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GKD LEGEND IN ACTION STONELEIGH REVIEW WARNER R4
£150 BMW 318 donor All the new cars examined Unbelievable scratchbuilt
works wonders caged car
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NEW CARS ONE-OFFS ROAD TESTS BUILDS WORKSHOP EVENTS CLASSIFIEDS
I CAN’T STOP and chat for long... if I said we were busy it would WIN
Then there was Stoneleigh, then our very own CKC/Omex Track
Day. Features Ed Wilkins hasn’t been dawdling either, involved in
Subscribe to all these and also acting as team manager for a pair of cars MASSIVE TECH SECTION INSIDE
Complete Kit Car and entered in the Guild of Motor Endurance 6-hour event recently. Running Reports
Latest progress reports from
p72 Making
our readers’ build diaries
save 15% on the Festival Of Speed, where we have a large stand and try to
newsagent price. spread the kit car word to a new audience. Wilkins is then
straight off to the Le Mans Classic the weekend after and...
www.complete well it makes me dizzy just trying to keep up.
Editor’s choice...
And what’s pleasing is that it’s not just us busy.
kitcar.co.uk Features Ed Wilkins has called several
of the industry’s key players and TYPHOON VALDRIS
(T: 01903 236268)
found that many are dealing with Forget Ferrari and Lambo replicas,
here’s a KTM X-Bow lookalike! p16
order books that are in rude health.
I’m not going to pretend it’s all STONELEIGH SHOW REVIEW
roses out there, but our quick poll
Pics galore from the biggest kit car show
is good news that reflects the on the planet. p26
level of renewed enthusiasm
we are witnessing when we LEGEND DRIVEN
meet you at shows.
Wilkins has driven GKD’s BMW based
Right, must dash! Legend and by all accounts it’s good. p48
BUILDING AN NG – TECH
A masterclass in how to build a really
meticulous traditional tourer. p60
WR4
This caged one-off looks utterly stunning
now it’s complete! p88
CV – Built two kit cars, owned CV – Built a Sylva Riot. Raced a CV – Has run a kit car as his only CV – Studied car and product
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROOFING
eight others, driven virtually every Tiger Avon for five years. Kit car car since 1980! Designed unique design and has worked as a design Richard Goodliff Bridget Bliss
type of kit car produced over the journo for nine years. fibreglass chassis and suspension consultant on many cars. James Mansell
last 20 years. for his GTM Coupé. Very clever! Justin Williams
“Overall, the WR4 looks “To get this kind of “Listen for the ‘crack’ as See Italo’s spectacular
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fighter of the car world, expensive tuning makes Take care here as the like to see – every other
perhaps a military the BMW a very attractive carbon and glassfibre month in Complete Kit Karen O’Riordan
cast-off” proposition” strands are very sharp” Car 07000 785423
James Warner’s WR4 p88 GKD Legend p48 Carbon laminating p70
s a secret – it’s
liar, but it hide
may look fami
GKD’s Legend ern BMW dono
r
ster to adopt mod
In this issue
up
sevenesque road e it to see how it stacks
Wilkins drov
components. Adam offerings.
nst more familiar Ford based ons and
trator). The proporti ion,
agai is Colour scheme
white demons
detailing comply
strictly with convent
the car styling has
highlights that echoes those of
BMW’s bravery in the
it? GKD’s the Legend, it this is the but the lack of The only
scheme, isn’t 3-series. Since First appealing shape.
IT’S AN ODD colour based on the a single
M division.
resulted in an headlights.
has been on roadster to use demonstrator made
the
position of the
latest Legend
demonstrator first sevenesque GKD detractor is the to allow
since the Exeter
show little wonder that point more subtly
with for the IVA test
the show circuit the BMW donor, it’s about it and there’s They were raised with the regs. I’d
and quickly acquired wants to shout
loudly stripes.
the indicators
to comply
ts and the
last November colours.” this colour scheme
is
slung headligh
one in the funny no doubting that should have rather see lower
nickname “the least mean the nickname d to the nose.
