THE STORY OF THE ICONIC COX/GTM COUPÉ
STEVE HOLE TELLS THE STORY OF THE COX/GTM COUPÉ Initially known as the Cox Grand Touring Mini the car was designed by Jack Hosker and […]
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THE STORY OF DELL’ORTO
by Steve Hole – pix by Steve Hole and Dell’Orto UK Along with Weber, Skinner’s Union (SU) and Holley, the name Dell’Orto is synonymous with […]
THE STORY OF THE GAZELLE AKA AMICA, DELTA, SPIRIT SS, GATSBY AND PHOENIX …
THIS WEEK STEVE HOLE TELLS THE STORY OF THE GAZELLE. It’s quite a well-used name in the kitcar industry, is Gazelle and this take on the […]
NATIONAL KIT CAR MOTOR SHOW – ‘MALVERN’ 2025 REVIEW
Here are our pictorial highlights from Malvern 2025. Next year’s dates are May 30/31, 2026. Not many showgrounds have such a lovely view out Seeing […]
THE STORY OF BRYAN WINGFIELD AND HIS GLORIOUS ‘DEETYPES’
Steve Hole tells the story of Bryan Wingfield and his beautiful range of classic toolroom copies. DEETYPE D-TYPE REPLICA Hailing from Glasgow, Bryan Wingfield cut […]
THE LOTUS EUROPA STORY
LOTUS EUROPA SERIES 1 (LOTUS TYPE 46) Unveiled in December 1966 the first 500 cars were destined for the French market. The aptly named Europa […]
THE VERY QUIRKY BOLER T-BONE
STEVE HOLE tells the story of the David Boler’s Ford Model T-inspired T-BONE Lancastrian David Boler, who ran an exhaust centre in Oldham (proudly marketed as […]
This time we look at a wonderful creation created by a wonderful chap called JT ‘Bill’ Hines, who always struck me as the kitcar industry’s equivalent of Jack Hargreaves. STEVE HOLE tells his tale.
The Dunsmore was a wonderful creation, from Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire-based Dunsmore Motor Traction and was evocative of traditional thirties roadsters, although all were different and none was a replica […]
ANOTHER GREAT KITCAR MAKER OF THE PAST – THE STORY OF SOUTHERN ROADCRAFT – STEVE HOLE IS OUR GUIDE
Southern Roadcraft was a very interesting kitcar company, founded by brothers, Ian and Brian Nicholls in 1985. They were based at several locations around the Brighton […]
FULL STEAM AHEAD – THE AVANTE
STEVE HOLE tells the story of the eighties faux exotic, which was actually pretty good, the AVANTE Very much a child of its time, the […]