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In the run up to the recent Stoneleigh Show, I found myself
editing John Dicken’s fab new book on electrics and also
making sure he said the right things while helping to oversee a California
Dreaming
brand new DVD we’re involved with, dealing with fibreglass. US style caged car
Then there was Stoneleigh, then our very own CKC/Omex Track
Day. Features Ed Wilkins hasn’t been dawdling either, involved in
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And what’s pleasing is that it’s not just us busy.
kitcar.co.uk Features Ed Wilkins has called several
of the industry’s key players and TYPHOON VALDRIS
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found that many are dealing with Forget Ferrari and Lambo replicas,
here’s a KTM X-Bow lookalike! p16
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I’m not going to pretend it’s all STONELEIGH SHOW REVIEW
roses out there, but our quick poll
Pics galore from the biggest kit car show
is good news that reflects the on the planet. p26
level of renewed enthusiasm
we are witnessing when we LEGEND DRIVEN
meet you at shows.
Wilkins has driven GKD’s BMW based
Right, must dash! Legend and by all accounts it’s good. p48
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A masterclass in how to build a really
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WR4
This caged one-off looks utterly stunning
now it’s complete! p88
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Ian Stent EDITOR EDITOR STYLIST
Aston, Peter Lathrope, Chris Humphreys and all
Adam Wilkins John Italo our Running Reports contributors. We couldn’t
Dickens Sciacca have produced this issue without you!
CV – Built two kit cars, owned CV – Built a Sylva Riot. Raced a CV – Has run a kit car as his only CV – Studied car and product
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROOFING
eight others, driven virtually every Tiger Avon for five years. Kit car car since 1980! Designed unique design and has worked as a design Richard Goodliff Bridget Bliss
type of kit car produced over the journo for nine years. fibreglass chassis and suspension consultant on many cars. James Mansell
last 20 years. for his GTM Coupé. Very clever! Justin Williams
“Overall, the WR4 looks “To get this kind of “Listen for the ‘crack’ as See Italo’s spectacular
ADVERTISING
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SALES
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perhaps a military the BMW a very attractive carbon and glassfibre month in Complete Kit Karen O’Riordan
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James Warner’s WR4 p88 GKD Legend p48 Carbon laminating p70
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CONTENTS July 2010 FIRST DRIVE

GKD Legend
s a secret – it’s
liar, but it hide
may look fami
GKD’s Legend ern BMW dono
r
ster to adopt mod
In this issue
up
sevenesque road e it to see how it stacks
Wilkins drov
components. Adam offerings.
nst more familiar Ford based ons and
trator). The proporti ion,
agai is Colour scheme
white demons
detailing comply
strictly with convent
the car styling has
highlights that echoes those of
BMW’s bravery in the
it? GKD’s the Legend, it this is the but the lack of The only
scheme, isn’t 3-series. Since First appealing shape.
IT’S AN ODD colour based on the a single
M division.
resulted in an headlights.
has been on roadster to use demonstrator made
the
position of the
latest Legend
demonstrator first sevenesque GKD detractor is the to allow
since the Exeter
show little wonder that point more subtly
with for the IVA test
the show circuit the BMW donor, it’s about it and there’s They were raised with the regs. I’d
and quickly acquired wants to shout
loudly stripes.
the indicators
to comply
ts and the
last November colours.” this colour scheme
is
slung headligh
one in the funny no doubting that should have rather see lower
nickname “the least mean the nickname d to the nose.
but it does at loud! Perhaps indicators relocate as we
It’s not catchy, que based one.” car is pretty much
knows which sevenes been “the BMW d Otherwise, the
that everyone yourself be distracte in our July 2009
issue;
talking about. If you don’t allow appears to described back exclusive first
roadster you’re behind GKD’s and the Legend first to drive back for an
is a logic by the colour,
We’re
this time, we’re
Actually, there car (a quality
that was Legend.
its demonstrator be a good looking the BMW based
decision to paint are the apparent with
the first
and red. Those more obviously
turquoise, purple On
that signify BMW’s M division.
colours
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36 EVENTS DIARY
Our Events Diary is updated monthly to keep you in the know.
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38 CKC/OMEX TRACK DAY
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Our track day at Llandow was a great day out. Here are the highlights.
8 NEWS 41 COMPETITION
Germany’s take on a mid-engined kit form coupé leads this month’s news. Your chance to win a snazzy on-board tyre pressure monitor. Gadget-tastic!
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It’s your chance to have your say – so write in and tell us what you think! Ted Ashton tells the story of his American kit car builds.
16 TYPHOON VALDRIS 48 GKD LEGEND