but it does at loud! Perhaps indicators relocate as we
It’s not catchy, que based one.” car is pretty much
knows which sevenes been “the BMW d Otherwise, the
that everyone yourself be distracte in our July 2009
issue;
talking about. If you don’t allow appears to described back exclusive first
roadster you’re behind GKD’s and the Legend first to drive back for an
is a logic by the colour,
We’re
this time, we’re
Actually, there car (a quality
that was Legend.
its demonstrator be a good looking the BMW based
decision to paint are the apparent with
the first
and red. Those more obviously
turquoise, purple On
that signify BMW’s M division.
colours
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day at Llandow having previously built a ian@performancepublishing Motor Endurance trial. It function. Those ammunition
Dutton. .co.uk has now taken boxes
(see page 38 for Together with another Liege part in eight endurance mounted on the side, for
events, which instance, are vital
the event review). owner, Paul for carrying supplies.
entered the Guild of Motor
Endurance
His track 6-hour event at Mallory
Park a couple of
prepared Sylva years ago and, despite a
gearbox failure,
caught our eye the team finished fifth overall.
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with its Gulf livery and They were
the highest rated of the
kit car teams. The
purposeful roll cage, both conditions were monsoon-like Inside, the interior has obviously
of which and Paul’s been
give the pretty Phoenix co-driver was his son who, altered over the years to
an aggressive at the time, had suit whatever job
edge. never driven a rear-wheel-dr has been thrown at the
ive car. He car. We particularly
Under the bonnet is a slightly was very quickly on the like the double gearknob.
pace to contribute It was a mock-
unusual choice in the form to the overall finishing position. up that was added when
of a Suzuki the gearbox was
GSXR1100 engine, which Although the Liege is now managed to twist the arm changed. The idea was
Matt officially out of its creator, to take
describes slightly dismissively of production, some customers Peter Davis to manufacture measurements and make
as an have kits since its a new gearlever.
“old bike engine.” Old withrawal from the market. The temporary item has
98 30 DAYS
or not, it now been in place
sounded great out on track! for four years! Elsewhere,
Llandow the triple silencer
was Matt’s second track is necessary to keep the
day. noise down on
long trips. It has a Mazda
rotary engine,
which has been in since
it was built for
racing all those years ago.
PART 02
swapped the full windscreen were the more
for classic powerful
aeroscreens. He has also
invested in a set Cosworth and
of Toyo R888 semi slicks
for track day use.
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Rover V8 engined DAN COLLINS BOUGHT
Two-Tone Sabre DAVID WILKS BOUGHT his
Royale Sabre trimmed down) requiring
The most striking feature
is the unusual front wings.
of early ZEis
They’re like a
versions (1994 to
1998 and 1995 back to his Kent home.
his rare Tiger Super Six
previous owner in Northern SSI from its
Ireland and drove it all
the way
when the project was owned particular care. mix of clamshell wings Since then, he’s rebuilt
by Vintage and the fuller style
to 2003 changing an alternator it when an established manufacturer – instead he
Motor Company and took The car is based on a Ford ones you’d see on a traditional bracket turned into the
delivery just Granada roadster. almost everything! It currently removal of has sat down and designed and built the
before the company went using its V6 engine and These were fitted to keep respectively). runs a 2-litre Ford Zetec
out of business. automatic gearbox. the front wheels engine with twin 45s, Megajolt WR4 at home, as a one-off. Next, he built
Despite that set-back, he and a Type 9 gearbox.
Novel parts include the it in a single garage with no light or power,
made a terrific job of trimming of the transmission
tunnel – it’s a 6in drainpipe having to run an extension cable from his
assembling the car and covered in leathercloth.
Elsewhere, 99p drink containers house – Nothing that heroic about that,
completed it in 2008. It’s have been employed as
his catch tanks while the exhaust you might think, but James didn’t need
second bite of the kit car bracket is a modified
stabiliser from Dan’s daughter’s electricity just to power a drill, but rather
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cherry having previously bicycle! “There’s now not
much I’ve not had apart, to fabricate and weld the complete
assembled a Robin Hood although the suspension
the list I think,” he says. is next on chassis, create a car and then spray the
Series 3A. chassis... all in a single garage. That’s a
The car looks great in its good effort. And finally I want you to
two-tone colour scheme remember one other vital fact about
of
Rover blue and Toyota silver.
