hard-top commands a premium of very impressive indeed. And it’s not going
which is something that’s untrue of the around £1200. to stop there. The next demonstrator
Mk1 car. The optional hard-top option That means that a self-built Healy is almost on its way to Healy’s Norfolk
is also carried over from the MX-5, and hard-top could be completed for around base, and this one will feature the superb
is made from GRP rather than the steel £16,000, while turnkey models are priced 4.0-litre Lexus V8. I feel a return visit may
you might expect. The weight penalty is from around £26,200. The move to have be in order very soon.

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Out & About: Goodwood Vee-Power Sunday Like us on /CKCMagazine
Kits give a victory salute at Goodwood

V ee-Power Sunday is always
one of the more popular
themes for the Goodwood
(as far as we know) for the
Spectre R45 prototype? It has
been in Southways Automotive’s
Breakfast Club, and so it proved workshop undergoing long-term
for October’s sunny gathering. work, and is now IVA’d and
It’s also always a good one registered. Privately owned, it’s
for spotting kit cars amongst still finished in the camouflage
more conventional machinery, colour scheme it had when it was
and it seemed that for every still a production hopeful. Weird bonnet on an MGB!
Mercedes-Benz or Jaguar there There was also a very rare
was a kit-form vee car. Good Invicta S3 lined up in the circuit. Several Ultimas on show.
variety, too, with everything from You don’t see too many of those.
a Moto Guzzi engined Pembleton Oh, and how about a McLaren
to several Ultimas. F1 GTR? Only at Goodwood
There was also a couple of would you see such a varied
rare alternative cars that exist in collection on what would
the gap between the kit car and otherwise be an ordinary
mainstream automotive markets. autumnal Sunday morning.
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Follow us on @CKCMagazine Out & About: Chichester College
Chichester college gathering

H aving enjoyed Southern
Classics’ August event
(December 2015 issue), we
exhibitors. Those choosing to sign
up to the club on the day could also
benefit from 2016 membership and
decided to visit the Chichester get their entry fee refunded.
event, and were blown away by It was hard to pick a favourite
the turnout and great diverse mix car on the day as the display was
of cars. All manner of classics, kit so varied, but an early Piper, a
and modern performance car were rare AC3000ME and some pretty
present, with turnout much helped early TVRs certainly stood out. Tidy Piper P2. AC 3000ME.
by the good weather. But so did the Subaru powered
The event was in one of the beetle with skull high level
Chichester college’s car parks, so no brake light! Local events such
muddy fields to negotiate, and also as this seem to be thriving at
a good collection of traders selling the moment, and long may it
memorabilia, period spares and continue. A thoroughly pleasant
models/collectors’ items. Entry fees way to spend a Sunday morning.
were modest for spectators and www.southernclassics.org.uk
Crazy Beetle rod.
Triumph based Type 48 Spyder.
Words and pictures: James Horsley Caterham Seven.

Out & About: Classic Restoration Show Like us on /CKCMagazine
Words and pictures: Ian Stent
Kits meet the classics

T he Classic Restoration
Show at the Bath and West
Showground outside Shepton
the show enjoyed considerably,
being keen to ask questions and
engage club members who were
Mallet in Somerset, doesn’t with their cars.
perhaps sound an obvious event With some owners only able
for the kit car scene to tag to attend on one day, other club
onto. But that’s exactly what members replaced them with
CKC organised, after visiting the different cars on day two and it
organiser’s two previous events ensured a fantastic display for the
there in 2015... kit car scene.
Both the Great Western Elsewhere, the Classic
Autojumble and the Bristol Restoration Show featured
Classic Car Show are also held hundreds of parts stands, along
at the venue and organised with classic car clubs and the
by the Mortons Media Group. Charterhouse car auction, the
After Westfield owner Colin latter with a number of kit cars
Homewood suggested to us last which ended up selling for what
year that the kit car scene could we felt were extraordinarily high
have a presence at the show, prices!
we arranged to take one of the CKC would like to take this Great support from the Midas and Mini Marcos Owners’ clubs.
smaller halls exclusively for kit opportunity to thank each and
car clubs at the recent Classic every kit car owner who brought
Restoration Show. their car along and made our hall
Six clubs took dedicated such a success. You did us proud
space in the hall, along with our and we appreciate your support.
own Club CKC. This was enough If you couldn’t join us this time,
to largely fill the available space we look forward to seeing you
and the result was a terrific there in 2016 and building on this
spread of cars that visitors to year’s great success. Simon Skelding’s Madison on Club CKC... ...Bob Fry’s one-off also on the CKC stand.

Pic: Colin Homewood

Apple County Kit Cars had different cars on different days. Gathering of the Dorset chapter of the WSSC!
Oddball Spyder
in the auction. t-look pick-up.
We loved this ra
t.
with wood effec
Speedsters and Spyders OC created enormous interest all weekend. Top-chop Mini Midas Gold parke
d up outside.
Stunning display of three different coloured DNA West Coast California replicas.
GTM OC stand represented

with two Libras.
BKCC raising funds for Go-Inspire! Magenta rolling chassis created ineterst.
Malcolm Watts Jaguar V6 powered Westie takes centre stage on club stand.

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hen I arrive at the farm that Bill
Bourne calls home and work, the
gleaming Westfield Mega S2000
that was the subject of the reader’s
build story in last month’s issue is nosing out of the
single garage in which it was built. The 65 registration
plate backs up the freshly-built shine of the car: it’s
brand new. Even those hard-to-reach-and-clean places
are bereft of any flecks of dust and the Toyo R888 tyres
still have the tell-tale markings that suggest they’ve
barely turned. This is a car whose story is yet to be told.
As you’ll know if you read part one last month,
Bill is no stranger to kit car building. He has owned
several Seven-inspired roadsters before and built one
of them – an MK Indy – himself. The theme that has
been common amongst all of them is competition
use. Bill has been involved in motorsport since the

Following last month’s build story, we take a closer look

at Bill Bourne’s Westfield Mega S2000 – the first privately
built version of the car we’ve seen.

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I built this
Name: Bill Bourne
Age: 51
Occupation: Farmer
First car: Mk1 Ford Escort
1300GT
(don’t forget the GT!)
Fastest car you’ve been
in:
Bentley EXP Speed 8 Le Ma
ns
racer... unfortunately it was
n’t
running at the time!
Favourite tool: Rivnut too
l
Favourite thing about the
car:
Effortless speed
Honda S2000 engine sits well back in the engine bay for the best possible weight distribution.
mid-1990s, and derives much more when we visit. It also explains why there’s the Westfield package is that everything
enjoyment from hillclimbing than he does a cross-braced MSA specification roll-over is available off-the-shelf from the
road driving. “I’m not really into blatting bar on the car, and various performance- manufacturer. It meant that he could
on the road,” he says, which goes some related upgrades such as the wide-track pick and choose the specification as the
way to explaining why there’s under 100 front suspension. build progressed, safe in the knowledge
miles showing on the Westfield’s odometer For Bill, a big part of the appeal of that everything would fit together with

Westfield’s interior trim packages are comprehensive and well finished. Top quality job.
minimal fabrication. from the V8-engined SEiGHT.

The most obvious option to the casual Inside the car, things are as minimal as
onlooker is the FW bodywork in place of you’d expect of a machine with such focus.
Westfield’s more conventional styling. It Trim is almost entirely abesent – although
only applies to the rear of the Mega S2000 the Westfield bucket seats will provide
though; because the Honda engine is very comfort – and the bare carbon fibre
tall, it has to use the nosecone and bonnet dashboard hosts a digital instrument read-
out and a neat row of rocker switches...
and not much else. Despite the track bias,
Bill is considering adding weather gear to
the car for those ocassional road miles.
The one thing that didn’t come from
Westfield was the Honda S2000 engine
and gearbox. As soon as Bill found out
that it was an option for the Westfield,
there was no question of using any other
engine and he sourced the parts on
eBay, already stripped from a written-off
S2000. “It’s just brilliant,” says Bill. “I’m
surprised nobody has used the S2000 as
the basis of a body conversion.”
The S2000 motor looks the part in the
engine bay and, despite being quite a large Bill Bourne could be persuaded to sell the Westfield, despite its recent completion.
unit, it looks right in the Westfield. This is
primarly because the company redesigned
the chassis to suit, altering the bulkhead
to sit the engine as far back as possible for
optimum weight distribution. The result
is that it absolutely fills the engine back
at its rearmost part, but it sits completely
behind the front axle line. Ahead of the
engine, there’s lots of fresh air.
When our own Ian Stent drove the
240bhp Mega S2000 in our April 2013 issue
(73), he declared it not only the fastest
production Westfield we’d ever driven but
also the best and as much a benchmark for Tech spec
this generation as the Rover V8 engined
SEiGHT was in the 1990s. Engine: Honda S2000, 240bhp.
Despite all the power, Bill is hungry for Gearbox: Honda S2000 6-speed.
more and is considering the addition of Suspension: Front – Double wishbones (wide track), Protech coil-over dampers,
a supercharger to make it even quicker aluminium uprights. Rear – Double wishbones, Protech coil-over dampers,
aluminium uprights.
up the hillclimb courses. Well... that is
Brakes: Front – Vented discs with four-pot calipers. Rear – Discs.
assuming it’s going to stay in the Bourne
Useful contacts garage long-term. With a few other projects
Wheels and tyres: 13in Team Dynamics Pro Race alloys, 205/60 Toyo Proxes
R888 tyres all-round.
Kit: Westfield Sportscars, Kingswinford, West on the go, he’s not closed to the idea of
Interior: Sport Turbo seats, digital dashboard with lap-timing capability,
Midlands. T: 01384 400077. selling the car if he’s offered the right Mountney steering wheel.
E: [email protected] price. If you’re interested, contact Bill on Exterior: FW rear bodywork, V8 bonnet, MSA approved roll-over bar, Honda
W: www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk [email protected] . So this car’s future is badging, aero fuel cap, carbon fibre exhaust silencer.
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whether on the circuit, at an autotest, on the hill or in the garage. Here are their
latest updates...
W here did the season go? It

seems like only a few weeks
ago I was planning an engine swap for
the Sylva and which events to enter my
recently-acquired classic kit car. Now it’s
nearly November as I write and the last
hillclimb of my season was a month ago.
Since my last report, progress on the
Alisdair Suttie Sylva has been coming along, though
the car itself is unchanged as I wanted
DISCIPLINE to use it while the weather held out.
Hillclimbing The engine is coming together, though,
and my friendly specialist will soon have
RACES it bolted to the gearbox complete with
Sylva Leader new clutch.
One decision I have yet to make
CHAMPIONSHIP/SERIES
is whether or not to spend the extra
BHC Leaders
on a lightened flywheel. If this were a
Championship
standard MX-5, I would probably not
AGE bother but I think the lighter weight of
41 the Sylva compared to an MX-5 could Above: Roger Williams’ Austin Seven based Speedex – a classic self-build that’s still in competition.
OCCUPATION make it a worthwhile swap. Brand new
Motoring journalist lightened flywheels ain’t cheap and bet for completion and road use, so the unlikely Volkswagen Touareg. This
scouring the usual online classifieds has at least with some clarity now on the was only a couple of weeks after the
only yielded a couple that were either regulations I can commit to a set of VW emissions scandal emerged and
too expensive or too second-hand. rubber. fellow competitor Nigel Burke used his
More inspiration came at a local As for competing, the Multi Car sign-making skills to create a joke sign
classic car show when I spotted a Hillclimb Challenge saw my team-mate that had a couple of paddock marshals
Triumph Herald with MX-5 engine fitted. David Finlay taking part in the second checking the rule book for a while.
It gave me some ideas about how much Prescott round of the Leaders Just as much fun was a pair of
space is required and also shows this Championship. Sadly, a failing clutch classic kit cars competing at Doune in
conversion is possible for anyone with an robbed him of frontline times. the form of Douglas Anderson’s Austin
existing Triumph-based kit. We were both out in force for our Seven Special and Roger Williams’
Another small area of progress is local hillclimb at Doune in a new Honda Austin Seven Speedex. Both are nippy
which tyres to fit to the Sylva. This Civic Type R. This hot hatch hero was and Douglas even found an alternative
has been a topic of heated discussion very quick up Doune’s tightly packed use for his car as a cupholder.
among the road-going classes of course and both of us recorded personal Only one cup for me this year for a
hillclimbing as the sport’s governing bests, with David just pipping me. class win at Harewood, but it’s been
body, the MSA, has changed the The winning order was reversed another great year of hillclimbing.
regulations for 2016. It looks like a at the final round of the season at Here’s hoping next year is even better
set of Toyo R888s will be my best Loton Park, which saw us compete in in my Sylva Leader.
Below: Triumph Herald with a Mazda MX-5 engine proves engine will fit any rebodied Triumph. Below: Scrutineer’s joke sign raised a few eyebrows – as, no doubt, did competing in a Touareg!