We preview Typhoon’s edgy Mondeo-based X-Bow replica. CKC gets an exclusive first drive of the BMW based GKD Legend.
WALL OF FAME Your Cars
Proud of your car? Then
rest. Get your car on the
send us some pics and
we’ll do the
88 WR4
CKC Wall of Fame! Want to get Old Campaigner
Incredible one-off WR4 shows a different interpretation of the exo theme.
have contributed to its 50,000
miles. “We
abuse it and don’t really
maintain it, but it
your car here? JUST LOOKING AT this ageing just keeps coming back
Track Phoenix Little Liege tells you that it has stories
Sylva Striker
to tell. It was
more,” says Paul.
and asking for
It looks that way, too, with

Simply take a few good built by Paul Boyd in 1989 a
pictures and fantiastically unkempt patina.
WE CAUGHT UP A PRETTY LITTLE Reliant of your car (front three-quarter immediately pressed into There are
based Liege is , rear service as a race few (if any) body panels
with Matt Robson always a charming sight, three-quarter, interior, car. Later on, it was converted that don’t have
and this one is engine bay to a road
at the recent owned by Paul Wheatley and a shot of you with car and, in 1999, Paul and some form of damage or
who completed the car) co-owner makeshift repair.
CKC/Omex track the build in 2002. It’s his and send them to the Charles Stirling took it on The whole character is
second kit car, editor at the first Guild of dictated by
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day at Llandow having previously built a ian@performancepublishing Motor Endurance trial. It function. Those ammunition
Dutton. .co.uk has now taken boxes
(see page 38 for Together with another Liege part in eight endurance mounted on the side, for
events, which instance, are vital
the event review). owner, Paul for carrying supplies.
entered the Guild of Motor
Endurance
His track 6-hour event at Mallory
Park a couple of
prepared Sylva years ago and, despite a
gearbox failure,
caught our eye the team finished fifth overall.
In the market for a second-hand kit car? You may find it here!
with its Gulf livery and They were
the highest rated of the
kit car teams. The
purposeful roll cage, both conditions were monsoon-like Inside, the interior has obviously
of which and Paul’s been
give the pretty Phoenix co-driver was his son who, altered over the years to
an aggressive at the time, had suit whatever job
edge. never driven a rear-wheel-dr has been thrown at the
ive car. He car. We particularly
Under the bonnet is a slightly was very quickly on the like the double gearknob.
pace to contribute It was a mock-
unusual choice in the form to the overall finishing position. up that was added when
of a Suzuki the gearbox was
GSXR1100 engine, which Although the Liege is now managed to twist the arm changed. The idea was
Matt officially out of its creator, to take
describes slightly dismissively of production, some customers Peter Davis to manufacture measurements and make
as an have kits since its a new gearlever.
“old bike engine.” Old withrawal from the market. The temporary item has
98 30 DAYS
or not, it now been in place
sounded great out on track! for four years! Elsewhere,
Llandow the triple silencer
was Matt’s second track is necessary to keep the
day. noise down on
long trips. It has a Mazda
rotary engine,
which has been in since
it was built for
racing all those years ago.
A month in the life of Features Ed Wilkins.

This car is the antithesis
of a concourse
creation, and we love it!
Rare Westy ZEi within the bodywork to