It was fitting the bodywork
Last month we followed the build of James Warner’s one-off James’ creation. His car is not a replica
and hasn’t been inspired by any other kit
that took most of the time
during the six or seven year
caged car. This month we’ve been to see the finished car. When he began designing the WR4
on his computer, there wasn’t a single
build, the centre hinged
aluminium bonnet (which
article and are hoping it won’t remain a one-off for long... company within the scene offering
anything of this type (Neither SDR or MEV
was supplied over size to
be The editor reports. were on the market). Only the Arial Atom
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chassis rails may have been an
WE’RE GETTING USED to these took off a decade ago. inspiration, James’ WR4 is certainly no
JULY 2010
caged/exoskeletal cars these days. But there are facts about the car you replica.
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scene, ushering in a new sub-genre in the James Warner with starters, the builder, James Warner, has the garage and I watch him drive it to the
same way that bike-engined kit cars really his one-off WR4. not simply gone out and bought a kit from photo location, where we spend the next
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More readers’ cars spotlighted. Yours may be here if you sent us some pics!
We were at Stoneleigh armed with our cameras. Here’s what we saw. I love the almost complete lack of
bodywork, but more importantly I’m
hugely impressed by the beautiful curves
of the main chassis rails, the robust
countered by the car’s semi-matt black
finish and large diameter chassis rails
which give it an urban, almost military
toughness. You’d never describe it as
Digidash is the perfect self-contained unit
for this kind of car.
The challenge for a skeletal car such
as this is that not only the bits that you
diameter of the triangulating chassis dinky, dainty or toy-like. There’s a real might like to show off are visible, but also
tubes, and the business-like but sense of purpose, almost menace here. the bits you would more normally be
aesthetically pleasing construction. I And of course everything is exposed. happy to conceal. Wiring isn’t particularly
suspect even James would admit that his The small ‘bonnet’ is the panel on the car a feature I’d describe as attractive, nor is
welding isn’t the tidiest on the planet, but (with the exception of the Carbon Mods a steering column or rack. So the level of
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Part 1 Challenge Talk Wheels Mould Test gearbox and back axle, but it still left
USEFUL CONTACTS a lot of refurbishment on the other
bits. “They gave me lots of rusty
Kit package: Findhorn Cars.
pieces, and I thought ‘my goodness,
workshop
advert in a copy of Practical where kits were made ready for me the NG TF looked like a real friendliness of those involved and Front suspension is completely standard MG When was the last time we featured a kit car with leaf Pin drive conversion bolted onto original studs for steel
Motorist in 1995. He obviously liked dispatch and a demonstrator was car,” he continues, “and lots of the quality of completed cars. The specification, with the exception of an upgraded Spax springs and a solid rear axle? Don’t discount either. They wheels. Rear axle location also improved with addition of a
the look of it, but a highly stressed always on hand. “Even then I was people have said that to me since project was on. damper. work absolutely perfectly for this application. Panhard rod.
job in teaching meant he didn’t thinking ‘how am I going to get my then. It was down to the Finding the donor bits was the
think he could contemplate such a wife to go along with this?’” genuineness of the design. The first job and Chris didn’t fancy 7 8 9
major project. remembers Chris. A passenger other factor was the whole MGB buying and stripping an old MGB.
But when a change in job in ride for him demonstrated that the scenario. I wasn’t that keen on Instead he headed to one of the
1999 saw him move from a state ride was better than he expected, Fords, but I did work on a lot of many MG specialists, MGB Hive,
school into the private sector it was and the quality of the end product BL and Leyland cars when I was and they put together a complete
like night and day. Of course there was superb. younger and so I was very familiar donor package, including the V5
was still stress, but he suddenly And then it was the turn of his with the A and B-series engines.” from the original car. Under
began to enjoy teaching again, and wife, Lesley, to ride shotgun. “She He could, however, have advice from NG, he opted for a
felt inspired to take on a holiday came back with a big grin on her possibly opted for NG Cars’ other later steel wheeled MGB – the
Chris spent some time and effort preparing the garage A pile of old MGB donor components from MGB Hive. Front subframe is retained. Stripping it down showed
56 TECH TALK
before the project began. Painting the floor not only looks good, Engine, gearbox and back axle not present as they were Chris how the MG suspension went together. Everything was Engine and gearbox arrive from MGB Hive and can be Twin SU carbs, left one as it arrived, right one cleaned and Rolling chassis largely complete. Steering in place, but no
but greatly reduces dust. rebuilt by MGB Hive. Rest of it looks a mess! carefully rubbed down and painted with Hammerite. dropped into place with a hoist. Access couldn’t be easier. serviced. plumbing installed at this stage.
