A VERY SPECIAL 'SPECIAL'
CAROL HARDY tells the story of the Harold Biggs Special – colour photos by CAROL HARDY A very warm welcome to CLASIC KIT CARS & […]
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STING IN THE TAIL – TOM KILLEEN'S SCORPION K19
The Scorpion K19 was created by serial specials builder, and ex-Jensen engineer, Tom Killeen and derived (funnily enough) from his Rycam Mirage K18 creation (qv) […]
THE STORY OF LYNCAR – INCLUDING WILT ‘THE STILT’ CHAMBERLAIN'S 'SEARCHER 1' PROJECT
Most specialist car enthusiasts of today won’t have heard of a company called Lyncar, as they appeared on our radar for a very brief period […]
NYVREM NIRVANA
Created by a chap called Mervyn Edwards who was based in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. As often happens he was disillusioned by proprietary kits on the market […]
THE BIG SHOW – THE SILURIAN (DEFINITELY ‘A ONE THAT GOT AWAY’)
The Silurian story by Steve Hole PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRIGHTWELLS The men behind the remarkable Silurian project were Mike Phillips and his business partner, Jack […]
SPLENDID ISOLATION – THE IMPERIAL ROYALE
[title] SPLENDID ISOLATION – THE IMPERIAL ROYALE DOUBLE SIX The Imperial Royale was a real bit of specialist car grandeur that took its influences from […]
NEWARK 2022 – SHOW REPORT
NEWARK SHOW REPORT – words and photos by Carol Hardy DATE FOR 2023 IS JULY 22 & 23 PHOTOS BELOW What a brilliant event the […]
PHILIP COLES' NOVA STORY
Totalkitcar.com reader, Philip Coles brings us a lovely little build story dating back to the early eighties about the Nova that he built in the […]
NYMPH … A CUTE LITTLE IMP
A real lightweight that became too heavy. Then the balloon went up. CAROL HARDY explains why the ‘Stables’ door was bolted Clever little concept created by […]
HOW YOUR KITCAR’S WINDSCREEN IS MADE
Have you ever wondered how your kitcar’s windscreen is produced? For many years the brilliant Peter Swan ran Pilkington’s Classic division on the Isle of […]