contemporary European
comply with
regulations.
RON MERCER HAS owned
for about a year – and it’s
his Westfield ZEi
a very rare sight
Around 250 ZEi models
were built, most
of them going to mainland
Europe. It was
Irish Whiskers
in the UK. It was put together introduced in 1992 with
in 1995 and, a Ford Zetec
engine (which continued
READER’S CAR James Warner’s WR4
like all ZEis, it was factory to 2000).
built. It was a Overlapping that
one-owner car with 22,000
miles on the production span
clock and, since Ron bought
it, he has
PART 02
swapped the full windscreen were the more
for classic powerful
aeroscreens. He has also
invested in a set Cosworth and
of Toyo R888 semi slicks
for track day use.
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Rover V8 engined DAN COLLINS BOUGHT
Two-Tone Sabre DAVID WILKS BOUGHT his
Royale Sabre trimmed down) requiring
The most striking feature
is the unusual front wings.
of early ZEis
They’re like a
versions (1994 to
1998 and 1995 back to his Kent home.
his rare Tiger Super Six
previous owner in Northern SSI from its
Ireland and drove it all
the way
when the project was owned particular care. mix of clamshell wings Since then, he’s rebuilt
by Vintage and the fuller style
to 2003 changing an alternator it when an established manufacturer – instead he
Motor Company and took The car is based on a Ford ones you’d see on a traditional bracket turned into the
delivery just Granada roadster. almost everything! It currently removal of has sat down and designed and built the
before the company went using its V6 engine and These were fitted to keep respectively). runs a 2-litre Ford Zetec
out of business. automatic gearbox. the front wheels engine with twin 45s, Megajolt WR4 at home, as a one-off. Next, he built
Despite that set-back, he and a Type 9 gearbox.
Novel parts include the it in a single garage with no light or power,
made a terrific job of trimming of the transmission
tunnel – it’s a 6in drainpipe having to run an extension cable from his
assembling the car and covered in leathercloth.
Elsewhere, 99p drink containers house – Nothing that heroic about that,
completed it in 2008. It’s have been employed as
his catch tanks while the exhaust you might think, but James didn’t need
second bite of the kit car bracket is a modified
stabiliser from Dan’s daughter’s electricity just to power a drill, but rather
22
cherry having previously bicycle! “There’s now not
much I’ve not had apart, to fabricate and weld the complete
assembled a Robin Hood although the suspension
the list I think,” he says. is next on chassis, create a car and then spray the
Series 3A. chassis... all in a single garage. That’s a
The car looks great in its good effort. And finally I want you to
two-tone colour scheme remember one other vital fact about
of
Rover blue and Toyota silver.
It was fitting the bodywork
Last month we followed the build of James Warner’s one-off James’ creation. His car is not a replica
and hasn’t been inspired by any other kit
that took most of the time
during the six or seven year
caged car. This month we’ve been to see the finished car. When he began designing the WR4
on his computer, there wasn’t a single
build, the centre hinged
aluminium bonnet (which
article and are hoping it won’t remain a one-off for long... company within the scene offering
anything of this type (Neither SDR or MEV
was supplied over size to
be The editor reports. were on the market). Only the Arial Atom
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chassis rails may have been an
WE’RE GETTING USED to these took off a decade ago. inspiration, James’ WR4 is certainly no
JULY 2010
caged/exoskeletal cars these days. But there are facts about the car you replica.
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23 They’re a welcome addition to the kit car see here that are worth highlighting. For So when James pushes the car out of
scene, ushering in a new sub-genre in the James Warner with starters, the builder, James Warner, has the garage and I watch him drive it to the
same way that bike-engined kit cars really his one-off WR4. not simply gone out and bought a kit from photo location, where we spend the next
22 WALL OF FAME
More readers’ cars spotlighted. Yours may be here if you sent us some pics!
26 STONELEIGH SHOW few hours examining it in detail, it seems

all the more amazing that I suspect this
could be the best looking and purest
how small the WR4 is... it really is tiny,
with a chunky wheel out at each corner.
But this flyweight reality (it’s just 350kgs)
that means the floor-mounted pedals are
wonderfully exposed, as is the battery,
with its kill switch just beside. The dash is
caged car I’ve come across. and diminutive size are perfectly as minimal as you’d expect, and the ETB
We were at Stoneleigh armed with our cameras. Here’s what we saw. I love the almost complete lack of
bodywork, but more importantly I’m
hugely impressed by the beautiful curves
of the main chassis rails, the robust
countered by the car’s semi-matt black
finish and large diameter chassis rails
which give it an urban, almost military
toughness. You’d never describe it as
Digidash is the perfect self-contained unit
for this kind of car.
The challenge for a skeletal car such
as this is that not only the bits that you
diameter of the triangulating chassis dinky, dainty or toy-like. There’s a real might like to show off are visible, but also
tubes, and the business-like but sense of purpose, almost menace here. the bits you would more normally be
aesthetically pleasing construction. I And of course everything is exposed. happy to conceal. Wiring isn’t particularly
suspect even James would admit that his The small ‘bonnet’ is the panel on the car a feature I’d describe as attractive, nor is
welding isn’t the tidiest on the planet, but (with the exception of the Carbon Mods a steering column or rack. So the level of
32 THIS LIFE the finished article is a joy.

Seen in the flesh, I’m surprised by just
cycle wings), with nothing over the engine
and the sides completely bare. Up front,
finish on these components also needs to
be considered. James’ car has an
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WR4 Build £500 Tech Ask John Our Cars Focus On Carbon Mods Products
Part 1 Challenge Talk Wheels Mould Test gearbox and back axle, but it still left
USEFUL CONTACTS a lot of refurbishment on the other
bits. “They gave me lots of rusty
Kit package: Findhorn Cars.
pieces, and I thought ‘my goodness,
NG TF-Traditional Values W: www.ngcars.co.uk