I had forgotten how much of a

challenge to get right Gerard’s at
Mallory Park is. I still haven’t nailed it.
Excellent sunshine was great, but it
now meant I could see sod all of my
magic DigiDash. It was going to be a
day of racing by ear – again.
A rubbish qualifying time only left
Jack Walton room for improvement in race one. The
up side was that I found my way round
DISCIPLINE with no dramas.
Circuit racing The start went well, with me and
Sylvia Mutch in her MEV resuming our
RACES
battle were we left it at Snetterton.
Pro Comp LA Gold
On lap three she got me coming out
CHAMPIONSHIP/SERIES
of Gerard’s as I missed a gear (racing Above: The three (which became two) car relay team for the four-hour race at Snetterton.
750MC Sports Specials driver excuse number 42). Entering
Lake Esses, all the red flags came out, it drag back to home in Lincolnshire. A Fletcher had his Hornet Mk2, an evolution
AGE was then a trundle to the start line. long enough drive to think of the list of from his fevered car-building brain with
56
There we found a very bent Eclipse jobs to be completed over the winter... a rumoured Mk5 under construction. In
OCCUPATION which had hit the wall at the pit exit 1) A new seat to make so I no longer the spirit of Team High Speed Low Cost, a
Production supervisor The decision was made to ‘organise’ get thrown around in the car. recently refurbished second-hand 2.0-litre
a new start grid. I was one of the first 2) Nodiz ECU to be fitted and tested. Zetec was only rebuilt and fitted two days
five cars to arrive, which gives you some 3) Dials have been received just before the race.
idea how far back the race leaders need fitting. They include three I had managed to get the three
were at this point. After much pushing, engine gauges from the thoroughly engine gauges fitted on a temporary
pulling, shouting, reversing and driving helpful and knowledgeable chaps dash panel before arriving at Snetterton,
on the grass a new grid was formed. at ETB, and a Racetech tacho has and a new seat has been fashioned. This
While we were waiting, Steve Quenby’s been purchased, Burton being the left the fitting of the Nodiz ECU and
Tiger was pushed on the grass looking cheapest supplier. Racetech tacho. I had talked with Matt
like a steam engine. 4) I will also buy a new helmet, at Motorsport Electronics about my
I made a great start and the first few probably a FHR ready V2 Super Vent plan to give the Nodiz its first test in a
seconds of the re started race went to go with my HANS. four hour race, and he was confident it
well until a bright green Tiger filled the None of my racing this year would wouldn’t let me down.
track. Gary Davison had stalled on the have been possible without the With our grid position already
grid. As my front right wheel got level constant support of number one race decided by the MGCC, qualifying was
with the rear of his car he took off, mechanic, Rachel. From seat-making just a chance to test our cars. All
turning hard left in my direction. I took to passing tools to pushing cars and went well apart from my newly-made
to the grass and we carried on, my providing huge amounts of food for bag seat forcing me to drive like
battle with Sylvia re-commencing. race weekends. Thanks also to Steve Quasimodo. This was rectified with
Two laps later, Mick Grant’s Tiger Jones for the photography. some well directed violent action with a
went off in the middle of Gerard’s with All thoughts of Mallory being the hacksaw and a Stanley knife.
what later appeared to be a blown head last race of the season were expelled Ian started the race and, in short
gasket. The following lap I missed my on receiving a phone call from Billy order, he was setting times just where
braking point (racing driver excuse 21) Fletcher. A plan was hatched for a we needed for the handicap.
going into Gerard’s and Sylvia Mutch three car and driver team for the I followed Ian out and the plan was
passed me again. MGCC Heritage four-hour relay race going well. Billy went out next – and he
In line with my previous two-day at Snetterton. All the cars in our team was back unannounced in the garage in
meetings this year, it would now be competed against each other in the ACS under five minutes. Head gasket gone,
time for a post-race beer and tales Limited Kit Car Championship pre-2000. he was out of the race.
of derring-do. However, this was a As well as my Procomp, Team High Ian put in a quick stint while I
one-day meeting, so the kettle went on Speed Low Cost comprised... refuelled and got back in the car, water
and the car was fettled. Ian Smythe was there in his Fisher bottle to hand as it got warmer and
By half way through race two, I Fury. Recently purchased with a warmer. I completed my second stint,
was regretting not finding the time highly-tuned 1600cc CVH, it has since enjoying the variety of cars on circuit:
to construct a more permanent seat. been fitted with a Focus ST170 engine. from big old Morgans to small but
“By half way The bodge I was sitting in offered very This was to be Ian’s first drive of it. Billy very powerful MGB V8s, original Lotus
through race little lateral support and with Mallory
two, I was offering the longest and shortest Below: A few winter mods lined up for the Gold. Below: Billy Fletcher chats to Jack at Snetterton.
regretting not corners in UK circuit racing I was
finding the time
starting to feel it.
to construct a
For some, this was the last meeting
more permanent
seat. The bodge of the season so there was some close
I was sitting racing. Sylvia Mutch had found some more
in offered very power since Snetterton, but I managed to
little lateral beat Stewart Mutch to the finish.
support” With the race over, presentations
made it was time to pack up for the

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My return released Ian for his next same slick on the apex of Coram and efforts on the pit wall for four hours
stint. Ian came back in, but given the stopped sliding just inches from the and the constant mechanical help given
nature of relay races had no chance to tyre wall. by Hutch, who only came to watch
update me on track conditions. I soon Ian and I were either strapped in on some racing, before he was recruited
found out anyway. standby or racing for the whole four in to Team High Speed Low Cost as
An oil leak had laid a nice slick between hours, less Billy’s short appearance. chief mechanic. A good effort by what
the Bomb Hole exit and just short of Ian took the final stint and the became a two-car team.
the entrance to Murrays. I encountered chequered flag. After the handicappers The standard of driving at this event
this coming out of the Bomb Hole had done their sums, we finished is much better than some of the regular
and managed a double 360deg spin third in class and 10th out of 26 stupidity that has appeared in recent years
before coming to rest across the track, teams. My gauges all worked in their at the Birkett. Entering three cars was
I was fortunate that following cars had temporary positions, the Nodiz behaved always going to be a risky strategy. Roll on
witnessed my ballet and avoided me. faultlessly and my seat was eventually next year – Billy Fletcher has a plan.
W hat do Doune Hillclimb and a

hungry crocodile in front of
you have in common? They both need
respect and quick wits!
This Scottish outpost is, in spite of
the distance from the Midlands, not
the most northerly speed event, but
nestling just north of Stirling it is, as
John Pick they say, ‘a fair way into Scotland’ and Above: Trevor Willis a blur. There’s no run off! Above: Crazy Rover KV6 powered Rush.
also home for Alisdair Suttie who no
DISCIPLINE doubt is waxing lyrical in his column for you.” He has removed seven corners enough, but you emerge from this
Hillclimbing on how his Sylva is nearly ready for the in one weekend. Suitably concerned tunnel of torture into the meadow and
season... 2017? then, I walked the course many times, seemingly things are easy; except that
RACES True to my resolve this season, I but it still does not prepare you for the the right hander into it is the hardest
Adrenaline Murtaya drove the Murtaya the 320 miles there. real thing. All the corners in the bottom corner to master with the line being
This would not have been possible half of the hill are blind and quick. compromised by barriers and some hard
CHAMPIONSHIP/SERIES if I was using the supersticky tyres You therefore need to know them things to hit on the outside – which will
Avon Tyres/TTC Group
favoured by the Caterfields – I would instinctively. Son Harry, who has had inevitably happen at least once in the
MSA Hillclimb Leaders
not have got as far as Stoke on those. the pleasure of a couple of trips there, weekend. It did this weekend with a
Championship
I even turned the fuel pressure down recited the ‘left, right, right, left, right, shortened Fiesta.
AGE to improve the economy. Doune is left, right, right’ mantra, but it was no A couple of fast right-handers then
57 unusual as a hillclimb, in that it has no use, I had to learn it for myself. And lead up a steep one-in-four hill which
OCCUPATION other purpose. There are no farms on it all looked so different in the car. So then flattens out on the apex that is
Project manager/director it. There is also nowhere to hide. I adopted a get-it-up-the-gears-into- East Brae. The instructions are to see
Doune is one of the faster third-and-then-stop-fiddling-with-the- the last marker and turn in. Now with
hills on the MSA British Hillclimb gearstick-and-just-drive-the-corners the Murtaya, you get great turn-in which
Championship, but that is tempered by approach. You have to ignore that it meant I ended up on the grass on the
being only just wider than a car’s width. is stone wall one side and Armco the inside. At least that’s preferable to the
As former champion and this season’s other, or wooden barrier of equal grass on the outside which very quickly
runner-up,Trevor Willis remarked, stoutness and potential damage. It is leads into the Armco. Some more
“There is no oops I just caught that, like Shelsley on steroids. normal corners lead you across the finish
because the barriers will have done that Now that all sounds challenging line with the holding paddock having
spectacular views across the valley to
Below: A busy top paddock at Doune. Venue is unusual in that it’s a dedicated hillclimb course and nothing else. the south. With later runs, I learned to
stretch up in the seat as I approached
East Brae so I had a chance of seeing
over the bonnet and glimpsing the apex.
No pressure then! After our handling
experiments at Prescott with quick
sand, we decided it was best to leave
the car as it was. So the week before
we took 50lb off the rate of the rear
springs to try and give it some more
mechanical grip. It was fine on the M6
but you don’t exactly explore extreme
handling on Shap fell. To be honest, I
had no idea if it was different or not.
A first run at 60.66s was considered
very good for a newbie and we
steadily chipped away the times
over the weekend, losing a bit here
and gaining a lot there to end up on

56.26 on the first timed run, whilst Moran showed everyone a clean pair of 1As are fairly sane go-faster tyres
more experimentation yeilded a heels. A damp first run saw the Murtaya suitable for road cars. List 1B was
slightly slower second run. Now don’t in the mix but, by Sunday, it was very always acknowledged to gain 2.5sec
get too excited! As the only regular dry and the Caterfields were able to put on their own, but manufacturers such
championship runner, I was firmly down their prodigous power. A personal as Avon have produced increasingly
last and Graeme Wight got down to best result did not stop us being last sticky compounds and these, whilst
45.87, but he has won there outright in class 14th, if you don’t count Alan road legal, would not actually work
in big single-seaters and his GWR Dax Warburton’s retirement with eyesight on the road as they are made to last
Rush sported the most potent Rover difficulties... but we were the only car in the minute or so a run takes. Partly
KV6 imaginable, a throwback from the class to drive to the event. due to EU legislation, they have now
the MG XPower Le Mans effort of And then there is the inevitable been put into a new list 1C category,
years ago – and he was 2sec off the comparison of my season to a cocktail and this will not be eligible for the
record. So there is some work to be stick. At least a cocktail stick has two championship next year. So... if we
done and I am sure 53s are possible points. I could have got more had I can afford to keep the car and then
with no car changes. Again, Doune used the Murtaya at Wiscombe and buy some 1B tyres, it could then be
was unseasonably dry so 4WD was not Harewood instead of the Mini, but that a very competitive car given that the
called into play. was a good warm-up for the historic Caterfields will be unable to put down
A week later and we were back for new event at Chateau Impney in July. their prodigious power.
the last round at Loton Park. At last, So, to next year. What will we do? If you fancy a crack, either come
I could really evaluate the handling Well, the car is up for sale as I kind of and buy the car or perhaps come and
changes and there was not much need the space/money although this share it as we have now worked out the
difference so it is back to the drawing is not the real plan! The aim is to earn next set of development tweaks. You
board on that one. There was a big enough so it can stay. The MSA have will never have as much fun with your
entry this time and once more former dealt us a nice opportunity. The class clothes on and, better than that, there
outright Hillclimb Champion Roger has run on List 1A and 1B tyres – the are two events at Doune next season.
T he championship was coming to

an end with just the final round at
Blyton Park to go. On the up side, it’s
any of the manoeuvers. We thought we
might start losing spectators with all talk
and not much action. In fact, the crowds
gearbox was playing up. I’d select first
gear, it seemed to go in OK, then let
the clutch out and nothing. I could have
time for our annual display at Castle seemed to be growing. It was now time changed the gearbox – my brain said yes
Combe circuit for Rally Day. It’s one of to drop the mic and let my Xmoor Riot but my body said no and won. Little did I
our favourite outings, but with it comes and the Westfield do the talking. We know that, had I changed it, I would have
a few headaches. drove the test three times, each showing won the class and taken the sports car
It’s the day before the Demon Tweeks all four manoeuvers in action, then back class in the MSA British championship.
Ian and Chris BTRDA and MSA autotest championship
final, so understandably nobody wants
to the mic for some merry banter before
our big finish. This involved me chasing
Back in the mancave, the first gear
problem turned out to be a broken weld
Chapman to risk breaking their cars showing off Gordon freestyling around the arena on the gear selector. It’s held on by four
at a display. Normally, it wouldn’t be a then into a donut both nose to nose bolts and took five minutres to change.
DISCIPLINE problem. Chris and I could manage on around a cone. As we parked up the One problem I’ve had since building
Autotesting
our own but the prodigal son had work applause and positive feedback proved the Riot is the handbrake. It’s too near
commitments, leaving me on my Jack the new format worked. We did seven the gearlever. When I pull it then go for
RACE
Sylva Riot and Raw Striker
Jones. Luckily, my best buddy Gordon shows. Apart from a broken fan belt on reverse, I catch my little pinkie on the
was on hand and happy to bring his the Riot, a blowout on the Westfield handbrake and can’t reach the gear lever.
CHAMPIONSHIP/SERIES Westfield for a play. mid-show (lucky we had Chris’ Striker in Now the Riot’s working OK, I can address
BTRDA Autotest I’d invested in two long speaker leads the wings for back-up) it was the best these little niggles. Enter stage right one
Championship for the PA system so we could position show we’ve done at Rally Day. shiny new handbrake 30mm shorter and
the speakers further apart and flood the Sunday morning, and it’s business as 25mm further forward. My youngest son,
AGES
54 and 26 arena with sound. This really helped pull usual. Two-hour drive to Blyton Park, Phil, suggested putting it on at a quirky
in the crowds, our display area is next to scrutineering, walk the tests and line up angle, like the rally and drift cars do and
OCCUPATIONS the circuit entrance and is always busy. I’d ready for action. The three tests looked it’s brilliant now (clever little dicky!). Or is
Cabinet maker and junior
been toying with the idea of something good. After the first run, the Riot’s it? I will explain in my next report...
architect
different for this display, but neither of
us were sure it would work but, hey, Below: Rally Day display proved to be the most popular yet. Big crowds for all seven shows.
nothing ventured nothing gained so we
gave it a go!
We started with Gordon in his Westy
on the start line and motormouth (me)
on the mic. That’s the bit we were unsure
about, not the driving. Would anyone
understand my broad Yorkshire accent
(by ’eck)? I started with an insight into
autotesting, explaining the four basic
manoeuvres, Gordon then performed
them starting with the handbreak turn
then the J-turn and finally a bit of drifting
and a few donuts. Gordon then drove
around the test layout without using

