STEVE SAYS – BOXING DAY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025

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A MERRY CHRISTMAS welcome to totalkitcar online …

A very warm welcome to totalkitcar online … If you are reading this around Christmas time, then MERRY CHRISTMAS. I hope you have a great and restful time and enjoy whatever it is you have planned. See you ‘next year’ on Friday, January 2, 2026!

IF YOU LIKE CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS you are in luck. Clicking that button will take you back in time with features on old kitcars, personalities and generally interesting companies who worked within the specialist car and sixties motorsport movements. I really hope you are enjoying them. Not all of them are kitcar-related per se but they all celebrate the underdog and often feature the wonderful world of sixties motorsport.

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A lot of classic clubman motorsport features highlight underdog artisans that we hope will appeal to you dear reader, the sort of companies that we’ve often all heard of but on whom detailed information is often hard to find. Shorrock, Wade Turbochargers, Jack Knight Developments, Cannon Cars, Tom Killeen, David Ogle the list goes on and on. The sort of companies and individuals that our specialist and kitcar forebears from the sixties would have been very familiar with. You’ll find these subjects contained in CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS.

In this instalment of CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS we look at the Elva GT160, a car that really deserved to succeed rather than be limited to just three prototypes. It’s a great story though so CLICK HERE to go there.

The beautiful Elva GT160

Incidentally, if you click on the link to the right (CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS) you’ll be transported to the landing page where you’ll find a smorgasbjord of over 110 features. Enjoy. 

AVAILABLE NOW – TKC MAG JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026 

We kick off 2026 with the JAN/FEB issue and we have plenty of features to entertain, inform and highlight.

MINPREZA – Jason MacDonald of Scoobybits is a proper automotive Frankenstein and his latest creation – MinPreza – mixes Classic Mini and Subaru Impreza to create a complete monster.

WESTFIELD SE.NA FIRST DRIVE – We were invited to the official launch of the Se.NA back in October and what a beautiful machine it is.

JBA FALCON – IN PROFILE – A classic kitcar if ever there was one. We look at the car’s history, the different variants and the men behind the project.

STANBURY TT – An all but forgotten kit car from the eighties that probably deserved to do better that deserved a little feature in the mag. However, we then spotted a rare survivor with a great back story at a car show and … well, the feature ended up bigger than originally intended.

INTRODUCING HUMBLE NOMAD AUTOMOTIVE – Taking over the excellent Vortex V2 project is more than newsworthy but newcomers Humble Nomad have a very ambitious ten-year plan …

An early sneak peek at the front cover of my new book for Crowood Press. I truly loved working on this one. Special place in my heart for the Caterham Seven. Graham Nearn was the first manufacturer I ever visited when I started work as a fresh-faced young lad on Kit Cars & Specials magazine. This was when they were still based in Townend, Caterham-on-the-Hill. I’ll never forget Graham, who was always very kind to me, tossed me the keys to one of his demo Sevens and told me to go and enjoy myself, which obviously I did!

The book is out probably towards the end of April 2026 (exact date tbc). That’s all I am allowed to say at the moment.

INDUSTRY GREATS – ANTHONY TAYLOR AND AUTOTUNE – We are absolutely delighted to be featuring the amazing career of Anthony Taylor, co-founder of Autotune. If that wasn’t enough, Anthony is a very handy driver in historic motorsport, he was also on the grid of the first ever kitcar race in 1984, is a world expert on McLaren’s Can-Am Group 7 cars and a well-respected racing car restorer. 

CATERHAM SEVEN SUPERSPRINT 2000 – Another heritage Seven, but this one has real attitude!  Normally powered by 660cc three-pot Suzuki engines, this one has a 2-litre Duratec. A welcome fusion or just plain confusion?

NEW RELEASE – TKC MAG – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026 AVAILABLE NOW

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As the name suggests we look at some of the classic marques, great cars, not so great cars, plus the personalities, events and designers who have graced this wonderful industry over the last 75 years. 

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So, that’s about it from me for this week, so I’ll bid you a great seven days, with plenty of enjoyable driving and I look forward to welcoming you once again next Friday – JANUARY 2, 2026

I’d LIKE TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2026 DEAR READER

Best regards 

Steve