MGB donor package and parts:
MGB Hive. W: www.mgbhive.co.uk
MGB parts: Moss. W: www.moss-
europe.co.uk
Paintwork: Silvercross Motors, New
what have I started’.”
Stripping down the front
subframe showed him how most
components would go back
together again (potentially a
Chris Humphrey’s bought his kit car just as the company was
PART 01
Barnet. T: 0208 449708.
problem on a pre-stripped donor
Fasteners: Namrick.
W: www.namrick.co.uk
pack, where you don’t know where
sold and went through a period of great uncertainty. But that Wiring bits: Vehicle Wiring Products. things went previously). And he
W: www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu replaced any service parts and
didn’t stop him enjoying the build process and assembling a model, the muscular TF? “I didn’t General: Europa Spares. thoroughly cleaned and repainted
really consider it. I thought the W: www.europaspares.com everything else. Apart from some
car with meticulous detailing. 1800cc B-series would be perfectly NG Owners’ Club:
W: www.ngownersclub.org.uk
Spax dampers, just about Chris tries the NG for size. Within three days it will be back to a bare chassis!
fine for me. I wanted the look of the everything was refurbished to
car – I didn’t want to go racing in it. slightly wider rear axle, along with standard MG specification. had been sold to new owner, Image the initial worry of the ownership
CHRIS HUMPHREYS WAS in no rush project that previously he couldn’t face, and she just assumed that I I wanted to enjoy just driving it hub converters, would then place But almost immediately he’d Group International. With a change, the powder-coated chassis
when he began his first kit car build have coped with. A visit to NG’s was going to do it!” around.” the final wire wheels perfectly in begun the project, he was also on company name that immediately arrived on time.
in 2001. Indeed, it had taken him Epsom workshops beckoned. Chris didn’t really look at any Chris had already joined the the arches. the back foot. Having placed a rings alarm bells, the new operation It soon becomes apparent as
some time to work up to actually Owned at the time by John other traditional kits on the NG Owners’ Club and gone along Chris also entrusted MGB Hive deposit on a chassis kit, soon after was run by three directors with Chris chats through the build
taking the plunge and placing an Hoyle, NG outsourced the kit market. Two factors weighed to some club events. He liked with reconditioning the engine, he was informed that the company admirable intentions, and despite process, there was no timeframe
order. He’d first seen an NG TF fabrication and had a neat unit heavily in favour of the NG. “To what he saw, both in the
workshop
advert in a copy of Practical where kits were made ready for me the NG TF looked like a real friendliness of those involved and Front suspension is completely standard MG When was the last time we featured a kit car with leaf Pin drive conversion bolted onto original studs for steel
Motorist in 1995. He obviously liked dispatch and a demonstrator was car,” he continues, “and lots of the quality of completed cars. The specification, with the exception of an upgraded Spax springs and a solid rear axle? Don’t discount either. They wheels. Rear axle location also improved with addition of a
the look of it, but a highly stressed always on hand. “Even then I was people have said that to me since project was on. damper. work absolutely perfectly for this application. Panhard rod.
job in teaching meant he didn’t thinking ‘how am I going to get my then. It was down to the Finding the donor bits was the
think he could contemplate such a wife to go along with this?’” genuineness of the design. The first job and Chris didn’t fancy 7 8 9
major project. remembers Chris. A passenger other factor was the whole MGB buying and stripping an old MGB.
But when a change in job in ride for him demonstrated that the scenario. I wasn’t that keen on Instead he headed to one of the
1999 saw him move from a state ride was better than he expected, Fords, but I did work on a lot of many MG specialists, MGB Hive,
school into the private sector it was and the quality of the end product BL and Leyland cars when I was and they put together a complete
like night and day. Of course there was superb. younger and so I was very familiar donor package, including the V5
was still stress, but he suddenly And then it was the turn of his with the A and B-series engines.” from the original car. Under
began to enjoy teaching again, and wife, Lesley, to ride shotgun. “She He could, however, have advice from NG, he opted for a
felt inspired to take on a holiday came back with a big grin on her possibly opted for NG Cars’ other later steel wheeled MGB – the
Chris spent some time and effort preparing the garage A pile of old MGB donor components from MGB Hive. Front subframe is retained. Stripping it down showed
56 TECH TALK
before the project began. Painting the floor not only looks good, Engine, gearbox and back axle not present as they were Chris how the MG suspension went together. Everything was Engine and gearbox arrive from MGB Hive and can be Twin SU carbs, left one as it arrived, right one cleaned and Rolling chassis largely complete. Steering in place, but no
but greatly reduces dust. rebuilt by MGB Hive. Rest of it looks a mess! carefully rubbed down and painted with Hammerite. dropped into place with a hoist. Access couldn’t be easier. serviced. plumbing installed at this stage.
1 2 3 10 11 12
John Dickens describes different combustion chamber designs.

All the front suspension components from the donor are Chassis supplied by interim NG manufacturer, IGI. It’s a Front subframe one of the first items to go on. Rubber chassis tape glued in place to isolate and protect Body panels supplied in white primer gelcoat finish. Chris’ son Matt tries out the NG for size. Main tub set the
60 NG BUILD – PART ONE now painted and ready for refitting in the NG chassis. Parts
replaced where necessary, but rebuilt to standard spec.
4
basic but well designed ladderframe design that works well. It
came powdercoated as per Chris’ instructions.
5 6
the chassis from the bodywork. It’s important to have this
isolating layer between the two surfaces.
13
Collected directly from the laminators after IGI went into
liquidation and before new owners buy the NG rights.
14
datum point for all the other panels around it. Alignment was
very time consuming.
15
Lots of build pics of a reader’s NG TF – an old MG transformed!