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Impressions: Dutton Surf Like us on /CKCMagazine
Messing about
T
he briefing was clear and unambiguous. Dutton particularly enjoyed being out on the water close to his
There isn’t much to remember. Just pull home on the South Coast, but, towards the end of the ’80s, he
this, turn that and head out onto the was no longer allowed to tow his speedboat onto a beach nearby.
water. You’ll soon know if you’ve screwed Being the resourceful type who doesn’t mind tweaking the nose
up. It’s just that intentionally driving a car into a river of officialdom, he decided to build a vehicle that could be parked
is an experience like no other. It is counterintuitive. or driven onto the beach legitimately.
Apprehension leads to incomprehension as we leave “There was a slipway there, but the council stopped anyone
dry land, the fact that we’re still afloat and actually with a boat from getting anywhere near it with a tow car,” he
moving under our own steam moments later only recalls, clearly still exasperated by the decision. “If the tide
adding to the sense of wonder. Sure, we’re travelling at was miles out, you had to disconnect the trailer and push the
6mph – at best, but the Dutton Surf is more fun at this damn thing about a mile. It was unbelievably stupid. Anyway,
speed on water than most supercars are at 30 times someone jokingly asked me why I didn’t make an amphibious
as much on terra firma. Driving a Surf isn’t just an car. That way, my problems would be solved. That’s how it
adventure, it’s an event. started. The rule said nothing about a boat that can also be
Like most journeys into the unknown, the decision to driven. That comment about sticking it to the council lodged
build an amphibious car began with a question. Tim Dutton in my brain and I built the first prototype in 1989. I didn’t
never intended becoming the world’s longest-established actually start production until 1995, though.
manufacturer of this type of machine. It happened more by “I stopped making kits in ’89 and went around the
happenstance than planning. In the 1970s and ’80s, Dutton world designing cars for other people. I was involved in
sold conventional kit cars in vast numbers, employing more projects for companies in Russia, India, Guadalupe, Nigeria
than 80 people in four different factories. Life was good and, and Iran. However, after three or four years, I wanted to
as such, he wasn’t above indulging himself with a few toys. make something myself so I began looking at doing this

Tim Dutton never set out to be the world’s longest-running amphibious vehicle
maker – it happened almost by accident. Richard Heseltine takes his own
journey into the unknown by driving into a river for the first time...
Words: Richard Heseltine Pictures: Ian Stent

Aside from nautical instruments, interior is pure Suzuki Jimny.
commercially. It’s hard to believe, but Sierra Drophead ’shell but the Commander the Fiesta-based car for five years just
I’ve been building these things, or rather that emerged in 1995 was something else to amortise the cost of the moulds and
variations on the theme, for 20 years now. entirely. Based on Fiesta running gear, it suchlike. The great thing about the
I have been doing this for longer than all racked up its fair share of column inches. Samurai was that it was very cheap and
the other manufacturers put together.” It also found favour with everyone from popular all over the world. We had to make
When we tell one another stories those looking for a weekend plaything to the hull slightly wider, but it was relatively
about life-changing decisions, we members of the Kuwaiti royal family. It’s easy to make the changes.”
tend to gloss over those days when we just that not everyone was satisfied. This in turn evolved into the Suzuki
wanted to quit and skip straight to the “The first car was based on the Fiesta Jimny-based Surf which entered
breakthroughs. There was no manual for Mk3 [Mk4/5 variants followed] which, production in 2006. “The Jimny is night
making amphibious cars so the creation in retrospect, was a mistake,” he says. and day better than the Samurai which
of the first waterborne Dutton was two “Everyone kept asking me why I hadn’t was a lorry by comparison,” Dutton says.
parts perspiration, one part inspiration. made it four-wheel drive so we started “On post 2006 Jimnys, you get air-con,
Everything was figured out on the fly, looking around for a different donor. The ABS and so on as standard. And you can
with ideas being whittled down until the Suzuki Samurai had exactly the same pick one up for £1500.”
definitive design worked and worked well. track as the Fiesta so it made sense to go To date, Dutton has sold more than 200
The initial prototype featured a Dutton with that, but I had to continue producing amphibious vehicles, and demand for the
Tim Dutton has been designing and manufacturing cars since 1969.

Tech spec
Engine as tested: 1300cc Suzuki Jimny.
80bhp.
Engine options: Smaller capacity Jimnys
were produced, as well as a 1500cc diesel.
None particularly recommended and diesel
only suitable for LHD cars.
Chassis/bodywork: Fibreglass monocoque.
Stainless steel spreader plates mounted into
mounting areas for suspension etc.
Suspension: Standard Suzuki Jimny 4x4 IRS
suspension.
Steering: Suzuki Jimny rack and steering box.
Brakes: Disc/drum. ABS from 2005.
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Surf shows little sign of abating. The basic of propshafts pass through the hull, each external to it. Now there’s just a rotary
structure consists of the underside which sleeved in rubber which is clamped around knob: when you want to go into four-wheel
forms the hull, and the bodywork – or a flange on one end, and around a flange on drive, you simply turn it. Job done. There’s
topside if you will – which are made of the hull where the prop exits at the other. nothing electronic on the Surf other than
glassfibre and bonded together at the Dutton It’s simplicity itself; brilliantly so. The the ECU. It doesn’t matter if you break
factory in Littlehampton. It is essentially a factory-modified Suzuki high/low selector down on the river or in the Sahara, you
monocoque, with only a few holes cut into it allows the drive to be disengaged when wet, should be able to fix any problem.”
for items such as the steering shaft (which is sending it instead to the shaft of the jet Up close, what strikes you is how large
kept watertight via a rubber seal). propulsion system via a dog gear (the jet the Surf is. Or rather it appears bigger up
The engine, fuel tanks and cooling arrangement is made in-house, while the close than photos might have you believe.
system sit inside the hull, the axles and impellor is also a Dutton design). This is It isn’t exactly beautiful – or even close, but
suspension outside of it. A short propshaft somewhat of an oversimplification of what’s here form really does follow function. Up
from the back of the gearbox takes power to involved, but, as the man himself is keen to front, the VW Golf headlights are instantly
the transfer box which is rubber-mounted point out, it isn’t rocket science. identifiable (more recent Polo items will
and sits inside the hull from which one “I deliberately made the car agricultural,” soon be substituted), the slight wheelarch
prop goes forward to the front wheels, the he says. “Take the transfer box. It isn’t flares being in place to appease the IVA.
other back to the rear wheels. This pair electronic on the Surf. The motor is “They came out with a rule that says the
Volkswagen Golf headlights soon to be replaced with newer Polo items.

wheels mustn’t stick out further than the the water, this sense of sainted lunacy is only a mile – if that – to the Dutton factory.
widest part of the body. The widest part on heightened further. Steering is now via a tiny That the Surf continues to sell despite
the Surf is the black edging strip, but I was rudder sited opposite the jet and controlled being a relatively old design, comes as no
obliged to put arches on it anyway.” by the steering wheel. To begin with, there surprise. It works brilliantly at its intended
is a tendency to over correct. Dutton claims purpose. Sure, there are amphibians which
that all newbies are prone to twirling the are faster and maybe even sexier, but they
“The splash on entry tiller when smaller inputs are required. seem to exist only on glitzy websites or in
is nowhere near as However, after only a few minutes’ practice, share prospectuses. The Surf simply has no
guiding the Surf becomes a doddle. real competition. Not that Dutton is resting
violent as you might That said, the River Arun is fast- on his laurels. The sister Reef model is set
imagine. What’s flowing with a strong current. When

cruising at a giddying 4mph, it’s relaxing
to enter production as this issue closes
for press. Based on the latest-generation
more, it’s next to despite the 1.3-litre four-banger being Fiesta, with the engine sited in the rear, it’s
less than quiet. It sounds busy at the clearly more of a leisure craft than the go
impossible not to best of times, and is clearly having to anywhere, do anything Surf. It is expected
laugh” work hard. The fan is noisy, too, and
always engaged. Once heading with the
to be faster, too, thanks in part to having
more horsepower and a narrower hull.
current, progress is that much easier There is also another model on its way, but
Once aboard, the cabin is pure Jimny. The but, to be honest, there is little to do. we’re not allowed to talk about it…
dash is much as you remember, save for the It’s relatively effortless. You just sort of As for the question of whether you
box on the passenger side which houses a sit there smiling, all the while conscious would actually want to own a Surf, therein
depth gauge and switches for the two bilge that you’re a magnet for camera phones. lies the £25,000 question. This price is
pumps. The unflappable Dutton then runs Everyone on the quayside stops to take for a fully-built car (although this figure
through the remarkably simple procedure for a pic. According to Dutton, this is to be varies either way depending on spec), with
engaging the jet and disengaging drive to the expected. For him, it’s just another day. kit packages starting at £8560. To this, you
wheels. Should you make a hash of it, you After about ten minutes in the water, it’s need add only bits from the donor Suzuki.
will simply bob about not going anywhere. time to head back to dry land. Approaching The Surf has singular appeal, and is great
Should you forget what you were told, it ever so slightly sideways isn’t ideal, fun. But more than that, it’s a credit to
instructions are written on the back of the but, once the front wheels find purchase, the British kit car industry. In a world of
sun visor. It really is fool-proof. you’re away. You simply disengage the jet ‘me too’ replicas and Seven-type roadsters,
The splash on entry is nowhere near as and drive it like a normal car. As for its it stands alone as something genuinely
violent as you might imagine. What’s more, road manners, well it’s much like a regular interesting and unique. For that reason
it’s next to impossible not to laugh. Once in Jimny, but then our ‘test’ lasted all of half alone, we love it.

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WHAT WERE
Another chance to look back into the archives and wonder at
the madness, imagination, ingenuity and occasionally downright
brilliance of one-off builders from yesteryear. We salute you!
THEY THINKING? Words: Ian Stent Pictures: CKC archives
Mini monster
L ooking just very slightly
like a Cox GTM that’s gone
horribly, horribly wrong, this
Davenport from Birmingham in
1974. All his own work, he used
two Mini subframes located in his
one-off was built by Derek own spaceframe chassis, before
clothing it in an all fibreglass Faithorpe

body. Powered by a 1300GT special
A-series engine, this picture found
its way into Peter Filby’s 1981
book Amazing Mini.
F eatured briefly in the October
1983 issue of Kit Car, this
Fairthorpe special was originally built
It’s easy to be hyper critical of on an Electron Minor chassis by two
one-offs like this and the styling is Fairthorpe employees back in 1956.
certainly questionable, but anyone Mike Crosher found the car in a barn
who builds their own car from and had to completely rebuild it to get it
scratch gets our admiration. After back on the road, replacing the original
all, could you do better? Coventry Climax engine with a more
modern 1296cc Triumph Spitfire lump.
Jaguar special
A pologies for the very foggy

image, but the car is worth
200bhp and driving through a
4-speed gearbox with overdrive.
More mokesque
it. Surprisingly, the info on the
back of the print tells us it was
built comparatively recently, in
Complete with four seats, this
was a seriously attractive car and
the standard of build looks very
H ow many one-off Mini
based Moke inspired cars
have been produced over the
1977/1978. The mystery owner high. With no registration number years? There must be loads!
describes it as a Jaguar Le Mans on the front we can’t even check We rather like the look of this
Special, having retained the chassis to see whether it might still exist, pick-up which has a simplicity of
and running gear from a MkVII but it looks far too good to have design, yet which appears tidily top clearly makes this a practical
Jaguar. Engine was a 3.4-litre been scrapped. Anyone know its constructed. We particularly vehicle, although the doors are
straight six developing around whereabouts or the story behind it? like the slight overhang of the particularly short. Can’t find any
bonnet which helps to frame the more information on it, but if
headlights... a neat touch. A hard you know more, pass it on!

