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 […]
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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 […]
SIR JACK BRABHAM – NOT JUST AN F1 DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION!
STEVE HOLE looks at the career of one of his favourite F1 drivers Sir Jack Brabham outside of Formula One and also looks at the Brabham-Viva […]
THE BURLINGTON MOTOR COMPANY STORY
Steve Hole tells the story of Haydn Davies’ Burlington Motor Company based in Leamington Spa and founded in 1980. One of the bigger players in […]
THE STORY OF THE CN SPRINT AND CHRISTOPHER NEIL LOTUS AND NO! THERE WASN'T A CHAP CALLED 'CHRISTOPHER NEIL' BUT THERE WAS A 'CHRISTOPHER' AND A 'NEIL'!
STEVE HOLE tells the story of Christopher Neil Lotus and their CN Sprint kitcar and CN Cabriolet +2 conversion. While doing some research on a […]
THE CITROËN YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF – THE 2CV-RADAR
After spotting details of a French ‘special’ he didn’t know about on the brilliant prewarcars.fr – STEVE HOLE brings details of the Citroën Radar. It […]
A TRIBUTE TO DENNIS ADAMS RIP
We were very sad to hear of the death of Dennis Adams recently. Here we pay a little tribute to one of the specialist car […]