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Ian Stent and John Dickens have been busy in the garage.
69 PRODUCTS WR4 Build

Part 1
£500
Challenge
Tech
Talk Ask John Our Cars Focus On
Wheels
Carbon
Mods Test
Products
tightly to the epoxy laminating resin,
preventing a clean release.
The PVA should be allowed to dry
weighed out quite accurately. I
weighed out 30g of resin and 15g of
hardener to give a total of 45g of
rapidly, so pooling is more likely. Be
ready to brush away any areas of
excess resin. Do not overheat the resin
your finger or glove.
FABRIC
REINFORCEMENT
Round-up of the latest good stuff you can buy for your kit car. Carbon Mods’ Carbon fully. This will take 20-30 minutes at
room temperature.
SURFACE COAT
The next step is to apply the epoxy
resin surface coat which will form
epoxy. This turned out to be far more
than was needed to cover the
0.12m2 mould surface.
The two components must be
mixed thoroughly, taking care to
scrape the resin from the sides of the
as this can cause it to set unevenly.
When you are happy with the
surface coat, set the mould aside and
allow the resin to start to harden. This
can take from 1½ to 4 hours
depending on the temperature of the
The carbon fabric must be cut to
size. If the shape is simple the size
can be estimated, but for complex
shapes it may be better to make a
template before you start the job.
Fibre Laminating Kit the outer glossy surface of the

finished laminate. In normal GRP
lamination this would be the
container too. There is no rush here
so take your time.
When I was happy with the mixing
room.
If you intend to clean the brush
start by squeezing out any excess
Allow for an overlap of 20-30mm
all around the mould. Never lay the
fabric on a dirty or dusty surface. Any
72 MOULDING – PART 2
gelcoat, a specially thickened process, I painted a thin even resin. The remaining resin can be specks of dirt on the fabric will be
polyester resin. continuous coat of the resin onto the dissolved away using Acetone as long visible through the clear surface
CKC Technical Editor John Dickens tests 2 Mixing cups there is no shortage of available Unfortunately the thickening prepared mould surface. If the resin as it has not fully set. Three rinses will resin. Decide how many layers of
2 Mixing sticks information. agents used for epoxies tend to turn is applied too heavily it will pool in usually remove all traces of the resin. fabric you will use. Due to the open
out a new mould making kit available 4 Latex gloves the resin opaque, so if we need a any low points and will have a milky Most nail varnish removers are nature of the woven fabric, a single
RELEASE AGENT transparent finish we have to use or cloudy appearance when it sets. acetone based, so they will do the job layer of carbon fibre will allow light
from Carbon Mods. Next month he
How to make a GRP panel using Carbon Mods’ DIY kit. creates the carbon panel itself.
It is designed to allow
experimentation with carbon/epoxy at
a reasonable cost, to repair or
reinforce an existing carbon fibre
As with any laminating process, the
first step is the application of a release
agent to the mould so that the
finished article can be removed from
the resin without thickener.
The instructions give no guidance
on coverage, so I made a
guesstimate based on previous
The resin is quite viscous and is
likely to have tiny air bubbles trapped
in it. Using a hairdryer to heat the
resin film will reduce its viscosity,
too.
Keep checking the resin surface
coat. The correct texture is important
if the next layers are to bond properly.
through it and will be semi-
transparent. A second layer is
normally needed to prevent this. I
decided to use two layers of carbon
component or to produce one or two the mould once it has cured. Un- experience. The mix ratio of resin to allowing the bubbles to escape, but it The surface should be firm but still fabric and one layer of woven
In the last issue I tested the Carbon for popular kit cars and also sells the small items. thickened epoxy resin tends to pool or hardener is 2:1 and needs to be will also allow the resin to flow more sticky. No resin should come off on glassfibre cloth to add support.
Mods’ Mould Making Kit by using it materials used in their production, Once again, no instructions are ’fish-eye’ on waxed surfaces, so PVA
to produce a mould for a small trim but the company has also now put provided with the kit. The label release agent alone is recommended Gloves are needed when working with the epoxy resin. The viscous epoxy resin is weighed out as accurately as The thinner hardener is also weighed out accurately. The
panel for my motorcycle. The together a number of kits containing inside the lid supplies the web and provided in the kit. possible. ratio is 2:1, resin to hardener.
78 RUNNING REPORTS interesting feature of the kit was the