Oddities together Jodrell returns
M ost of the cars we

feature in this article are
S ome of the cars we’ve featured
here come with little or no
informaton... just a picture! But we’ve
to be found in a folder marked managed to unearth a little more on
simply ‘One-offs’. Without the story behind the Jodrell special we
exception, they are prints and featured in issue 97. A paper cutting
slides with no accompanying found in the CKC archives features the
information, so it means hours car when it was first built! One Steven
Jodrell was the man behind it. Based in
of trawling through early issues
Furness Vale in Derbyshire, Steven built
of Kit Car, Alternative Cars and the complete fibreglass body himself,
the like to stumble across the using his own multi-tubular chassis
necessary explanations as to on which was hung a Ford Cortina live
what on earth they are! rear axle and Sunbeam Rapier front
These two cars have no suspension and brakes. Doors were to
connection whatsoever, except have been gullwing affairs, but ended up
conventional. And the total cost of the
that the black and white negatives
build was around £400.
were found in the same little Sadly, a registration check suggests
bag and are clearly of the same the Jodrell may no longer be with us.
vintage. But you couldn’t find two
more different cars. As with much
of the early stuff in our archives,
we suspect these are of Hot Car
origin. There’s a slightly bonkers
feel to the traditional roadster,
with its fab exhaust and oversized
front grille, but it’s the diminutive
mid-engined creation that really
Jodrell
caught our eye. Presumably VW
Beetle based, we’d love to see
it today, but a registration check
hasn’t proved encouraging.
Minette
marvel
W hen BP launched a ‘build
a car’ competition in
1974, this beast was one of the
entries! Featured in Hot Car in
the same year, we sadly don’t
have the specific issue to help door arrangement! Presumably
us with more details. What we assembled by the two gents in
do know is that this Mini based the pics, we can’t help but feel
Sevenesque
marvel was called the Minette. that even they don’t appear
R eally not sure what to make

of this creation which in
many, many areas appears pretty
and it almost appears as if the
windscreen may actually be curved,
which would be unusual for this
It also appears that entry to
the car was via the rear stable
convinced by what they’ve
created. Awkward.
rough. The wheels almost look type of car. We also rather like the
home made! Still, it’s not all bad header rail mounted wiper system.
Buggy
T his Beetle based creation

(seems too developed to
call it a buggy) was spotted at
doors it must have been surprisingly practical. We
await your beration with anticipation!
a VW meet in the early ’80s. It

certainly looks pretty amazing
to us and we’ve a sneaking
suspicion a reader will berate
us for not realising it was
offered as a production kit car
and isn’t a one-off at all! It
certainly has a productionised
look to it and with the gullwing

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Readers’ Build: DNA 4Thirty Like us on /CKCMagazine
DNA 4Thirty
Building a DNA 4Thirty bodykit can be both easy and quick. But it takes
a little longer if you install a V6 engine conversion and progress the
build to a whole new level. Ian Stent investigates Paul Lucas’s build.
I t’s perhaps all too easy to discount

the bodykit craze currently sweeping
the kit car scene as the ‘cheats’ way
of building a kit car... simply throw
a new set of clothes over an existing
production car and send it to the
paintshop... job done.
In fact, CKC is guilty of actively
promoting that theory, when we built a
Bertini GT25 over the weekend of the
2014 Donington kit car show. It really
was that easy.
DNA’s 4Thirty kit is a brilliantly
fabricated body conversion for a Mk3
Toyota MR2 and I’ve no doubt that it
too could be ‘completed’ in short order
if needed.
Alternatively, you can do what
first-time builder Paul Lucas did when he
embarked on his project... built it with
minute precision and an obsessional
eye for detail and finish. The result is
utterly spectacular and one where the Paul (right) with dad Ev and the DNA they have created together.
build pictures here can barely scratch
the surface when it comes to showing garage, he asked his dad Ev if he would For Paul, the owners’ club website
the work involved. Make no mistake, this be interested to be involved. Ev had was a major factor in encouraging him
bodykit build was as involved and skilled as considered a kit car project back in the to have a go. He looked at various
any more conventional kit car assembly. ’80s and was handy with the spanners... build blogs and felt he would be able
Paul had modified production cars in it also helped he had a large car port to achieve something similar. A visit to
his ‘yoof’, before settling into the busy in addition to his own more generous DNA followed and Paul was thinking he
work and domestic life that engrosses single garage. Ev loved the idea, and the would go for the company’s seemingly
so many of us... not so much time project was given the green light. more affordable 3Sixty model. But after
for playing with cars. And then in his Paul fancied a Ferrari or Lamborghini chatting with the guys at the factory
mid-thirties he felt he could do with replica and it wasn’t long before he he moved onto the 4Thirty. With the
an interesting automotive project. With came across the bodykit scene and likely option of the convertible model or
space at home limited to a small single contenders such as DNA Automotive. coupé 5cudo, it was wife Jules who
Below: MR2 base vehicle was immaculate. Below: MR2 base left unmodified. External panels unbolted. Below: Even the rear wings can be unbolted.
Below: Paul did much of the work in his dad’s car port. Below: Outer skin of door top cut away. No going back now. Below: DNA front suspension upgrade fitted at this stage.

Above: Rear clam is all one piece. Makes fitment easier. Above: Door in position over original MR2 door. Fit is good. Above: Mods begin on the dummy engine cover.
Above: Pipes and clips help with the transformation. Above: Main panels all trial fitted. Above: Bootlid and bonnet still to go on.
Above: Bootlid panels located on steel framework. Above: Smaller panels need careful alignment. Above: Double skinned bonnet with hinges in place.
swung it for the convertible... time to easy and swift and Paul managed to sell thought this was the ideal time to
look for a donor car. on over £1500 worth of the unwanted fit DNA’s replacement lower front
On DNA’s advice, Paul searched for parts... his immaculate donor had now wishbones, while access was easy.
a post-2003 facelift version of Toyota’s cost just £1750. He’s also bolted on the necessary
Mk3 MR2. It comes with a 6-speed One of the very first jobs was to cut hub extenders which would get the
gearbox as standard and more modern out a small section of the outer skin DNA supplied replacement alloys
lights that can be easily sold on to of the door tops. Marked up and then sitting in the correct position under
MR2 owners looking to upgrade their removed with an angle grinder, it was the new bodywork.
earlier cars. Looking for the lowest a sobering moment. “Dad was filming Almost everything not supplied by
mileage car he could find, Paul hit it,” remembers Paul, “and I thought, the donor car was supplied by DNA,
on an immaculate example with just bloody hell... what have I done! It was although Paul found himself sourcing
29,000 miles on the clock and spotless the point of no return. Up to that point additional fasteners and other minor
throughout. Having paid £3250 for it, I could have put all the panels back on sundries because he was adding
within a day he was stripping it of all its the car and sold it again.” brackets here and there and going the
external clothes. The strip down was With the MR2 bare, Paul also extra mile at every opportunity.
Below: DNA wheels in place and good progress made. Below: Making up the replica wing mirrors. Below: Interior largely stripped out.

Above: Inner door panels replicate Ferrari originals. Above: Paul moves the car just prior to paint. Above: MR2 steering wheel with airbag removed...
Above: ...needs further stripping before rebuild... Above: ...DNA conversion kit works well. Above: Replica style gauge faces to be fitted...
Although lining up the new cut and fit them after paint. He even had made sure there was plenty he
fibreglass panels was easy (starting trial fitted all the grilles for the various could be getting on with. The front
with the doors and working out from apertures in the bodywork... all ready headlight assemblies needed putting
there), getting the gap correct for for simple fixing at a later stage. together, the seats and inner door
where the leading edge of the door Finally, it was ready for paint, and trims were sent away for covering,
panel passes inside the trailing edge Paul charged the DNA factory with and the dummy engine cover needed
of the front wing when it is opened, finishing it in Ferrari red. Interestingly, preparing... the latter a major job that
required very fine adjustment. having chosen a red donor car so that would develop over the course of the
Unsurprisingly, getting the fit and the engine bay and other areas would whole build...
finish correct now, before the car was be in red, since the car isn’t the exact The dummy engine is a fibreglass
painted was of paramount importance. same hue as the new Ferrari livery Paul moulding that sits over the MR2 lump
Paul also fitted as much as possible now thinks it would have been better and is visible through the 4Thirty’s rear
onto the bodywork at this stage, to to buy a black donor car so that these glass. Carefully painted, it can look
check position and pre-drill any fixings. areas were effectively neutral to any surprisingly convincing, but Paul went
He fitted items such as the inner exterior colour. a lot further. Many people add jubilee
wheelarch liners, where many builders While the car was away, Paul clips and various rubber pipes but
Below: ... dial needle best removed using spoons as levers... Below: ...new dials in place on stripped panel. Below: Basic headlamp unit needs assembling.
Below: Careful masking before spraying. Below: LED light strips in place and painting done. Below: Original MR2 seats retrimmed.

Above: Door cards also now trimmed to match seats. Above: Meanwhile, DNA’s bodyshop busy priming car. Above: Almost finished...
Above: Rolled out of the bodyshop and ready to go home. Above: The rebuild can begin. Interior being refitted. Above: ‘Sticks’ help to hold grille while it is bonded in place.
Paul began cutting away some of the ended up with would be practical. for it. Woodsport offers a complete
panel and replacing the structure with Paul’s car initially went back on the conversion service, from sourcing
aluminium to mimic the Ferrari’s engine road with the original Toyota engine and rebuilding the 3.0-litre Camry
cradle. The end result was spectacular, and a largely standard (save the leather V6 engine, mating it to a MR2 MK2
but would move on again after the covered seats and door cards) interior. 5-speed gearbox and then installing
conversion to V6 power that would But it didn’t stay that way for long. into the car. The company offers a
come after the car hit the road. Although he’d not considered an engine number of further upgrades and the
If work on the engine cover swap when he began the build (hence standard of workmanship is hard to
suggests Paul was obsessed with buying a low mileage car) he had been fault. All in, it cost around £6000,
replication of the Ferrari that inspired aware of the V6 conversion offered by but Paul has no regrets. He reports
the DNA, that would be wrong. There Woodsport in County Durham. the sound at start up is superb, and
are areas of the car that he wasn’t As he began driving the DNA the significant performance hike is a
worried about at all in terms of it was the sound rather than the welcome benefit that he’s enjoying.
authenticity... what he was far more performance that kept nagging at The taller V6 meant yet more tweaks
concerned with was the attention to him. And in the end it was wife to the DNA engine cover, while the
detail and making sure that what he Jules who suggested he should go different angle of the driveshafts meant
Below: Grilles look good. Dummy engine convincing. Below: Interior coming together now. Dash standard, for now. Below: Completed front headlights now in place.
Below: Interior now complete. Below: Original roof frame retained for new DNA hood.,. Below: Rear butress ‘structure’ in place...

Above: Paul fitted hood with the help of his dad. Above: Engine cover off for yet more updates... Above: ...new version ever more visually convincing.
Above: Not much to see here, but Woodsport V6 conversion is

brilliantly resolved. Above: Upgrading the suspension units. Above: Cardboard mock-up of centre tunnel top...
the previously standard MR2 interior. then he reckons there have been an
Useful contacts Most significantly, this has meant fitting additional 200 hours spent on the
Kit: DNA Automotive, Redditch, Worcestershire. T: 0121 326 8800. DNA’s dash top conversion, and also car, plus the cost of the Woodsport
E: [email protected] W: www.dnaautomotive.com developing his own lower dash mods engine, dash conversion and
V6 engine conversion: Woodsport, Tursdale, County Durham and centre tunnel moulding. It’s been suspension upgrades.
W: www.woodsport.org a significant and utterly successful To see whether it’s all been
Trim: Kustom Interiors, Wickford, Essex. T: 01268 207508.
transformation that really sets the rest worthwhile, make sure you don’t miss
W: www.kustominteriors-wickford.co.uk
of all his hard work off to a treat. part two of this story, with the most
Paul’s meticulous nature has meant spectacular DNA 4Thirty we’ve ever
a move to adjustable aftermarket that he kept a complete spreadsheet come across.
suspension struts and springs was on of time spent on the build and what
the cards. Raising the ride height at the everything has cost. To get the car on
back slightly and having greater control the road initially required 466 hours Don’t miss part two in the
of the ride firmness has been the and around £24,000 including the February 2016 issue.
benefit from installing D2 Racing units. cost of the donor car (a figure he’d On sale from Friday 8 January
Since then Paul has also addressed budgeted for from the start). Since
Below: ...then made in wood... Below: ...before being trimmed in leather. Below: Lower centre console being removed...
Below: ...as part of major dash revamp.... Below: DNA’s new dash cover panel trimmed... Below: ...and in place on the car. Job done.

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Our Cars
Lots of progress on both the buggy and Nova from James, while John is taking advantage of the winter
months to upgrade the Fugitive to electric fuel injection. Both Stent and Wilkins remain quiet on progress
with their cars (largely because there has been none...).
I have never had a tidier garage! As I

write this, both cars are away which
has given me the chance to have a
decent clear-out.
As reported last month, the buggy
is finally getting a roof made. This is
nearly complete, with decisions being
made on the side window design and
James Horsley the type of rear window opening.
The plan is to have a set-up that can Above: James’s garage has never looked so empty! Above: Buggy’s hood is coming on. Windows next!
PROJECTS be completely wind and water tight,
Apal buggy and Nova or by having removable side and rear long in the leg and having size 11 feet, Other progress continues despite
THIS MONTH window panels reduce it to just a sun it is a challenge to squeeze me into not having the Nova in the garage. The
The buggy and Nova are shade roof/top. Having run similar the driving position – the original Nova collection of hinge parts shown last
both absent, but things are set-ups on previous buggys, I have build manual talks about modifications month have now been refurbished,
still progressing.... learnt that removable side panels are being needed for those above 5ft 8in – thanks again to Neil Dunne Welding.
useless unless a rear window section I am 6ft 3in! Some holes were welded up, new
can be removed or opened. This allows My dashboard for this Nova is much pins fitted to locate rose-joints on the
air to pass through and prevents more intact than my previous version, hydraulic rams (these help to deal with
flapping of the roof. A zip-out rear and that initially caused some of the any twisting forces on the hinges) and
window section can also be useful to head-scratching. To get the column bushes were pressed out and then
let out condensation if the weather is tight under the dash and away from refitted after powder coating. For 30 or
challenging! The initial top roof section legroom, supports need to run as high 40-year-old parts, they now look pretty
is looking great in mohair, and hopefully as possible. Frustratingly, one of my good.
will be completed in another few days. support bar cross braces was in just the Finally, another visit to Andy
The Nova remains at Fellows Speed wrong place, so had to be moved. We Westgate to collect the final Nova part
Shop for engine fitting and a few then had to be brave and cut a section that had been with him for fibreglass
more jobs have been passed their way. away from the dash under the driver’s repairs. This time the hard-to-source
Whilst I had prepared a dashboard and pod to help accommodate the outer rear louvre section.
steering support, and refitted the dash, column. Thanks must go to Ces, the This had a pretty awful ’70s
I had never joined up the steering box owner of my previous Nova, for sending rubberised black coating over it which
to the column. This is now being done me many pictures of my last set-up so took a lot of effort to remove. It then
by them, though an afternoon was we could try to recreate it. Also many revealed many stress cracks and a
spent head-scratching with the team measurements have been taken from lot of damage. Andy has repaired the
to get a good result. Being somewhat his car to help with the build. damage and grafted in a support bar
Below: Nova in air-cooled company at Fellows. Below: Dash cut to accommodate steering column. Below: Hinge arm – before and after!
Below: The full hinge assembly parts back from the powdercoaters. Below: One hinge assembly back together.

