A To Z Of Kit Cars

Author : Steve Hole
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781844256778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A to Z of Kit Cars written by Steve Hole and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 50 years, since Derek Buckler, founder of Buckler cars, inadvertently started the UK kit-car industry by supplying eager customers with ‘replicas’ of his clubman racer, the kit-car scene has evolved from one full of ‘funny little plastic cars’ to today’s position where it embraces credible businesses making superb cars, such as Caterham, Westfield and Ultima. This comprehensive, authoritative and often humorous look at the UK’s kit-car scene documents over 1,500 different vehicles, including the successes and the failures, the perennial survivors and the short-lived, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Author : Chris Rees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901860009
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Kit Cars written by Chris Rees and published by . This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Hole
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847976409
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Build Your Own Kit Car written by Steve Hole and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Build Your Own Kit Car, renowned kit car expert Steve Hole presents a comprehensive guide to planning, managing and executing a kit car build. The first part of the book covers the history of kit cars; detailing the innovations the kit car industry has made in car building technology, and how companies like Westfield and Caterham have become household names. The second half of the book takes you through a full build project, from chassis, brakes, suspension and engine through to trimming and interiors. Other topics include: Types of kit cars, including the differences between kits, replicas and one-off builds; Choosing the right car for you; Budgeting for your build; Setting up your workspace, tools needed and workshop safety; Building techniques; List of useful contacts to help find the best resources for your kit car build. Whether you are planning on building a blisteringly quick trackday car, classic roadster or eccentric road car, Build Your Own Kit Car has all the resources and information you need to build and enjoy your own unique automotive creation. A comprehensive and instructional guide to planning, managing and executing a kit car build, superbly illustrated with 300 colour photographs. Steve Hole is one of the UK's leading authorities on the world of kit cars and is editor of tkc magazine.

Author : Mike Lawrence
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9781870979818
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945-1990 written by Mike Lawrence and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1996 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,000 photographs in b&w and color illustrate the extraordinary variety of sports cars that have been offered to the public. All the great names are featured, including cars from Israel, Egypt, Spain, Switzerland, Norway and Brazil.

Author : D. Brian Smith
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1934709433
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Build Cobra Kit Cars + Buying Used written by D. Brian Smith and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shelby Cobra is one of the most legendary sports cars in automotive history. Only about 1,000 of the original Cobras were ever built, and many enthusiasts wanted to own and drive one of these ultimate sports cars yet could not afford to.

Author : Gavin M. Engen
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780822504177
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kit Cars written by Gavin M. Engen and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of available component car kits used to transform certain small car chassis into replicas of more elaborate cars.

Author : Iain Ayre
Publisher : Haynes Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781844255214
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kit Car Manual written by Iain Ayre and published by Haynes Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely update of the original book, published in 2003. Although the fundamentals behind the kit-car scene have changed little since the book was originally written, the hardware has evolved, mainly due to the increased availability of affordable motorcycle engines, and the reduced availability of several former favorite donor vehicles. This new edition includes more detail and advice on the use of a wide variety of motorcycle engines, and will include updated examples of new designs and developments that have become available over the last few years. The appendix detailing useful contacts has been revised and updated, as will a number of the photographs depicting example car builds.

Author : Monty Watkins
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
ISBN 13 : 9781899814152
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Which Kit? written by Monty Watkins and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pierce Riemer
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780854296231
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ford Based Kit Cars written by Pierce Riemer and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1988 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Boyd
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613253958
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits written by Tim Boyd and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, model kit building was a huge hobby. Kids built plastic kits of planes, tanks, race cars, space ships, creatures from scary movies, you name it. Before baseball card collecting, Pokémon, and video games, model kit building was one of the most popular hobby activities. Car and airplane kits were the most popular, and among the car kits, muscle cars, as we know them today, were one of the most popular categories. Many owners of real muscle cars today were not old enough to buy them when the cars were new, of course. Yet kids of the 1960s and 1970s worshiped these cars to an extent completely foreign to kids today. If you couldn’t afford or were too young to buy a muscle car back then, what could you do? For many, the next best thing was to buy, collect, and build muscle car kits from a variety of kit companies. Hundreds were made. Many of these kits have become collectible today, especially in original, unassembled form. Although people still build kits today, there is a broad market for collectors of nostalgic model kits. People love the kits for the great box art, to rekindle fond memories of building them 40 years ago, or even as a companion to the full-scale cars they own today. Here, world-leading authority Tim Boyd takes you through the entire era of muscle car kits, covering the options, collectability, variety availability, and value of these wonderful kits today. Boyd also takes you through the differences between the original kits, the older reproduction kits, and the new reproduction kits that many people find at swap meets today. If you are looking to build a collection of muscle car kits, interested in getting the kits of your favorite manufacturer or even just of the cars you have owned, this book will be a valuable resource in your model kit search.