use of a fibrous epoxy putty to form
the main structure of the mould,
rather than the more usual resin and
glassfibre matting.
small quantities of materials at a
reasonable cost.
Its Carbon Fibre Laminating Starter
Kit (CMCFLK300) is priced at £39.95
and contains...
address of a downloadable PDF file
of instructions which prints out as
seven sides of A4 paper. As with the
previous kit, the instructions are
very detailed and also provide
The PVA medium can be applied
with a brush, a lint free cloth as
recommended in the kit or, as I
prefer, a sponge. I actually use a
sponge paint pad originally designed
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This month I intend to use the explanations of the processes for use with water based paints.
The latest from our army of real world kit car builders. mould, along with another Carbon
Mods kit, its Carbon Fibre
Laminating Starter Kit, to produce
330g
166g
0.3m2
Laminating epoxy resin
Epoxy hardener
2/2 twill weave carbon
involved and tips for best results.
There is also a section which
realistically assesses the results
Ideally what is needed is a thin
even film of PVA completely covering
the entire surface of mould. The blue
the replica trim panel in epoxy fibre fabric possible with the kit. On the Carbon colour of the PVA is added to help
reinforced carbon fibre. 0.3m2 woven glass fibre fabric Mods website there is a video clip you achieve this. Take care with the
Carbon Mods, based in Stoke on 35ml PVA Mould Release Agent which shows the kit in use, so application of the PVA. Any untreated
Trent, produces carbon fibre panels 2 Brushes providing you have web access area, no matter how small, will stick Thorough mixing is essential to avoid setting problems. The cloudy appearance is due to tiny air bubbles in the mix. A thin even coating of resin is painted into the mould.
The epoxy putty mould ready for use. The contents of the Carbon Mods kit. PVA release agent is recommended and supplied in the kit. 10 11 12
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Running
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Directory I prefer the paint pad or ‘sponge on a stick’ for applying PVA. A thin even coating covering the whole surface is ideal. The PVA needs to be fully dry before the next stage.
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air bubbles to escape.
Squeezing excess resin out of the brush will reduce the
amount of acetone needed.
Rinse the brush in 40 – 50 ml of acetone.
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Stoneleigh kit car show. Not only are they tiny, which in itself is quite unusual,
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This can be extremely useful installing a clock for your
in order to meet the current car. This retro style item
field of visability from meandmycar.co.uk
requirements IVA. With a can either be mounted Mig Welding Tech Talk EDF430 Our Cars £500 Ask John Upgrading Running
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£***plus enclosure. It’s battery
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just 0.9cm in depth. CKC’s Running Reporters have been hard Project: Autotune Gemini should make life easier if it ever needs to
Age: 62 come out again. Finished article looks very
at work building their kit cars. It doesn’t Occupation: Semi-retired civil servant tidy indeed.
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A lot of time was spent trying to
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PRICE: £188 including VAT (less a 10% limited period discount for CKC readers) TIFOSI UNIVERSAL TRIM PANEL PROFILE close the ends of the pods, but bought from ETB; they gave a good of the doors and attaching angled sill tops. A second pod was then applying for IVA, but deciding on a
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the brakes bled. I’ve gone away They weren’t cheap, but having had a before fixing. They were eventually Not having a comprehensive build celebrated 50 years of Loton Park
U NT
UK importer Digital Speedos offers a terrific range of While Tifosi may manufacture its Rana Frogeye replica, the company also from a remote brake reservoir and good look at seats from various covered with 3mm foam and the manual and left to your own devices, with a ‘Party in the Park’ on the 23rd
DISC
have fitted some new Wilwood makers, I felt they were of good vinyl. Door pulls were made up using you have to experiment and be May. Lots of classic and racing cars
KC
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integral ones. They’ll just about fit enough quality to justify the extra. some old cycle brake inner cables prepared to make and remake on show and trips up the hill in
TO AADE RS!
in. It features a seperate multi function speedo and stitched vinyl trim panel. The really clever part about this is that it comes Project: Sylva J15
under the front bodywork. planning stage I I picked up some matching vinyl which I had lying around, they seem various items. various cars including an Ultima
Age: 44
The car is pretty much fully was going the from their stand at Stoneleigh to start to work OK. The dash was covered in foam and (must get a ride in that).
RE
the rpm gauge, with the following features. The with piping and a fluted lower section. Why? Because it can then be used to Occupation: Senior operational fire officer
Project start: June 2009 plumbed now... water, fuel, brakes throttle body route. the cockpit trimming. As usual, I have also spent a lot of time on vinyl (very fiddly), the instruments I also spend a lot of time long
220mph speedo is switchable from mph to kph. The rpm trim a door panel or perhaps a and clutch are done but I’ve still The big decision Stoneleigh was a good show, the dash. I decided to have the fitted and then wired up using block distance walking – I have 42 mile
gauge can be set for three different ranges to suit different side panel of a typical got to solve a clutch slave feed has been which although blooming cold! It was nice to ancillary gauges directly in front of connectors to make removal easier. walk across Wales lined up on the
When I left this last time, we had hose issue. The Ford slave cylinder ones to get. chat to Ian on the CKC stand. the driver (there was not enough There is still a lot of work to be done 19th June in aid of Leukaemia
engine installations... 10k, 15k and 20k. The unit also includes two temperaure sevenesque kit car and the car sitting on the ground with is usually fed by a plastic pipe, but After much height for the larger gauges). in the cockpit area, but I feel it is at Research, so wish me luck for that.
gauges (for instance, for oil and water), both with programmable warning lights instantly give a professional the engine fitted. the pipe running up the chassis is deliberation I’ve Thinking ahead, I realised the backs
built into them, a volt meter, fuel gauge, two trips, total mileage and a three colour finish. The universal trim To recap we’ve got the first stage metal! I’ll have to think of a gone for a set of AT of gauges were likely to foul any
of the aluminium panelling finished solution to join the two. Power spindleless demister vents behind, so I would
shift light. panel is sold as a pair, with in powdercoat and fitted to the car. Pedals are fitted, as is the bodies and coupled have to bring them away from the
A separate warning light housing can be clipped around the main unit and an additional meter of steering column, and the gear this to a Specialist dash. To overcome this, I made up a
change works a treat. We’ve Components plywood pod to move them a couple
has the facility to run eight warning lights, with a large range of legends and matching vinyl to allow the started to fit the fibreglass, well at Typhoon ECU. John Goddard at AT month if the rear body would fit of inches outwards.
colours to choose from, in order to comply with current IVA requirements. builder to also trim other least started to cut it out to fit, and has been great and helped me to over the relatively high Duratec This pod was fitted to my Mk2
that’s been a really anxious get the right set-up for the car. The cam cover. Short answer is no! But
areas in the same experience! bodies are fantastic, fit superbly, there is a silver lining! It meant I Second attempt at a dashboard has been much more successful. Pod behind steering
material. What a fab idea. To move on, the last month or so and look almost too good to put on had to go out and buy another sexy wheel brings gauges away from dash vents behind. With nothing on which to mount an interior door panel, Emlyn had to make his own framework.
has been really expensive. Due to the car! bit of kit – this Raceline crinkle Plywood door panel fits well. Once trimmed it will be perfect.
the limited space available with the Finally I asked the question last finish cam cover!
Duratec engine, I decided at the
You can see how tight it is under the rear deck. This is the original Duratec cam cover.
These are the very fancy AT Power spindless throttle bodies that Richard is using on Fancy Raceline items comes in a sexy crinkle finish! If Richard’s J15 goes as well as
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against more familiar Ford based offerings.
IT’S AN ODD colour scheme, isn’t it? GKD’s the Legend, it highlights that the car is Colour scheme apparent with the first white
latest Legend demonstrator has been on based on the 3-series. Since this is the echoes those of BMW’s demonstrator). The proportions and
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roadster you’re talking about. should have been “the BMW based one.” the indicators to comply with the regs. I’d
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TECH Tech Talk NG TF Build Our Cars Products DIY Carbon Running Technical
Fibre Reports Directory
37 38 39
The brush is squeezed dry to allow it to absorb more After a final check the laminate is set aside to cure. The trim panel came out of the mould easily. The blue
surface resin. colour of the PVA is still visible.
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the fabric beneath. would also be helpful.
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composites, repair or reinforce an £39.95.
item or fabricate a couple of small Next time I use epoxy
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but, as before, I would like to see at the different techniques 40
least some basic instructions involved compared with
supplied as part of the kit. GRP/polyester The panel has been trimmed and washed. The gloss finish is straight from the mould.
Information about recommended composites. Unfortunately, in spite of my care, resin has pooled in this area leaving a void.
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READER’S CAR James Warner’s WR4
PART 02
an established manufacturer – instead he
has sat down and designed and built the
WR4 at home, as a one-off. Next, he built
it in a single garage with no light or power,
having to run an extension cable from his
house – nothing heroic about that, you
might think, but James didn’t need
electricity just to power a drill, but rather
to fabricate and weld the complete
chassis, create a car and then spray the
chassis... all in a single garage. That’s a
good effort. And finally I want you to
remember one other vital fact about
Last month we followed the build of James Warner’s one-off James’ creation. His car is not a replica
and hasn’t been inspired by any other kit
caged car. This month we’ve been to see the finished car. When he began designing the WR4
on his computer, there wasn’t a single
article and are hoping it won’t remain a one-off for long... company within the scene offering
anything of this type (neither SDR nor
The editor reports. MEV were on the market). Only the Arial
Atom was available, and although the
exposed chassis rails may have been an
WE’RE GETTING USED to these took off a decade ago. inspiration, James’ WR4 is certainly no
caged/exoskeletal cars these days. But there are facts about the car you replica.
They’re a welcome addition to the kit car see here that are worth highlighting. For So when James pushes the car out of
scene, ushering in a new sub-genre in the James Warner with starters, the builder, James Warner, has the garage and I watch him drive it to the
same way that bike-engined kit cars really his one-off WR4. not simply gone out and bought a kit from photo location, where we spend the next