Above: Cracks and other damage in the louvres now repaired by Westgate. Above: Support bar in centre will prevent the louvres sagging.
(part of an aircraft wing support) down the rear window ‘tunnel’ and the rear you are interested head over to www.
the middle of the panel to help keep light bar. I continue to be amazed at euro-nova.co.uk to say hi and get in
it rigid. Ultimately this will be finished how much bodywork and painting is touch. My final garage job to complete
in satin black, but this will wait until required on a Nova. My next kit has to before either car returns is to fix the
all other parts are ready to go back have a new ’shell! garage door – the motor has decided to
to the paintshop. I would like to have Finally, back to the garage clear-out give up the ghost so currently I cannot
the underside of the canopy, bonnet I have two Nova bonnets and possibly open it at all. Looks like the buggy roof
and engine lid in satin black, as well as two hydraulic pumps going spare. If was a wise investment after all!
I t has been four weeks since my last

update, and the spare Wolfrace
wheels didn’t sell on eBay so they are
injectors for each cylinder mounted in
OEM Volkswagen inlet manifolds. The
injectors are from a Ford Fiesta 1.2
the work on my pulley and posted it
back to me from America this week. I
specifically bought a genuine VW crank
still taking up garage space. It’s no real and I bought a set of four fuel injector pulley rather than a pattern part for
hardship, though, as they still fit my car bungs from Trigger Wheels. The actual this conversion as I hoped that it would
so they can be used as spares. conversion, which involves drilling the be of higher quality but, apparently,
Now that the colder, wetter manifolds and welding in the injector when spun up in Ash’s lathe, it was still
weather is here, the car is unlikely bungs, was the part which I passed not exactly true. After sorting out the
John Dickens to see any more use for a while so
I’ve started on the EFI conversion
on to DanST, although I did do a little
preparatory work by making up a jig
pulley itself Ash turned up a central
shaft to accurately locate and clamp
in earnest. Late last year, I wrote to hold the injector bungs parallel the trigger wheel onto the pulley then
PROJECT
UVA Fugitive
an article about bike throttle body to each other and with the correct tig welded the two parts together. He
conversions with help from DanST 35mm spacing whilst they are being then machined away almost all of the
THIS MONTH Engineering. Their work was very welded (Fig 4). DanST are also making trigger wheel material to leave just the
John takes advantage impressive, so I decided to use them up a pair of fuel rails with mountings toothed perimeter. Finally, he corrected
of the Fugitive’s winter
to carry out the conversion work to fit over and secure the injectors in any slight run out by machining a tiny
hibernation.
on my own inlet manifolds. I have the manifolds. amount of material from the tops of
finalised my design around individual Ash, true to his word, completed the teeth.
Below: The standard VW Beetle twin port manifolds. Below: Fiesta injectors have a low enough flow rate. Below: Injector bungs bought from Trigger Wheels.
Below: Jig to align the injector bungs while welding. Below: Ash fitted 36-1 trigger wheel to crank pulley. Below: Welded at four points around circumference.

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Wheel Offsets
Puzzled by deciding what wheel offset you need
for your kit car? John Dickens demystifies the
measurements you need to take.
P
ressed steel wheels are DIAMETER so, for example, a 6in wide rim with
still found on many mass This is not measured at the extreme a 14in diameter rim can accept tyre
produced vehicles but outer edge of the rim but in the area widths from 165 to 215, although the
alloy wheels are becoming where the tyre beading seats. If you wish ideal fitments will be somewhere near
more common even on standard family to maintain the same overall diameter the middle of this range of sizes. Page
saloons. Often, this is purely for cosmetic and rolling radius when changing four of The Wheel And Tyre Bible (www.
appearance but lighter alloy wheels do wheel and tyre sizes, you also need carbibles.com/tyre_bible_pg4.html) is a
offer some performance advantages. to consider the profile of the tyres. good source of information here.
The vast majority of kit cars are For example, changing from 14in to
fitted with alloy wheels for the reasons 17in rims would need a switch from PITCH CIRCLE DIAMETER (PCD)
described above, but there are other 185/70x14 to 185/50x17 tyres. This This is the standard method of
considerations. If you choose to fit would keep the ride height, gearing and measuring the spacing of the wheel
upgraded brakes, it is possible that you speedometer calibration correct. If you fixing studs or bolts. It is the diameter
will need larger diameter wheel rims in wish to increase the overall diameter of a circle drawn through the centre of
order to clear the bigger discs or calipers. of the wheel and tyre, this is less of a all the studs. There is no standard PCD.
If you are building a panel kit replica of a consideration. Different manufacturers use different
production car, you will probably find that dimensions and there may be three, four
the original wheel fitment no longer fills RIM WIDTH or five studs or bolts holding the wheel
the wider bodywork or arches so a taller This is measured between the inner in place. Some popular examples....
and/or wider wheel/tyre combination will walls of the wheel rim. Normally when Ford Sierra 4 x 108mm
be needed. aftermarket wheels are fitted they are Mazda MX-5 4 x 100mm
If you are considering a set of wider than the originals in order to allow Toyota MR2 5 x 114mm
alternative wheels for your car, there are the use of wider high performance tyres. Classic Mini 4 x 4in
a number of dimensions which must be For any given rim width, there is a range Triumph Herald 4 x 3.75in
taken into account. of acceptable wheel and tyre fitments You must ensure that your wheels
Below: Wheel diameter is measured at the inner rim. Below: Rim width is measured between the inner rim walls. Below: Pitch circle diameter of a 4-stud fixing wheel or hub.
Below: Wheel offset can be positive, zero or negative. Below: Nuts for steel wheels are shaped for wheel location. Below: Sleeve nuts or hubcentric wheels are alternative
locating systems.
Below: The straight edge must rest on the rim not the tyre. Below: Dimension a, from inner rim to wheel mounting face. Below: Any flat rigid material can be used here.

Above: Clamp material in place on the wheel mounting face. Above: Dimension b, from wheel mounting face to outer rim. Above: Using these dimensions you can calculate the ET.
Above: Dimensions for John’s alternative Wolfrace Slot alloys. Above: A thin (5mm) wheel spacer, aka a shim spacer. Above: Spacers are available for hubcentric wheels too.
have the correct PCD for your car. It Instead they use hubcentric mounting in this dimension a.
may be physically possible to fit 100mm which a raised spigot on the hub locates 3 Clamp or hold a flat piece of material
PCD wheels onto a Classic Mini 4in in an accurately machined bore in the across the rear of the centre hole in
(101.6mm) PCD hub, but they may not wheel. Once again, you must make sure the wheel, then put your straight edge
centre correctly and the securing studs that any aftermarket wheels will locate across the outer wheel rim and measure
will definitely have undesirable bending correctly on the machined spigot on from the clamped material to the
loads applied to them. your wheel hubs. straight edge. Call this dimension b.
Obviously, with all these factors to 4 Find the centre line by adding
OFFSET consider, it is important to know exactly dimensions a and b then dividing by 2.
The centre line of the wheel rim does what you want before you go shopping Call this dimension c.
not normally line up with the wheel for wheels. As a starting point, I suggest c = (a+b)/2
mounting face. It is normally slightly that you measure up the wheels you 5 To find the wheel offset (ET), subtract
offset. The offset is described by the already have so that you know their dimension c from dimension a.
term ET, which is from the German overall width, diameter, PCD and ET ET = a – c
word ‘Einpresstiefe’ translated as dimensions. The first two are usually 6 If the value is positive, the wheel has
‘insertion depth’. If the wheel is offset stamped or cast into the wheel, and inset. If it is negative, the wheel has
away from the car’s centre line, it is measuring the PCD is easy enough. The outset.
known as negative offset or outset, ET dimension may also be marked on Once you have all the dimensions for
and if it is in the opposite direction it is the rim, but if not then measuring the your existing wheels, fit them back on
called positive offset or inset. wheel offset is done as follows: the car and measure all the clearances
1 Find or cut a straight piece of around the wheel. Swing them from
WHEEL LOCATION metal which spans the wheel rim but lock to lock to check how the clearances
Pressed steel wheels are normally not the tyre. alter with steering movement. Now
located by their fixing nuts or bolts. 2 Place this straight edge across the work out how much wider or taller you
The wheels are formed with conical or inner wheel rim and measure from the want your new wheels to be in order
radiused seats and the wheel nuts have mounting face to the straight edge. Call to fit the car correctly. Armed with this
matching contours so that as the nuts
Below: Many bodykits need wheel spacers. Our project Bertini GT25 did not.
are tightened they automatically centre
the wheel on the hub.
This system can also be used to
locate alloy wheels, although steel
washers or inserts must be used to
prevent ‘galling’ of the soft alloy as
the nuts are tightened. An alternative
system for alloy wheels is to use sleeve
nuts which extend through the wheel to
form a positive location. These may have
flat or tapered washers to protect and
locate the wheel. Whichever system is
used, you must ensure that you have the
correct wheel nut form for your wheels
with the correct thread for your hubs
or studs. Modern cars tend not to use
the nuts or bolts to centre the wheel.

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information you should be able to work

out all the dimensions you need for your
new wheels.
When making your choice, you should
try to keep the ET dimension as close to
standard as possible. Modern vehicles
tend to use wheels with a relatively large
inset as this gives stable steering under
variable grip conditions (negative scrub
steering geometry), but it also makes it
more difficult to fit wider wheels as they
can foul the suspension and bodywork
at full steering lock. Decreasing the inset
or increasing the outset will increase
stress on wheel bearings and suspension
components. At the front of the car,
it can reduce steering feel, excessive
kickback and instability under braking. Below: John’s Fugitive has recently had wider wheels fitted for cosmetic reasons.
For purely cosmetic reasons, I have
recently fitted wider wheels to the rear as the safe limit. They can be plain or adaptors tend to be available in only the
of my UVA and I carried out the steps hubcentric. If you choose to fit spacers, thicker versions.
described above to sort out the required you will also need longer wheel bolts When you have finally purchased
fitments. Unusually, these period or studs too. Remember, though, that your new wheels and fittings, mount
Wolfrace wheels accomplished the fitting any spacer will reduce the inset or them on the car, without tyres, and
increase from 6in x 15in to 7in x 15in by increase the outset by the thickness of check for any fouling on the brakes,
adding all the extra width to the outer the spacer, so be careful not to stray too suspension or bodywork over the
rim. This reduced the ET dimension far away from the manufacturer’s figure. full range of steering and suspension
from 15.5mm to 1.5mm. This is A third type of spacer is the bolt-on. movement. If there is a problem at
acceptable on a rear wheel, but if fitted
NEXT This is fitted using the original studs or this point it may still be possible to
to the front of the car the small offset MONTH bolts and has a second set of fasteners exchange them. If all is well, get the
could well produce a steering system Enter our to attach the wheel. I have never used tyres mounted and do the same checks
with very little feel or feedback. competition to win these as I do not really trust them, but all over again.
Manufacturers do not produce an a set of 15in Rota many people are quite happy with them. Finally, remember that any change
infinite number of wheel sizes. It may alloy wheels. If you are really having trouble finding in overall diameter of the wheels will
be that the diameter or width you suitable wheels, it is possible to change mean that your speedometer will no
need is simply not available with the the PCD of your car by using adaptors. longer read correctly and will need
PCD or offset that your car requires. These are bolt-on spacers which have recalibrating. Depending on the type
If this is the case, all is not lost. Wheel different PCD dimensions for the two of instrument you are using, this
spacers can be used to increase the ET sets of fasteners. Using adaptors, it may be just a case of inserting one
dimension if the available wheels have is even possible to convert from four value in place of another in a digital
too much inset. Spacers are available to five-stud mounting or vice versa. system, or the use of a professional
from around 5mm thick to 30mm thick, Unfortunately, in order to accommodate service to recalibrate an analogue
but personally I would regard 25mm the mounting nuts or bolts, these instrument.
Below: You will need longer wheel bolts... Below: ...if you use wheels spacers... Below: ...or studs, depending on the fitment.
Below: Bolt-on spacers can use the standard studs or bolts. Below: Adaptors can be used to alter the PCD of the hub. Below: Check any new wheel/tyre combination for fouling.