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60 NG BUILD – PART ONE now painted and ready for refitting in the NG chassis. Parts
replaced where necessary, but rebuilt to standard spec.
4
basic but well designed ladderframe design that works well. It
came powdercoated as per Chris’ instructions.
5 6
the chassis from the bodywork. It’s important to have this
isolating layer between the two surfaces.
13
Collected directly from the laminators after IGI went into
liquidation and before new owners buy the NG rights.
14
datum point for all the other panels around it. Alignment was
very time consuming.
15
Ian Stent and John Dickens have been busy in the garage.
FABRIC
REINFORCEMENT
Round-up of the latest good stuff you can buy for your kit car. Carbon Mods’ Carbon fully. This will take 20-30 minutes at
room temperature.
SURFACE COAT
The next step is to apply the epoxy
resin surface coat which will form
epoxy. This turned out to be far more
than was needed to cover the
0.12m2 mould surface.
The two components must be
mixed thoroughly, taking care to
scrape the resin from the sides of the
as this can cause it to set unevenly.
When you are happy with the
surface coat, set the mould aside and
allow the resin to start to harden. This
can take from 1½ to 4 hours
depending on the temperature of the
The carbon fabric must be cut to
size. If the shape is simple the size
can be estimated, but for complex
shapes it may be better to make a
template before you start the job.
72 MOULDING – PART 2
gelcoat, a specially thickened process, I painted a thin even resin. The remaining resin can be specks of dirt on the fabric will be
polyester resin. continuous coat of the resin onto the dissolved away using Acetone as long visible through the clear surface
CKC Technical Editor John Dickens tests 2 Mixing cups there is no shortage of available Unfortunately the thickening prepared mould surface. If the resin as it has not fully set. Three rinses will resin. Decide how many layers of
2 Mixing sticks information. agents used for epoxies tend to turn is applied too heavily it will pool in usually remove all traces of the resin. fabric you will use. Due to the open
out a new mould making kit available 4 Latex gloves the resin opaque, so if we need a any low points and will have a milky Most nail varnish removers are nature of the woven fabric, a single
RELEASE AGENT transparent finish we have to use or cloudy appearance when it sets. acetone based, so they will do the job layer of carbon fibre will allow light
from Carbon Mods. Next month he
How to make a GRP panel using Carbon Mods’ DIY kit. creates the carbon panel itself.
It is designed to allow
experimentation with carbon/epoxy at
a reasonable cost, to repair or
reinforce an existing carbon fibre
As with any laminating process, the
first step is the application of a release
agent to the mould so that the
finished article can be removed from
the resin without thickener.
The instructions give no guidance
on coverage, so I made a
guesstimate based on previous
The resin is quite viscous and is
likely to have tiny air bubbles trapped
in it. Using a hairdryer to heat the
resin film will reduce its viscosity,
too.
Keep checking the resin surface
coat. The correct texture is important
if the next layers are to bond properly.
through it and will be semi-
transparent. A second layer is
normally needed to prevent this. I
decided to use two layers of carbon
component or to produce one or two the mould once it has cured. Un- experience. The mix ratio of resin to allowing the bubbles to escape, but it The surface should be firm but still fabric and one layer of woven
In the last issue I tested the Carbon for popular kit cars and also sells the small items. thickened epoxy resin tends to pool or hardener is 2:1 and needs to be will also allow the resin to flow more sticky. No resin should come off on glassfibre cloth to add support.
Mods’ Mould Making Kit by using it materials used in their production, Once again, no instructions are ’fish-eye’ on waxed surfaces, so PVA
to produce a mould for a small trim but the company has also now put provided with the kit. The label release agent alone is recommended Gloves are needed when working with the epoxy resin. The viscous epoxy resin is weighed out as accurately as The thinner hardener is also weighed out accurately. The
panel for my motorcycle. The together a number of kits containing inside the lid supplies the web and provided in the kit. possible. ratio is 2:1, resin to hardener.