few hours examining it in detail, it seems how small the WR4 is... it really is tiny, front, that means the floor-mounted
all the more amazing that I find it to be with a chunky wheel out at each corner. pedals are wonderfully exposed, as is the
one of the best looking and purest caged But this flyweight reality (James claims battery, with its kill switch just beside. The
car I’ve come across. just 350kgs) and diminutive size are dash is as minimal as you’d expect, and
I love the almost complete lack of perfectly countered by the car’s semi-matt the ETB Digidash is the perfect self-
bodywork, but more importantly I’m hugely black finish and large diameter chassis contained unit for this kind of car.
impressed by the beautiful curves of the rails which give it an urban, almost military The challenge for a skeletal car such
main chassis rails, the robust diameter of toughness. You’d never describe it as as this is that not only the bits that you
the triangulating chassis tubes, and the dinky, dainty or toy-like. There’s a real might like to show off are visible, but also
business-like but aesthetically pleasing sense of purpose, almost menace here. the bits you would more normally be
construction. However, I suspect even And of course everything is exposed. happy to conceal. Wiring isn’t particularly
James would admit that his welding isn’t The small ‘bonnet’ is the only panel on a feature I’d describe as attractive, nor is
the tidiest on the planet, but the finished the car (with the exception of the Carbon a steering column or rack. So the level of
article is ensorcelling. Mods cycle wings), with nothing over the finish on these components also needs to
Seen in the flesh, I’m surprised by just engine and the sides completely bare. Up be considered. James’ car has an