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The latest updates from our team of Running
Reporters, building their cars at home. Are you
inspired to get into the garage?
T here was nothing much to report

last time round, and the pace
has not picked up much over the past
couple of months. However, when
a friend came over to visit I took the
opportunity of an extra pair of hands
to get the engine in the car. This was
good for several reasons: firstly, it feels
Tom Hyland more like a car! Secondly, I can start
plumbing in the fuel lines and all of the
PROJECT cooling pipework; thirdly, it is one of the
Raw Striker weightier items in the car, so when I set
up the suspension, I am hoping that it
AGE
42
will all be about right for when the car
is fully built. I believe I need to do the
OCCUPATION suspension early in the build so that the
Software development wheel arches can be lined up correctly
manager
when fitting the bodywork. The other
PROJECT START good reason for getting the engine in Above: Fuel tank bracket cut and repainted. Time-consuming for a small job, but worth the effort.
January 2012 the car is that it frees up some much
needed space in the garage! alternative reversing mechanism to
Another job I achieved was to name but a few.
redrill the bottom bracket for the fuel It is a non-standard build, so things
tank. This needed redoing because like exhaust systems need to be
after adding the rubber insulation, custom-made rather than purchased
the tank sat too high. I also removed from Raw directly. These all cause me
the excess metal from either end, and to pause for thought nearly every time I
cut a bigger hole for the handbrake work on the car, which slows me down
cables in the centre. Finally, I painted even more! I have been considering
the bracket black rather than leaving it switching to a car engine, but cannot
bare aluminium – that took up some face selling what I have purchased for
precious time in the garage that could the bike engine build for what will
have been spent doing something likely be a significant loss. However,
else, but it felt like it finishes off a job whenever I hear a bike going past at
properly, which is important to me. full revs, or watch a YouTube video of
So where next? To be honest, I a bike engine car, I am re-assured that
am not sure. I need to get an exhaust a bike engine is the right choice for me
manifold and system made, and that is if (and it is a very big if!) I can get it all
not a cheap job, so I am saving up the to work.
pennies for that. I think I am going to
need to get at least a manifold before Above right: Tom roped in a friend to help lower the engine into place. Below: A milestone achieved.
I can start the engine, so I don’t really
feel like doing all of the other engine
based work until I have it. The other job
I am toying with getting done is fitting
all of the bodywork. At the moment, all
of the bodywork is stored offsite, and
Next issue I am struggling to visualise where I can
put pipework etc without it. As I have
JOHN CLEMENTS already mentioned I don’t have much
Tiger Supercat (any!) space in the garage, so the only
ANDY GREEN place to keep the bodywork will be on
Healy Enigma the car itself.
IAN JACKSON I have to admit I have been having
GKD Legend major doubts about my ability to
ROSS MAYNARD
complete this build over the past
Tiger Super Six few months. What progress I make is
painfully slow and very sporadic, and
ED MORTON
Nova
the choice of a bike engine presents
some serious challenges: emissions
JON PAGE
and noise regulations, gearchange
GBS Zero
mechanisms, and the need for an

Y et another busy month ironing

out a few issues. The body
test-fit revealed that the throttle
If there is enough room for the header
tank up front, I’m tempted to relocate
it. It was pointed out to me that the
importantly, the car will run off its own
power, not a jump pack.
Over the next month, I will need to
linkage bar caused a clearance issue possibility exists that if the header change the oil system for a dry sump
with the bonnet and therefore I have cap fails then whoever is sitting in the set-up, a large expenditure that wasn’t
had a set of custom throttle cables cockpit may end up with scolded legs. in the budget but the sump sits far too
made to suit my engine. I’m now Not an appealing thought. low for comfort. Also, some tuning has
faced with the choice of adding an idle The alternator is now in position revealed that I have two failed injectors
Stuart control valve or feathering the throttle and mounted, the pulley just needed on one bank.
Bruce-Jones until the engine has warned up – not a
show-stopper.
an adapter spacer. I’m now waiting on
a belt to arrive and then that’s another
A big thank you to Jon from Station
Motorsport (Market Harborough) for
The coolant pipes are now finished. job I can cross off the list and, more his help and custom fabrication.
PROJECT
AGM WLR
Below: Coolant pipes fitted. Header tank may move. Below: Alternator positioned with adapter for pulley. Below: A lot of engine in a little car!
AGE
30
OCCUPATION
Aerospace project
manager
PROJECT START
August 2010
A lot has happened since my last

report, including the twins’ first
birthday, which made me realise just how
a more rigid structure and prevent any
panel vibration or drumming noise. I
always give panels and parts a knock,
any unwanted noises and, in this case,
discovered that the outer sill panels
make a noise when knocked with
fast the past year has gone. Another 17 tap and wriggle to see if I can hear my knuckles. These were fitted by
and they’ll be off to university! As for
the car, I’ve now completed the wiring Below: Trial fit of the throttle bodies. Below: Aluminium plate to secure window frame.
loom installation, except for the boot
connections and doors. In the engine bay,
Jason Burrage I cut off the old MG Rover connectors,
spent a few hours matching the colours
with the wiring diagrams and labelled
PROJECT
DeHavilland DVT GTS V6 each wire ready for use with the new
engine ECU when I get it.
AGE The engine is getting ever-closer
44
to being fired up. Just a week ago
OCCUPATION the throttle bodies arrived from QED
Project manager Motorsport. They’re the only company I
found that does a throttle body setup for
PROJECT START
November 2014 the Rover KV6 engine. Alex at QED was
exceptionally helpful, sending me pictures Below: Nearside window frame being fitted to the door.
and measurements to ensure they’d fit
under the Dino’s engine cover, prior to
me placing the order. He then built up
my chosen configuration on their display
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I’ve also been making good progress
with the bodywork. I’ve fitted the
internal sill covers over the side chassis
rails. These have been bonded, riveted
and fibreglassed into place, to ensure
a solid finish with no rattles or squeaks
on the road. The cavity behind has been
filled with expanding foam too to create
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the second strut to match. With both

“The original struts set the same, the panel is nicely
Dino uses metal supported without being forced out of
latching stays line. I’ve found this approach also results
for bonnet, boot in a nice closing force, that doesn’t put
and engine undue strain on the fibreglass.
cover, but while
I must admit, I have something of
a replica ought
a fetish for thick aluminium plate at
to use them for
authenticity, I’m the moment. I’m finding many uses for
not a fan” it as it’s easy to cut, easy to drill and
tap, very light, very rigid and spreads
the load across fibreglass nicely. I’ve
therefore used it to create hinge
spacers for the boot lid, and to provide
sturdy, threaded mounting points in the
doors for the window frames.
When fitting the boot lid and engine
cover, I made one modification. I
shortened the boot lid and bonded the
Above: Extended engine cover allows latch to clear engine, and also allows space for the... cut off section to the rear of the engine
cover to extend it. This has provided
several benefits…
• The action of the cantilever hinges
resulted in the boot lid binding on
the engine cover. By reducing the
overhang behind the hinges, the arc
of movement improved.
• I’ve been able to put the engine cover
Above: ...seventh vent to be cut on each side. Above: MG TF wiper and spindles modified. catch in a location that clears the rear
rocker cover on the V6 engine.
DeHavilland and it looks like they just stays for bonnet, boot and engine • The original 246 GTS had seven
need some extra rivets to hold them in cover, but while a replica ought to use vents in the engine cover but, as the
place more firmly. Some polyurethane them for authenticity, I’m not a fan DeHavilland moulds were taken from
sealant will also help bond the joint for two reasons. 1) Having used them a 206, the kit only has 6 vents in the
where they meet the floor panel. before, I’ve seen people try to force engine cover. The length I’ve added
Wiper spindle holes have been the panel closed, not realising you have provides space for a seventh vent to
finished so the spindles fit correctly, to release the latch. 2) They’re a great be cut when the car goes off to the
and the spindle carrier modified source of rattles. body shop for paint.
accordingly. These have been connected Instead, I’ve chosen to use gas struts With the engine cover fitted, it was
to the wiper motor with rosejoints, but on all three opening panels. I’ve bonded time to fit some latches to the bonnet.
initial attempts to test the movement 8mm thick aluminium onto the back of I’d already used the original MG TF
failed. After some head-scratching and the fibreglass. This has some M4 holes bonnet catch and pin for the engine
voltage checks, I stripped the motor drilled and tapped in it to provide a cover, so had to find an alternative
and discovered it had fallen apart solid, flat mounting point for the strut solution for the bonnet. DeHavilland
inside. Wipers are one thing I never ends. Using adjustable gas struts is normally have just one catch on the
even thought to test on the donor car, important, as they allow the force to be bonnet. While two might be less
so perhaps there’s a lesson to learn adjusted correctly. To do this, I fitted authentic, they hold the panel more
here. A new motor was purchased one strut and adjust the pressure so it securely for a better shut line and
from our favourite auction site and the only just supports the panel when fully less panel vibration. I therefore chose
wipers literally swept into life. open. I then used bathroom scales to to use twin catches and pins from a
The original Dino uses metal latching measure the strut’s force and adjust Rover 75, which I managed to source
second-hand, complete with twin
Below: Struts and pins both mounted on ali plates. Below: Similar set-up for the boot lid. cables and cable pull.
Once again, thick aluminium plates
were bonded to the underside of the
bonnet with threaded holes for screwing
Below: Rover 75 bonnet hinges fitted.

in and adjusting the bonnet pins. I’m It now only fits in one place and doesn’t compare to the response and soundtrack
really pleased as I have the bonnet and require any spacers or adjustment. The of a petrol engine. I test drove a few
engine cover opening and closing with window frame slides into place nicely and different cars, but then a friend mentioned
a production car feel. I have yet to fit bolts accurately in position. I’m not a fan Tesla. They sound good on paper, but
the boot lock, but haven’t quite decided of self-tapping screws, so all fixings are I was blown away by the test drive, so
how best to do this. threaded and bolted. promptly ordered a P85D. It’s been a long
Work has also started on fitting the It’s a time-consuming process, and wait, but I collect it on Tuesday. Sure it
window frames to the doors. These has taken a few weekends to do just won’t have the soundtrack of a V8, but
consist of two parts – the window one door, but these are important areas the way they take off the line is simply
frame itself, and a carrier that the frame to focus on if the car is to feel and staggering and very addictive.
screws to. These parts arrived just a sound well built. This isn’t an advert for Tesla, so I’ll get
few weeks ago and I found the carrier And now onto something I’m really to the point. It’s made me realise that we
didn’t fit as nicely as I liked. I therefore looking forward to as I type this on a can’t ignore the importance of electric
cut it into two sections and cut off the Sunday evening. Back in May, I decided cars as they are undoubtedly the future
mounting tabs. With the window frame it was time to change my Jaguar XJ (Mr Fusion powered DeLorean’s aside).
securely clamped in place, the carrier was diesel. As lovely as it was, I came to Will they also become an important part
reconstructed around it inside the door realise why I don’t like diesels – however of our scene one day? I most definitely
and the mounting tabs welded back on. well-developed they are, they just can’t think so, and hope so…
I take my hat off to anyone building

a kit car who also has kids! How do
you find the time to do any work on
the car? We don’t have children and
I struggle to get out in the garage
to work on the car. As always, I am
envious of the build progress of my
fellow reporters.
Chris Haysom Another spell of lean times in the
garage, I’m afraid, with the harvest at
PROJECT my new job taking over three of my
RoadRunner SR2 weekends; the 4am starts and 8pm
finishes on a number of days have taken
AGE
47
their toll!
So have I done anything on the car?
OCCUPATION The front uprights are all painted, so I
Vineyard worker
decided to offer them up and get them Above: Engine components ready to be cleaned. Below: This sign applies to all visitors – including Chris’s wife Vicky!
PROJECT START temporarily attached, which is when
January 2014 I had my first major ‘d’oh!’ moment. inserts to fit which will allow some new
What do I need to attach the ends of studs to be installed. The area around
the steering rack to the upright? I went the fixing holes on the cover has also
through all my boxes of kit parts – been affected by heat and has cracked,
nothing. I then checked all my photos leaving parts of the hole surround
I had taken at various shows and could missing. The price of a new lower cover
see what I needed but couldn’t find the is about £55, so I have decided to do a
parts. An email to Mike at RoadRunner repair job. Not sure how yet, but I can
explaining my confusion was replied to think of better ways of spending £55! It
quickly with ‘track rod ends’ – what an seems this is a fairly common problem
idiot! Now duly fitted. with the covers as all the second-hand
Work is continuing with the parts I have found have comments
refurbishment of the engine, with each stating the same.
area photographed before a part is I’ve been getting busy with the wire
removed just to be sure. The only slight
hiccup so far has been the removal of Below: Front upright painted. Below: Rusty timing belt cover bolts sheared off.
the lower timing belt cover where the
two lower bolts were rusted solid and
sheared off, leaving nothing to grip onto
for removal. The only answer was drill
out the broken bits. As this lower cover
has the timing marks on it, I will need to
make sure it goes back in the right place.
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brushes on the engine block to remove that I am taking an age on the engine trouble-free time with the car.
as much surface rust as possible before and I’m not even doing a complete As ever, Vicky is providing the
a final clean and degrease for painting. rebuild, but I have decided to make lighter side of kit car ownership with
So, yes, I have done some work, just sure all the service items are replaced an amusing sign for the garage. I have
not as much as I had hoped. It seems to ensure, hopefully, a reasonably pointed out that it does also include her!
T urning the page in my hefty

Westfield instruction manual, I was
faced with instructions for fixing the
handbrake into place. The brake system
on my Westfield has the upgraded four
pot calipers and the uprights came with
these already fitted. Very handy indeed!
I started off by locating and taking
Vivienne the handbrake handle out of the box,
and it looks relatively easy to bolt onto
Above: Handbrake was first job this month. Above: Threading cables was tricky with fuel tank
in place. Below: Caliper accepted handbrake cable.
Lodge the chassis frame within the cabin of then take out the differential and all
the car. Before doing so though, I had that goes with it. You get the drift.
PROJECT
to open up the holes on the balance So, eventually all tapped (including
Westfield SE
bar by placing the bar into a vice myself I feel!), I threaded the propshaft
AGE and drilling them so that they were through the tunnel in the car and
56 eventually large enough to take the rested it on the cross struts, leaving the
OCCUPATION
cable nipple. Then standing precariously protective mesh on the gearbox end.
Retired driving instructor on stepladders, I reached into the car I located the four bolts, cleaned and
and, whilst leaning at a very jaunty recoated them with thread lock and
PROJECT START
angle, successfully managed to secure placed them to just finger tight to start
March 2015
the handle into place. All without me with. Each bolt had to be alternatively align with the holes on the battery
toppling off into the car itself! and gradually tightened. Finally, I tray. Then I applied a liberal amount of
Having located the two cables for managed, with a lot of fiddling in a very silicone sealant. The tray was glued into
the handbrake, I proceeded to thread restrictive space, to torque each bolt. To position with the silicon and reinforced
them from the back of the car, up and do this, the handbrake had to be applied with rivets. This was so awkward as the
over the wishbones, under the tank, as each bolt was nipped up and then small space proved really difficult to get
over the differential and finally through released in order to turn the propshaft into with the rivet gun.
the bulkhead into the cabin. First, I ready to access the next bolt. Done! The battery was popped onto the
covered them with protective sheathing A sort of ‘inbetweeny’ type job next tray and after lining the mounting
where they might rub on the chassis. All which is quick, easy and therefore strap with foam I attached it so that
this would have been much easier if it makes you feel like things are moving the battery was as snug as a bug in a
had been done before fitting the tank, on, even if it still seems a slow process rug. Job done! Over the next weeks I
as the cables were quite inflexible. came next: battery tray and battery will be looking to attempt and hopefully
I attached one end of each cable to fitment. I drilled four holes in the complete the steering and fit the front
a rear brake caliper via a ferrule pocket aluminium panel on the chassis to uprights and front suspension.
and the other ends to the balance bar
Below: Battery and tray fitment is an ‘inbetweeny’ job that makes it feel like progress is being made.
on the handbrake. I finished by making
some fine adjustments which allowed
the handbrake to be applied using three
sharp clicks.
I moved next to the fitting of the
propshaft. When I start by saying
something looks quite easy, it is usually
a huge mistake as it always turns out
not so! The propshaft was found
and identified, and the specific bolts
were coated in thread lock. Ready to
go. Would the flipping things go in?
Would they hell as like! So I had to wait
for a special size tap to arrive from
Westfield in order to clear the threads
on the differential. The last thing I
needed was to wreck said thread and
have to remove all the fuel system, to

