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KINGFISHER KUSTOMS AND PIE VALLEY LAUNCH NEW GOLF-BASED BEACH BUGGY CHASSIS
May 10th
Volkswagen Beetle guru, Dave Fisher of Kingfisher Kustoms in Smethwick has been working closely lately with Ed Morton of Pie Valley Buggies.
New VW Golf-based beach buggy chassis – a joint collaboration between Kingfisher Customs and Pie Valley Buggies
They unveiled the results of their recent labours at Stoneleigh, which is a beach buggy chassis set-up to accept Volkswagen Golf donor mechanicals.
This obviously moves the buggy theme on a few generations, with modern and capable components not to mention a highly-rated water-cooled four-cylinder engine.
Of course, if you are a diehard Beetle-man then Dave and co can help you.
Cool new version of Kingfisher More >
MUDPLUGGING FUN
May 10th
Blitzworld’s kits are more than happy in conditions like this …
Here’s the CF-Moto before it gets caked in mud! Just hose it out and you’re good to go again
Blitzworld is a company heavily involved in off-road style buggies and has a huge range available in kit or fully built form for use on-road or on muddy, flooded quarries!
They make their own buggies, with some of them type-approved, while they also import this cool Chinese-made offering (CF-Moto), which starts from an amazingly competitive £10,5000 fully built.
Based in Stoke-on-Trent they have access to over 300-acres of land on which to play with More >
NUMERO UNO! PRIMO COUPE
May 10th
Good to see the Gentry re-launched at last weekend’s Stoneleigh show. The new company put on a very professional display and exhibited a great example of the nigh-on 40-year old Gentry.
Kit price has been set at £7995, which includes stuff like fabricated spaceframe supplied with two reconditioned Triumph suspension towers (on an exchange basis), body tub in plywood, steel, aluminium and GRP, plywood dashboard panel, radiator grille, bespoke radiator, windscreen frame and custom-made fuel tank.
We’ll be featuring the ‘new’ Gentry very soon. In the meantime, visit www.gentrycars.co.uk ENDS.
LANDED GENTRY
May 10th
Good to see the Gentry re-launched at last weekend’s Stoneleigh show. The new company put on a very professional display and exhibited a great example of the nigh-on 40-year old Gentry.
Kit price has been set at £7995, which includes stuff like fabricated spaceframe supplied with two reconditioned Triumph suspension towers on an exchange basis, body tub in plywood, steel, aluminium and GRP, plywood dashboard panel, radiator grille, bespoke radiator, windscreen frame and custom-made fuel tank.
We’ll be featuring the ‘new’ Gentry very soon. In the meantime, visit www.gentrycars.co.uk ENDS.
TONIQ R STILL A PICK-ME-UP
May 2nd
Crikey, it’s hard to believe but it’s some twenty years since the Toniq R first came blinking into the spotlight at the Donington kit car show.
Designed by a group of students from the University of Huddersfield, it was seen as a fresh and ultra-credible new take on the Lotus Seven theme.
One of the four people involved from gestation, Colin Williams, now re-located in St Austell, Cornwall, has been running Toniq Cars for several years although it’s fair to say that although the car has always been available, it’s been keeping a low-profile in recent times, primarily due to Colin being More >
ROARING PERFORMANCE
May 2nd
As a big fan of car care and detailing, I have an extensive collection of products and among them are some fantastic polishes, rapid detailers, paste waxes, glazes, sealants, you name it.
The UK marketplace is a crowded one from big players such as Meguiar’s and Autoglym to smaller operations such as Britemax, Angelwax and Dodo Juice, not to mention hundreds of micro-boutique car care companies, some cool, some not so.
A range that was new to me until recently was Roar Polishing, a Derbyshire operation founded several years ago by polishing and bodyshop experts. It has to be said that the More >
A LIFT FOR YOUR KENT ENGINE
May 2nd
Burton Power has announced that the FP209B 7.6in Pushrods for the 1.6-litre Ford Kent engine are once again available and back in stock.
FP209B 7.6in Pushrods are made from high-performance chromium/molybdenum alloy steel (42CrM04) that exhibits a high fatigue strength and have been precision manufactured to Ford’s original equipment specifications.
They are suitable for Ford Crossflow OHV Kent engine application as fitted to thousands of kitcars over the years.
Order as part number FP209B at £9.95 inc VAT each with further details available from 0208 554 2281 orwww.burtonpower.com ENDS.
NEAT OIL CANISTER PROTECTOR
May 2nd
Most engine oils are designed to work optimally between 82°C – 99°C.
However, DEI’s new Oil Filter Shield effectively protects spin-on type oil filter canisters from radiant heat, which can change the oil’s viscosity or potentially cause a thermal breakdown that makes the oil additives degrade, dissipate and wear out quickly.
DEI’s Oil Filter Heat Shield is available in two sizes:
3½in – 4½in x 4in high 88.99mm – 114.3mm x 101.6mm high part #010740
or
2½in – 3½in x 3in high 63.5mm – 88.9mm x 76.2mm high part #010741
It can be trimmed to fit any size of oil filter and is sold in a More >
SHIELD STUFF FROM HEAT
May 2nd
Turbochargers generate lots of heat and you want to keep that heat inside the turbo to keep the turbine wheel spinning and keep under-bonnet temperatures from spiking and damaging your paint and heat-sensitive electronics.
Summit Racing’s Volcano Turbo Heat Shields do just that. Made from volcanic rock fibre and high-tech materials, the shields are stronger than other types, and can withstand radiant heat up to 1800 degrees F continuous and 2500 degrees intermittent.
More from www.summitracing.com ENDS.
F48 – THE TWO-DAY DEHAVILLAND
May 2nd
The DeHavilland F48 will make its debut at Stoneleigh 2019 and it’s a two-seat, rear-wheel drive, mid-engined sportscar.
DeHavilland boss, Terry Groves told me: “The brief we gave ourselves for the car we are now launching as the F48 was quite a complex one. It involved designing a car that was unique, quick to assemble, had good performance, was easily maintainable, functional, offer very good value for money and finally could be assembled by a complete novice.
“In order to accomplish everything set out in our design brief we have had to seriously look at how kitcars and mainstream sportscars are manufactured More >