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2010 FERRARI F430 SPYDER REPLICA T: 01751 473990 (North Yorkshire).
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£1250. T: 020 7511 8510. SPARTAN TREKA SPARTAN 2+2
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PARTS FOR SALE
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Zetec, 5-speed, diff, driveshafts, bits, £4750 (Northamptonshire). luggage rack, taxed until 2009, MoT.
TEAM DYNAMICS MOTORSPORT Reluctant sale, £1995 for quick sale or
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1600 GT Crossflow, special
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£2001 to MoTs, on SORN, £2250 ono or

swap for classic scooter. T: Pete
– 01332 518613 (Derby).
QUANTUM H4i
1600cc Zetec, convertible, only three owners
MIDAS GOLD CONVERTIBLE
Red, built on 1984 MG Metro, registered June
£5000
since built by Quantum Sports Cars in 2000. 1991. Re-sprayed, new carpets, recent engine
New water pump, cambelt, starter motor, and gearbox overhaul. Central locking, remote
two tyres, £2500 ovno. T: 01263 860984 alarm, lots of work done. MOT Apr 2011, Tax
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1500 miles. All new parts used including if anyone asks me about
0870 444 6320
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566644 (Lincolnshire). Full history with receipts including original bar, recent new tyres and exhaust, private selling a car!
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ROBIN HOOD SUPERSPEC
2005, 2500 dry miles, 2-litre Rover T-series
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£10,000
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T: 07702 325701.
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The original T-bar car, factory
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7000 miles only. Dellorto 45s,
new adjustable shocks, recon
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immobiliser, stunning car, £7995
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ono. T: 01273 389333 (Brighton). petrol engine, 5 gears, only 1134 miles, Old professionally tuned, Spax shocks. 1100 miles, Weber carbs, FR32 cam, 150bhp, taxed until
English Ivory, bodywork immaculate, MoT June taxed and MoT’d to June 2009. Very quick and September, MoT March 2011. Dry miles only,
2009, tax December 2008, £7000. T: 01323 fun, endless upgrade possibilities, £5995 complete with all receipts, £5700 ono. T: 07967

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Finished in excellent blue gel
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ALBIN BALLAD YACHT CKC ADRENALINE MURTAYA DAX COBRA
Albin Ballad 9m Blue Water yacht, value £15k, Owned by Complete Kit Car and Built by John
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1998, Chevy 350cu in, Holley 600cfm, Edelbrock
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Cash either way. T: Dave – 07802 622219. burnt orange paint, leather seats, super fast Immobiliser, detailed bay, MoT, fast, £24,000.
and lots of fun. £POA. T: 01823 335443 T: 01604 584054 or 07714 361610
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Navy with cream leather Ford 302 V8, vanilla leather, SVA
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fuel injected engine, 5-speed condition, £25,000. T: 07967
PILGRIM SUMO MK3
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Rover V8, Holley carb, Granada running gear,
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07773 081571. 947343 or 01935 848651 (Yeovil).
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FERRARI 360 REPLICA
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instruments, detachable steering Based on Peugeot 406 Coupé. 3-litre V6, Rosso
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£11,995. T: 07961 102659 taxed and tested, reduced to sell, £11,000 ono.

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