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in aid of such a good cause. The race then resumes until
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Anglesey. contact with each other.
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There’s no event like it. The Skuzzle team and consistent
first part of the race took place lapping were the secret.
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a remembrance service made you could hope for.
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see elicited quite a few responses
there were other cars from
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Homer Simpson’s car and KITT
from readers who would also from Knightrider.
like to see their favourite cars Classic Fords were another
available in kit form. recurring theme. That might
Supercars obviously featured sound surprising at first, but
quite highly, with calls for there are of course already a
Bugatti EB110 and Vector W8 couple of Mk1 Escort replicas Capri replicas? – a Ford GT90 replica – that’s been
both featuring. Like Stent’s on the market. Can you see the Oh, and we’re currently following built on a one-off basis. Hopefully
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Using Your Car In 2016

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Our essential guide to getting the most from your kit car this year
Contents... Welcome...
Using Your Car In 2016 is here
for just one reason... to inspire
you to make full use of your kit
car in 2016. The investment in
2 – FINISH IT time, energy and money can
be significant with any kit car,
Whether you have a kit you
whether you are building it from
can’t finish or a restoration
scratch, restoring it, upgrading
that’s come to a halt, this is
it or buying a second-hand
the year to get it on the road.
example. So there’s absolutely
no point it being sat idle in your
garage for any longer than is
absolutely necessary.
Using Your Car In 2016
is here to help you overcome
any problems you may have
8 – UPGRADE IT with a car that has caused it
The whole point of a kit car is to stagnate, to suggest ways
to personalise it, so why not in which you can improve your
freshen up your car with a new car and to point you in the
season upgrade? right direction when it comes
to getting your car back on the
road... what can you do with
your car beyond a local run out.
Above all else, there are
people out there who can help
you, from local club members
to specialist garages and parts
16 – USE IT suppliers who will have those
elusive components you may be
There’s more to using a kit
struggling to find.
car than just driving your
And what if you’ve yet to
local lanes. Whether you plan
take the plunge and get a kit
your own European road trip
car? Why not make 2016 the
or take your car track side,
year you buy a kit, or perhaps
there is loads to do with your
buy a pre-built car. Using Your
car in 2016.
Car In 2016 can point you in
the right direction.
14 – BUY A CAR...
There are several ways to
buy a kit car if you don’t fancy
building your own
What to do in 2016
Get Back
On The Road
The biggest danger for any kit car is that it either
never reaches the road, or never returns to it
after a winter hibernation or following repair work
that never gets finished. Ian Stent looks at how to
avoid that happening to you in 2016.
T
here are lots and lots of reasons Right: Don’t let your kit
why a kit car either never gets car look like this! It’s all too
on the road, or never returns easy to let small problems
to it. But I cast iron guarantee mothball a kit car for years.
you one simple thing... that if you can Make 2016 the year you
get your car roadworthy, after the first get yours back on the road
drive you’ll immediately remember why where it belongs.
you wanted a kit car in the first place.
You will be completely re-invigorated
about your kit car. It will be fantastic
and the time and/or money spent
getting it there will be well worth it. the project that may have stagnated, are passionate about what they do and
There are three typical scenarios either because of a problem that hasn’t they’ll be delighted to see you again
that might stop you enjoying your car been overcome, or perhaps simply and get you fired up about your car. If
in 2016. because motivation has waned and the you are having specific problems with
end seems a long way off. the assembly, they’ll certainly be able
1. It isn’t finished yet First things first, you need to get to talk you through some suggestions.
2. It came off the road for a minor your mojo back... to feel the excitement Above all, they want you to complete
repair or revamp and the work has you had when you first began this your car.
never been completed. Below: Stent’s Cyclone journey. Remember that? There are Second, make contact with a kit car
3. It came off the road for the winter has been off the road for two easy things you can do which will club. This might be a model specific
period and other things have stopped longer than he’d care to achieve exactly that. national club for your particular kit, or
you retaxing and insuring it. remember. Will it hit the First, make contact with your kit it might be a local club with all manner
road in 2016? Below manufacturer, explain your situation of different cars... it doesn’t matter.
FINISH IT! right: If you’ve run out of and arrange for another trip to the If someone local is building your car,
If you are in the midst of a kit car build enthusiasm, get in contact factory to have a look at what’s going then you’ve the best of both worlds...
project and making good progress, then with your local kit car club. on there and hopefully get a ride out make contact with them and get over
you’ll still have plenty of motivation to Some clubs organise visits in the demo car. Kit car manufacturers to see it, whether completed or not.
reach the end... and it will be worth it, to club members to help
believe me. But this article isn’t really progress projects that are
aimed at you. We’re focusing more on stuck in a rut.
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Even if your local club has no cars of Above: Sometimes it’s

your type, get along to a meeting and worth calling in professional
ask for a passenger ride in something. help. There are several
Just getting out in a kit car with an companies around the UK time to call in some professional help. GET IT REPAIRED
enthusiastic owner will do wonders specialising in kit car work, While you might be able to get It often doesn’t take much for a
for your own motivation. Some clubs whether just a small job or your local garage to help you out with working kit car to fall into disrepair
will even offer helping sessions where complete rebuild. Above certain jobs, there are a number of and off the road. It might be some
everyone will come to your place right: A visit back to the kit experienced kit car specialists who can dodgy wiring, a broken component
and spend a day getting your project car manufacturer can be do anything from a small repair to a that has never been replaced or the
moving along again. It’ll cost you a great for reinvigorating your ground-up build (see panel below left). intention to freshen up something
few bacon rolls and copious tea and enthusiasm for a kit build Most manufacturers now also offer a like the interior, that has never been
biscuits... but it’ll be well worth it. that’s come to a halt. Get build service or are happy to undertake completed. Often, these can be
So you have got some enthusiasm out in a car and remember smaller jobs. The chances are there may astonishingly simple and quick jobs to
for your kit car again... how do you what fun it all is. be someone within an hour or so of complete, but for whatever reason the
go about making proper progress? you with real experience of working on work has never been done. Now is the
Our suggestion would be to split the kit cars who can overcome in double time to put that right!
build up into bite size chunks – things quick time a specific problem you are Grab a notepad and head into the
you can make decent progress with facing. All of which means you can garage. It’s time to remind yourself
in a single weekend or over a period suddenly be back building the car again what went wrong and what needs
of a few weeks. If you can see jobs or, potentially, driving it! doing in order to start using your
being completed, it’s a great help to Calling in professional help will, of kit car again. As before, if there are
continued progress. course, cost you some money, but if several jobs, chop them up into bite
It may be that the build has ground it’s the difference between driving your size chunks so that you can make real
to a halt because of a single issue and it car in 2016 or it sitting gathering dust progress each time you venture into the
may be one that you really cannot sort in your garage, it could be the best garage. What are the parts you need?
out at home. Although it’s going to cost money you spend. The useful contacts Where can you get them? There are lots
you something, now might be the time list here highlights many of the of fantastic suppliers dedicated to the
to call in the professionals. Below right: Kit car companies we know who can take on kit car scene and who will have exactly
manufacturers will often work for you, but don’t also discount what you need, whether it’s a tiny
GET SOMEONE ELSE offer a build or partial contacting your manufacturer. Either electrical widget, engine performance
TO FINISH IT! build service, alongside kit way, there are companies out there upgrade or complete interior retrim.
This isn’t a competition. It’s not a test production. They’ll make who can help. Do your research, talk to your
of virility and it doesn’t have to be light work of the job you
hard... it’s not like training for the SAS! may currently be finding
Building a kit car is a hobby and, as difficult. It could be money
such, it should be enjoyable. It may be well spent.
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What to do in 2016
manufacturer and get the parts. And

