Month: April 2026
BREAKER, BREAKER (YEAH, I KNOW IT’S A BIT CHEESEY!)
Extra leverage for stubborn fastenings: The Laser Breaker Bar (part number 9254) is a heavy-duty 600 mm (24in) 1/2in-drive lever designed to give technicians the leverage they […]
THE TREATMENT
Morris Lubricants (how many hundreds of thousands of Beetle engines have been running on their oil in the UK?) has just announced three new fuel […]
ZAKSPEED ZETEC CAM COVER REPLICA
New from Retro Ford is this Zakspeed-style Zetec cam cover, which is cast from LM25 heat-treated aluminium. The cam cover fits ‘Silver Top’ and ‘Black […]
LATEST RELEASE FROM SCALEXTRIC
Latest release from Scalextric is this well-known BTCC Shell-liveried Sapphire Cosworth, driven by Trakstar-run Robb Gravett taking him to the BTCC championship in 1990 and […]
SUMMIT RACING STOCKS EMPI PRODUCTS
EMPI’s story began in 1956 when California Volkswagen dealership owner Joe Vittone had a flash of inspiration. Back then, if the valve guide in a […]
Back to 1970 and the first design by the genius that is RICHARD OAKES – the TRAMP beach buggy.
Steve Hole tells the story of the buggy based on an un-modified VW Beetle floorpan. Unusally and refreshingly for the day it wasn’t ‘inspired’ by […]