This month I intend to use the explanations of the processes for use with water based paints.
The latest from our army of real world kit car builders. mould, along with another Carbon
Mods kit, its Carbon Fibre
Laminating Starter Kit, to produce
330g
166g
0.3m2
Laminating epoxy resin
Epoxy hardener
2/2 twill weave carbon
involved and tips for best results.
There is also a section which
realistically assesses the results
Ideally what is needed is a thin
even film of PVA completely covering
the entire surface of mould. The blue
the replica trim panel in epoxy fibre fabric possible with the kit. On the Carbon colour of the PVA is added to help
reinforced carbon fibre. 0.3m2 woven glass fibre fabric Mods website there is a video clip you achieve this. Take care with the
Carbon Mods, based in Stoke on 35ml PVA Mould Release Agent which shows the kit in use, so application of the PVA. Any untreated
Trent, produces carbon fibre panels 2 Brushes providing you have web access area, no matter how small, will stick Thorough mixing is essential to avoid setting problems. The cloudy appearance is due to tiny air bubbles in the mix. A thin even coating of resin is painted into the mould.
The epoxy putty mould ready for use. The contents of the Carbon Mods kit. PVA release agent is recommended and supplied in the kit. 10 11 12
1 2 3
4 5 6 13 14 15
There are an extraordinary number of products out there relevant to any kit car builder,
if you know where to find them. Here are a few we’ve found this month.
RUNNING REPORTS
to do is drill the hole and fix
the tiny repeaters in place.
£***plus enclosure. It’s battery
powered, so there’s no
We like that! VAT wiring to worry about and
we think it looks pretty cool.
It’s 5.5cms in diameter and
Reporter: Emlyn Owen Tidy wiring and the use of multiplugs
just 0.9cm in depth. CKC’s Running Reporters have been hard Project: Autotune Gemini should make life easier if it ever needs to
Age: 62 come out again. Finished article looks very
at work building their kit cars. It doesn’t Occupation: Semi-retired civil servant tidy indeed.
10O%
W: www.tifosi-devon.co.uk now got the flexi hoses fitted and will be in blue vinyl with yellow piping. The fibreboard was sealed with PVA plywood). time you read this we will have
the brakes bled. I’ve gone away They weren’t cheap, but having had a before fixing. They were eventually Not having a comprehensive build celebrated 50 years of Loton Park
U NT
UK importer Digital Speedos offers a terrific range of While Tifosi may manufacture its Rana Frogeye replica, the company also from a remote brake reservoir and good look at seats from various covered with 3mm foam and the manual and left to your own devices, with a ‘Party in the Park’ on the 23rd
DISC
have fitted some new Wilwood makers, I felt they were of good vinyl. Door pulls were made up using you have to experiment and be May. Lots of classic and racing cars
KC
Koso dash units, and the DB02r is the latest to come offers an ever expanding range of kit car products. Latest of these is a pre
LL C
Reporter: Richard Claydon
integral ones. They’ll just about fit enough quality to justify the extra. some old cycle brake inner cables prepared to make and remake on show and trips up the hill in
TO AADE RS!
in. It features a seperate multi function speedo and stitched vinyl trim panel. The really clever part about this is that it comes Project: Sylva J15
under the front bodywork. planning stage I I picked up some matching vinyl which I had lying around, they seem various items. various cars including an Ultima
Age: 44
The car is pretty much fully was going the from their stand at Stoneleigh to start to work OK. The dash was covered in foam and (must get a ride in that).