then get the car back on the road!
As before, if you simply don’t
see yourself completing the work,
perhaps it’s time to call in professional
assistance. One final piece of advice...
don’t be too ambitious. It may have
been your dream to have a certain
type of component or upgrade, but if
the dream requires frankly ludicrous
investment or a bespoke part made
specially, it may be wiser to aim a little
lower, just to get the job done... after
all, you can always get the item you’d
dreamt of at a later stage and at least
you’ll be enjoying your car again in the
meantime.
POST-WINTER
CHECKS
Perhaps there’s no problem with your
car at all. You have just tucked it up in
your warm garage for the winter and
it only needs taxing and insuring again.
Before you do, there are a number of Above: Before getting your the brake and fuel lines. Check the letting the car warm up fully while
sensible checks you can do on your car car on the road after its suspension is all working freely and at home on the drive. Pay particular
to make sure that first drive doesn’t winter hibernation, give it a the dampers aren’t leaking and any attention for coolant leaks where
end in tears. thorough check over. damper adjusters are freely moving. rubber hoses may have dried out over
Some of us are incredibly organised As you are moving around the car, the winter. Also make sure the fan
when it comes to putting our car away check all the nuts and bolts are tight, cuts in at the correct temperature and
at the end of a season, but I suspect look for anything that may have worked then cuts out again once the system
the rest of us give it a final end of Bottom: Check the car loose over last summer that you hadn’t has been sufficiently cooled. On the
season clean and then roll it into the carefully and if items need noticed previously. first drive, take things steady, check
garage, job done. Now is a good time servicing, such as the In the engine bay have a good look the brakes and give everything time to
to think back and remember some of wheel bearing seen here, around for any oil leaks you may not warm up properly.
the niggling jobs you meant to do last it’s much better to get the have spotted last autumn. Look for any
year, but never did... perhaps a brake job done early rather than loose wiring that could get caught up GET IT ON THE
service, with new discs and pads, or take the car off the road in the fan belt or rest on the exhaust. Is ROAD!
worn ball joints on the end of the in prime summer driving the cooling system topped up... does it But above all else, the critical thing
steering arms, or a handbrake that’s weather. Below right: need flushing out and replacing? for you to achieve this year is to get
not working as well as it used to. It may Check in the engine bay When it comes to starting the your kit car on the road and enjoy it.
be the carburettors needed servicing, for any oil leaks or water engine after an extended break, it’s Whether you do the work yourself, call
or there was a leak you never quite leaks when you first start worth unscrewing a spark plug or in the experts or simply buy the car
tracked down in the cooling system. the engine. Below: Rubber two and turning the engine over for you’ve always dreamt of, make 2016
If there was nothing obvious, hoses can harden and a minute to get the oil circulating the year you make it happen. In the
then it’s time to just give the car a crack over time. around the engine before first start next part of the supplement, we’ll give
once-over. Hopefully you’ll have been up. Having checked you have fuel in you some ideas of upgrades you may
keeping the battery charged over the the tank, it’s time for a start, this time want to consider for your car.
winter and it will be raring to go.
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One of the joys of kit car ownership is the ability
to change, tune and upgrade your car at any
time. Might 2016 be the year to do it?
W
hile it’s obviously vital to Right: If you need a high
service your car before performance aluminium
you use it this summer, radiator for additional
now may also be the time cooling, several companies
to consider some upgrades. Instead can make something to
of simply replacing the brake discs your specfication.
and pads, an upgrade to these vital
components can have a significant
impact on the way your car performs,
even before you consider moving to
aftermarket 4-pot calipers. Left: A set of performance
If your coil-over dampers are in good tyres can transform the
condition, it may be that you’ve always way your car handles, but
felt the ride is a little too firm or soft. be careful not to go too
Replacement springs are surprisingly extreme if most of your If cooling is an issue, there are situations.
affordable (typically around £25 each), so driving is on public roads. now lots of companies offering high Suspension set-up is something
buying a full set or just a pair to change Bottom: Performance performance aluminium rads, either often overlooked with kit car owners,
the dynamics of your car’s ride can have coil-over dampers can in a standardised size (for a typical but getting your suspension geometry
a significant impact for not a lot of cash. dramatically imrpove the sevenesque kit) or bespoke units made correct can have a dramatic effect on
More significantly, a complete new set of way your car drives. Even to your specification. Getting your car’s how easy the car is to drive and its
performance coil-over damper units can just changing the springs cooling working correctly not only ultimate handling ability. Companies
have a huge impact on the way your car can make a sugnificant ensures the survival of your engine, but such as Track developments and
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car. An aftermarket unit overheating woes. we? With more modern engines there
can offer a wide variety of If your tyres are looking a bit tired, are now endless different ways of
benefits, not just improved then upgrading to a higher performance extracting more performance. A move
engine power. product could be worth considering, but to aftermarket throttle bodies, bike
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your engine. Companies such as SBD
And don’t discount the more subtle can build you an engine or Vauxhall engine, or more modern Flatshifter offer quick shift mechanisms
stuff. If your car retains the donor’s or supply the parts to unit, there are some fabulous tuning for sequential bike transmissions.
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also improve the way the engine runs... stay cool and perform reliably. perhaps the seats, gauges or perhaps a
how well it idles or drives in traffic. An And don’t forget the gearbox too. complete interior retrim. Some jobs can
aftermarket ECU can also be used to Standard gearboxes often don’t suit the be relatively swift, while others will take
control other aspects of the car, such as new engines they are mated to, and they a little longer but all will give your car a
when the cooling fan cuts in. may not be up to repeated punishment new lease of life. And now, before the
Whether you are running an old Ford on track days. Companies such as BGH season really gets underway, is the time
Geartech can supply modified internals to do it.
Useful Contacts designed specifically for typical kit There are also things to look at on
car installations, while others such as the outside of your car. It may be a new
Upgrades/tuning carbon silencer in the exhaust system, or
Allisport T: 01594 826045. W: www.allisport.com some new chrome headlights to replace
Acewell T: 01670 898402. W: www.acewell.co.uk the old ones that have begun to go rusty
Automec T: 01280 822818. W: www.automec.co.uk (you’ll be amazed at the wide variety of
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Cambridge Motorsport Parts T: 01462 684300. W: www.cambridgemotorsport.com can dramatically change the look of your
Car Builder Solutions T: 01580 891309. W: www.carbuildersolutions.co.uk
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Daytuner T: 01423 523323. W: www.daytuner.co.uk a partial or full respray or vinyl wrapping.
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Machine Mart T: 0844 8801250. W: www.machinemart.co.uk
Protech Shocks T: 01225 705553. W: www.protechshocks.co.uk Below: An interior revamp can give your car a new underway will ensure you don’t lose
Northampton Motorsport T: 01604 766 624. W: www.northamptonmotorsport.com lease of life. driving time just when you want it.
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Buy A Car!
Been thinking about a kit car for years? Make
2016 the year you make it happen.
T
his supplement is all about Right: Several kit car
making sure you enjoy your car manufacturers will build
in 2016, and one of your new you a brand new car from
year resolutions could well be to scratch, such as this
take the jump from armchair enthusiast beautiful aluminium bodied
to becoming a kit car owner. While Hawk Kirkham 289.
building a car is an achievement like few
others, you can fast track your kit car
ambitions by buying a pre-built car.
As with a normal car purchase, you
have options in terms of where you buy
your car from... a private enthusiast, a
second-hand dealer or even from the
manufacturer itself (either second-hand
or brand new).
Like any pre-owned purchase, it’s specialise in the sale of kit cars. Cars do repairs, partial builds and finish off
buyer beware, so you need to have your Bottom: Toybox Cars are checked over more thoroughly those kits that have come to a halt with
wits about you and go with a checklist specialises in sevensque and usually come with some form of the home builder.
of reminders of things to ask and look kit cars and in partocular warranty. Some of these companies Do your homework and buying
for. Key to any purchase these days Westfields. Below right: tend to specialise is a particular type of a pre-owned kit car can be a great
is that the car is correctly registered - Total Headturners has a car. Toybox Cars always has loads of way to fast track yourself into kit car
vitally, that the V5 document accurately vast selection of cars, with Westfields (and a few other seveneque ownership. It can also be the perfect
describes the car you are looking at and Cobra replicas a focus. cars) in stock, while the likes of Total way to find out whether a future kit car
it’s not still registered as the donor car. Bottom right: Hallmark Headturners, Hallmark Cars and build is for you. If you enjoy maintaining
If you fancy a little more security than Cars is another Cobra Sovereign Cars will typically have lots of and upgrading your second-hand
buying privately, a number of companies replica specialist. Cobras in stock. Check out the websites purchase, the lure of building you own
of all the companies listed in the Useful car can become overwhelming. Perhaps
Useful Contacts Contacts panel here to see what they that’s the project for 2017?
have to offer.
Kit Car Sales Of course, another option is to
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What to do in 2016
What To Do
In Your Car
Let’s suppose your car is MoT’d, taxed, insured
and ready to go with a full tank of fuel. What are
you going to do with it to make the most of kit car
ownership? Here are our suggestions...
I
t’s all very well spending the time Right: Joining a club is
building and maintaining your kit car a great way to get out in
in the garage, but what do you do your car. There’s always an
with it once it’s finished and ready to excuse for a run out!
go? Judging by the very low mileages
many kit cars cover, it’s something that
many owners struggle with – but a
whole world of adventure awaits if you
get out there and use your car.
JOIN A CLUB
An easy way to get out and enjoy your
car is to seek out those of a like mind.
There’s a thriving kit car owners’ club
scene, with some being more active in panel on the opposite page). Cerrigydrudion, which is in the bottom
than others. There are two kinds of club If you want to find your own ‘corner’ of the triangle.
to join – marque-specific organisations way, here’s just a selection of great Further north and across the border
that tend to be nationwide, or local driver’s roads – each of which also into Scotland, the A87 that runs west
clubs that welcome all makes of kit car. happens to be in a great tourist area out of Invergarry combines stunning
Either will probably have meetings of the country... views with a brilliant driver’s road.
and runs in your area, and it’s a very You can’t go too far wrong in most Catch a decent sunset past Loch Garry
easy way to make an excuse to get the of Wales, but the Evo Triangle is well and you’re in for a treat. Keep going
car out. You can find a full club listing worth the trip. The loop of A5, A543 until the end of the road 100 miles
on our website at and B4501 has been made famous later and you’ll almost have reached
www.completekitcar.co.uk by Evo magazine, who use it as a test the top of the Isle of Skye, which is
route. It has a great mix of sweeping also recommended.
UK ROAD TRIPS corners and slower, more challenging Another road well worth searching
There are lots of great places to visit turns that are just the sort of thing out is the 35-mile stretch of the
in the UK, and the easiest ways to you build a car for in the first place. A666 from Penrith to Haydon Bridge.
discover them are to either join in with To make it easy to find, look for The national speed limit sections are
an owners’ club run or to sign yourself Below: Plenty to explore in
up for an organised event run by the Europe... Below right: ...or
likes of the Classic Car Tours (see listing even if you stay in the UK.

CKC Supplement
interrupted by picturesque villages, and

it mixes flat topography and a 1904ft
summit, which is home to a café that
makes a good place to stop for the
views alone.
EUROPEAN ROAD
TRIPS
Don’t limit your kit car adventures to
the UK. We often run readers’ road trip
stories that have taken them well into
Europe and, as long as you’re prepared
with the legal requirements of different
countries and decent breakdown cover
(!), going abroad in your kit car should
hold no more trepidation than it does in Above left: The London to Alps – the Stelvio Pass being the most
your regular road car. Brighton run is increasingly obvious of the mountain roads – but
Popular destinations include the popular. Above: Stoneleigh don’t discount less popular (and less
show considered a busy!) mountain routes. Other popular
Shows and events must-visit by many kit car destinations include Le Mans and the
owners. Nürburgring, and even overseas track
MARCH days are worth considering. If you live
28 Motorfest Weston Park, Shropshire. Well established classic car show, special Club CKC area.
near a port, they can even be cheaper
overall than UK equivalents.
APRIL And if you prefer safety in
24 Drive It Day Events nationally, including Drive It Day Scotland. W: www.classic-car-tours.com numbers? Various tour companies
MAY offer packages, and there are many
1/2 National Kit Car Motor Show Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. World’s biggest kit car show. T: 01406 372600. clubs that organise longer road trip
W: www.nationalkitcarshow.co.uk events. What’s stopping you?
12/13/14/15/16 Spa Classic Historic motorsport event at Belgium’s grand prix venue. W: www.spa-classic.com
14 CKC/Omex Track Day Llandow, near Cardiff. Exclusive kit car track day with discounts for CKC subscribers.
E: [email protected] SHOWS AND
30 Motor Show Ragley Hall, Warwickshire. Well established classic car show, special Club CKC area. EVENTS
E: [email protected] Only one traditional dedicated kit car
JUNE show remains. The Stoneleigh show, to
5 London to Brighton Kit ad Sports Car Run Increasingly popular event that runs from the capital to the seaside! be held on 1/2 May 2016, is the biggest
W: www.classicmotorevents.co.uk kit car show in the world, and there’s
Date 24 Classic, Kit and Retro Action Day Castle Combe, Wiltshire. Take your car on track and see manufacturers’
demos in action.
nothing quite like being there with your
18/19 Le Mans 24-hour Regular trip for many kit car owners. Private campsites recommended! own kit car.
W: www.24h-lemans.com/en/ In addition, there are other events
23/24/26/26 Goodwood Festival of Speed A motorsport gathering like no other! W: www.goodwood.com
that have dedicated kit car elements.
JULY Events like the Classic, Kit and Retro
8/9/10 Le Mans Classic Historic racing around the clock. W: www.lemansclassic.com Action Day at Castle Combe and the
14/15/16/17/18 Champagne Tour Reims Tour organised by Classic Car Tours. W: www.classic-car-tours.com London to Brighton run bring kits and
24 Kent’s Kit, Custom and American Car Show Aylesford Priory. Small but friendly outdoor gathering.
W: www.kentskitandcustomcarshow.co.uk classics together, with the former
29/30/31 Silverstone Classic Big historic motorsport event at the UK’s grand prix venue. W: www.silverstoneclassic.com challenging the latter for overall
attendance. At the time of going to
AUGUST press, some dates and details are still
4/5/6/7/8 Scottish Highland Tour Tour organised by Classic Car Tours. W: www.classic-car-tours.com
29 Annual Knebworth Classic Motor Show Knebworth House, Hertfordshire. Established show, special Club CKC area. to be confirmed, but we’ve included
E: [email protected] our pick from the calendar in the
separate panel.
SEPTEMBER
9/10/11 Goodwood Revival More than just a motor racing meeting – a complete unique atmosphere at this historic
event. W: www.goodwood.com TRACK DAYS
Track days are a great way to stretch
NOVEMBER your car – and yourself – and find out
Date TBC Classic Vehicle Restoration Show Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet. Dedicated indoor kit car club
area hosted by CKC. W: www.carsandevents.com its capabilities in a safe environment.
Preparation is minimal: it will need to
*all dates correct at time of going to press. Please confirm with organisers before making travel arrangements.
be in an MoTable condition (but MoT

What to do in 2016
and tax aren’t usually required... check Right: Could 2016 be the
with the organiser), and you’ll need a first year you take your kit
crash helmet and, if it’s an open-top car on track?
car, covered arms and legs.
You can opt to trailer the car to
the event, which will give you peace
of mind in the event of damage or a
mechanical failure, but many don’t. On
the subject of the former, specialist
track day insurance is available as
your road policy will not cover you for
damage on track. Similarly, if someone
else crashes into your car on track
the repair bill is yours – not theirs.
Fortunatly, those sorts of incidents are
rare on track days.
It’s not unusual for track day
first-timers to feel a little intimidated.
Everyone in the paddock will look like
they know exactly what they’re doing and
you’ll probably worry about being slow.
Don’t fear: as long as you move out
the way of faster cars, nobody is going Cadwell Park). 750 Motor Club have championships
to care how quickly – or otherwise – Without too blatant a plug, our designed to accept existing road-going
you’re going. And you’ll enjoy the day own CKC/Omex track day is great for kit cars that have been adapted for
much more if you start slowish and first-timers thanks to its friendly kit car motorsport, rather than necesserily
build the pace gradually. exclusive paddock. See page 12 of the requiring a racing car to be built from
There are two ways in which track days main magazine for booking details for the ground up.
are run: sessions and open pitlane. The 2016’s event, on 14 May. Necessary car preparation is
former divides participants into groups outlined in the MSA’s Blue Book, and
based on experience and sends them out GO RACING includes specific features such as an
together, typically for around 15 or 20 If you’ve already done a number approved roll-over bar, plumbed-in fire
minutes at a time. An open pitlane allows of track days, chances are you’ve extinguisher, battery cut-off switch and
you to go out on track when you please wondered about graduating to so on. You’ll also need to kit yourself
and for however long you like. Some track motorsport. Could 2016 be the year out with overalls, gloves, boots and a
day organisers put on days specifically for you make the leap? crash helmet – and you’ll need a race
novices, and as a general rule flat former Below: Fancy going There’s no escaping the fact that all licence, which involves a practical and
airfield circuits (such as Silverstone or racing? Your existing forms of motorsport are not cheap, but written ARDS test, which are available
Snetterton) are easier to get to grips with kit car can probably be some are more affordable than others. at numerous circuits around the UK.
than ‘park’ circuits (like Brands Hatch or modified for competition. However, organisations such as the Once you’ve done all that, costs to
enter the 750 Motor Club are £20 for
club membership, £120 to register for
your chosen championship and an entry
fee of £245 to £305 per meeting (all of
which include qualifying and two races).
The best way for a newcomer to
get a handle on what’s necessary is to
visit a race and chat to competitors
in the paddock. They’re friendly and
approachable, and always welcoming to
new racers on the grid.
Other motorsport options
include sprinting and hillclimbing,
where you’re not sharing the track
with other competitors, or even
autotesting – a highly skilled discipline
where you perform high-speed, timed
manoevres around coned courses.
Lightweight kit cars are ideal for those
forms of motorsport.
For many kit car builders, the joy

is in assembling their cars, and once
they’ve finished they quicky move on to
the next project. For others, finishing
the build is only the start... and there’s
a whole lot to discover in your kit car.
Get out there in 2016!

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