RE
the rpm gauge, with the following features. The with piping and a fluted lower section. Why? Because it can then be used to Occupation: Senior operational fire officer
Project start: June 2009 plumbed now... water, fuel, brakes throttle body route. the cockpit trimming. As usual, I have also spent a lot of time on vinyl (very fiddly), the instruments I also spend a lot of time long
220mph speedo is switchable from mph to kph. The rpm trim a door panel or perhaps a and clutch are done but I’ve still The big decision Stoneleigh was a good show, the dash. I decided to have the fitted and then wired up using block distance walking – I have 42 mile
gauge can be set for three different ranges to suit different side panel of a typical got to solve a clutch slave feed has been which although blooming cold! It was nice to ancillary gauges directly in front of connectors to make removal easier. walk across Wales lined up on the
When I left this last time, we had hose issue. The Ford slave cylinder ones to get. chat to Ian on the CKC stand. the driver (there was not enough There is still a lot of work to be done 19th June in aid of Leukaemia
engine installations... 10k, 15k and 20k. The unit also includes two temperaure sevenesque kit car and the car sitting on the ground with is usually fed by a plastic pipe, but After much height for the larger gauges). in the cockpit area, but I feel it is at Research, so wish me luck for that.
gauges (for instance, for oil and water), both with programmable warning lights instantly give a professional the engine fitted. the pipe running up the chassis is deliberation I’ve Thinking ahead, I realised the backs
built into them, a volt meter, fuel gauge, two trips, total mileage and a three colour finish. The universal trim To recap we’ve got the first stage metal! I’ll have to think of a gone for a set of AT of gauges were likely to foul any
of the aluminium panelling finished solution to join the two. Power spindleless demister vents behind, so I would
shift light. panel is sold as a pair, with in powdercoat and fitted to the car. Pedals are fitted, as is the bodies and coupled have to bring them away from the
A separate warning light housing can be clipped around the main unit and an additional meter of steering column, and the gear this to a Specialist dash. To overcome this, I made up a
change works a treat. We’ve Components plywood pod to move them a couple
has the facility to run eight warning lights, with a large range of legends and matching vinyl to allow the started to fit the fibreglass, well at Typhoon ECU. John Goddard at AT month if the rear body would fit of inches outwards.
colours to choose from, in order to comply with current IVA requirements. builder to also trim other least started to cut it out to fit, and has been great and helped me to over the relatively high Duratec This pod was fitted to my Mk2
that’s been a really anxious get the right set-up for the car. The cam cover. Short answer is no! But
areas in the same experience! bodies are fantastic, fit superbly, there is a silver lining! It meant I Second attempt at a dashboard has been much more successful. Pod behind steering
material. What a fab idea. To move on, the last month or so and look almost too good to put on had to go out and buy another sexy wheel brings gauges away from dash vents behind. With nothing on which to mount an interior door panel, Emlyn had to make his own framework.
has been really expensive. Due to the car! bit of kit – this Raceline crinkle Plywood door panel fits well. Once trimmed it will be perfect.
the limited space available with the Finally I asked the question last finish cam cover!
Duratec engine, I decided at the
You can see how tight it is under the rear deck. This is the original Duratec cam cover.
These are the very fancy AT Power spindless throttle bodies that Richard is using on Fancy Raceline items comes in a sexy crinkle finish! If Richard’s J15 goes as well as
the Duratec engine he’s fitted in the J15. They will be controlled by a Typhoon ECU. it looks, he’s going to have a very fast car.
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Last month we followed the build of James Warner’s one-off James’ creation. His car is not a replica
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caged car. This month we’ve been to see the finished car. When he began designing the WR4
on his computer, there wasn’t a single
article and are hoping it won’t remain a one-off for long... company within the scene offering
anything of this type (neither SDR nor
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WE’RE GETTING USED to these took off a decade ago. inspiration, James’ WR4 is certainly no
caged/exoskeletal cars these days. But there are facts about the car you replica.
They’re a welcome addition to the kit car see here that are worth highlighting. For So when James pushes the car out of
scene, ushering in a new sub-genre in the James Warner with starters, the builder, James Warner, has the garage and I watch him drive it to the
same way that bike-engined kit cars really his one-off WR4. not simply gone out and bought a kit from photo location, where we spend the next
few hours examining it in detail, it seems how small the WR4 is... it really is tiny, front, that means the floor-mounted
all the more amazing that I find it to be with a chunky wheel out at each corner. pedals are wonderfully exposed, as is the
one of the best looking and purest caged But this flyweight reality (James claims battery, with its kill switch just beside. The
car I’ve come across. just 350kgs) and diminutive size are dash is as minimal as you’d expect, and
I love the almost complete lack of perfectly countered by the car’s semi-matt the ETB Digidash is the perfect self-
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construction. However, I suspect even And of course everything is exposed. happy to conceal. Wiring isn’t particularly
James would admit that his welding isn’t The small ‘bonnet’ is the only panel on a feature I’d describe as attractive, nor is
the tidiest on the planet, but the finished the car (with the exception of the Carbon a steering column or rack. So the level of
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£1250. T: 020 7511 8510. SPARTAN TREKA SPARTAN 2+2
FISHER FURY IRS rolling chassis, Fiesta 957cc, MoT May 2001, tax September Vitesse 2-litre engine on Triumph chassis.
PARTS FOR SALE
£2000
2010. Used daily, very good condition, New hood, seats, respray, original
powdercoated, brakes, fuel tank, 2-litre £1250. T: 07821 457428 registration number (non-Q). Wire wheels,
Zetec, 5-speed, diff, driveshafts, bits, £4750 (Northamptonshire). luggage rack, taxed until 2009, MoT.
TEAM DYNAMICS MOTORSPORT Reluctant sale, £1995 for quick sale or
spent, best offer over £1850. T: Matt –
WHEELS And tyres 195x45R15, two tyres would swap for a classic saloon.
07883 296502 (Gloucestershire). X0810 T: 01323 738668.
new, £300. T: 01566 86004 (eves) (Cornwall).
BURLINGTON 2+2
£2001 to £5k
£2001 to £5k
£5000
since built by Quantum Sports Cars in 2000. 1991. Re-sprayed, new carpets, recent engine
New water pump, cambelt, starter motor, and gearbox overhaul. Central locking, remote
two tyres, £2500 ovno. T: 01263 860984 alarm, lots of work done. MOT Apr 2011, Tax
(Norfolk). May 2011, £3500 ono. T: John: 01424 424506
X0810 X0910 (h) 01435 812706 (w). E-mail:
john@sussexkitcars.co.uk (East Sussex).
£2001 to £5k
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£10,000
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race seat. 3in Sparco harness, removable
steering wheel, new R888s etc, £8750 ono.
T: 07702 325701.
filter, side doors and Gingerfix soft-top.
MoT’d until October, £8500. T: 07973
668954 (Derbyshire).
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7000 miles only. Dellorto 45s,
new adjustable shocks, recon
brakes, harnesses, battery
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immobiliser, stunning car, £7995
SVA 2003, Sierra-based kit, 2000cc Sapphire Ford Zetec 2-litre, twin DCOE, lightened flywheel, 2003, 5300 miles, non-Q, 2-litre Pinto, twin 45
ono. T: 01273 389333 (Brighton). petrol engine, 5 gears, only 1134 miles, Old professionally tuned, Spax shocks. 1100 miles, Weber carbs, FR32 cam, 150bhp, taxed until
English Ivory, bodywork immaculate, MoT June taxed and MoT’d to June 2009. Very quick and September, MoT March 2011. Dry miles only,
2009, tax December 2008, £7000. T: 01323 fun, endless upgrade possibilities, £5995 complete with all receipts, £5700 ono. T: 07967
833904 (Eastbourne). reduced. T: 07825 389233 (Birmingham). 041623 (Cheshire).
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£2001 to £5000
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48DCOE carbs, Hi Spec brakes.
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September 2005, only 1500 miles. Four-pot
without. Trailer also available. T: Weber carb, high quality build, professional For further details phone 01903 236268
01795 520877 or 07515 899477 paintwork, £6500 or sensible offer. T: 07968
(Kent). 314244 (Dorset). All advertising purchase is done so in accordance
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SEBRING MX AK 427
Navy with cream leather Ford 302 V8, vanilla leather, SVA
upholstery with matching blue 2006, 6000 miles. Powerlock diff,
piping and carpet, Navy mohair full wet weather gear, detailed
hood and cover. 3.9-litre Rover V8 engine bay, tax, MoT, superb
fuel injected engine, 5-speed condition, £25,000. T: 07967
PILGRIM SUMO MK3
gearbox, £13,500 ono. 031312 (Leicestershire).
Rover V8, Holley carb, Granada running gear,
T: Mal – 01443 409139 or black soft top. Built 2006, £12,000 ono. T: 07769
07773 081571. 947343 or 01935 848651 (Yeovil).
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