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A WARM Welcome to totalkitcar online … I think we have mentioned the new Ford Escort RS Mk1 ‘Continu-Mod’ on these pages before but it’s really worth taking a closer look at the ‘from £295,000’ price ticket.
It comes Boreham Motorworks and their Escort is an offically licensed product by Ford Motor Company. It’s been fifty years since you could buy an original and the Boreham product is nearing production with the aim of producing 150 of them.
The published spec is impressive – 300bhp and an all-up weight of 800kg – and it’ll be packed with modern technology thus bringing the Escort fully into 2025.3.6
Two engine choices – A Ford Twin Cam bored out to 1845cc with 185bhp and an all-new 2.1-litre unit delivering 300bhp.
Interesting to see how this one develops, expecially as the meisters at MST Motorsport have their own take on the Escort Mk1 theme nearing production readiness – Keep up to date at www.borehammotorworks.com or https://mst-cars.com.
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HAWK CARS HF – Front cover feature is the marvellous HAWK CARS HF Lancia Stratos forty years old in 2025 – our twelve page feature covers the past, present and future for this glorious replica.
INDUSTRY GREATS – FORMULA 27 – Although it’s not been around for many years the F27 Roadster grew from a humble ‘pattern and plans’ project into one of the finest Lotus Seven-inspired sportscars. We look at the histiory and also catch up with the man who really drove the project – Steve Porter.
CATERHAM CARS – ‘X’ MARKS THE SPOT – we got our first chance to visit the vast new Caterham Cars factory, known as DARTFORD X, which is in, er, Dartford.
REMEMBERING THE CATERHAM 21 – Second feature of a Caterham-flavour this issue. We look back to the surely under-rated Caterham 21, wich deserved to do better. Arguably, although it went off sale in 1999, it looks better in 2025.
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IF YOU LIKE CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS you are in luck. Clicking that button will take you back in time with features on old kitcars, personalities and generally interesting companies who worked within the specialist car and sixties motorsport movements. I really hope you are enjoying them. Not all of them are kitcar-related per se but they all celebrate the underdog and often feature the wonderful world of sixties motorsport.
A lot of classic clubman motorsport features highlight underdog artisans that we hope will appeal to you dear reader, the sort of companies that we’ve often all heard of but on whom detailed information is often hard to find. Shorrock, Wade Turbochargers, Jack Knight Developments, Cannon Cars, Tom Killeen, David Ogle the list goes on and on. The sort of companies and individuals that our specialist and kitcar forebears from the sixties would have been very familiar with. You’ll find these subjects contained in CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS.
In CLASSIC KIT CARS & SPECIALS this week we take a look at an eighties faux exotic called the Avante, which actually wasn’t half bad. CLICK HERE to go there.
SNIPPETS 1 …….. The British Motor Museum has got a cracking line up of egg-cellent Easter Holiday activities to get stuck into from April 5-27! Children and families can crack the code in the puzzling Family Trail, get creative with an egg-ceptional craft activity, and test their car dealing skills on a fascinating tour around the museum. Over the Easter weekend from April 18-21 there will also be a traditional Easter egg hunt amongst the car collection! Plus, the museum will host their first Mellow Monday on Monday April 7 and the first Access Day of 2025 on Thursday, April 24.
Crack the code – Family Trail is available every day and gives children a chance to put their puzzle solving skills to the test and crack the hidden code. There are codes all around us in everyday life, running everything from navigation to smart fridges, making working with codes a great skill to have! Use your skills to reveal the answer, and collect a reward sticker for your achievement!
Hatch your own Car is a super fun craft and design-based activity in which children can “hatch” their very own car. The hatching process starts with an egg shape made from card strips, and with some more crafty materials and a sprinkling of imagination, a unique car is hatched… all from a simple egg shape!
Finally, children can join the Egg-straordinary Tour with resident car experts Maggie Dwyer the Car Buyer or Barry Wheeler the Car Dealer, as they hatch a plan to buy or sell a car. Children will embark on a fascinating journey through the cars in the museum, trying their hand at being a top car seller, and picking out which cars they’d love to buy the most!
Emma Rawlinson, Lifelong Learning Officer at the British Motor Museum, said: “Join us this Easter for some cracking fun activities with our hat-trick of egg-cellent family fun. We have a basket brimming with activities for our younger visitors to enjoy all through the holidays, along with our classic Easter egg hunt around the Museum over the Easter weekend!”
Visit between 3pm and 5pm on Monday, April 7 to enjoy the museum’s first Mellow Monday! Brand-new for 2025, these days will feature afternoon “Relaxed Hours”, helping to provide a great Museum experience to those who require a quieter atmosphere.
Discover the museum’s latest Access Day on Thursday, April 24, too. As always, the day will showcase a wide range of accessible activities and initiatives, from extended opening hours and touch and access tours, to specially-adapted crafts and ‘send & sensory’ bags, highlighting all of the museum’s accessible and inclusive features and activities that help make it as welcoming and inclusive as possible.
Museum entry is just £46 for a family in advance or £52 on the day, £17 for adults in advance or £20 on the day, £15 for concessions in advance or £18 on the day, £9 for children (5-16 years) in advance or £10 on the day and under 5s are FREE. Visitors can convert their ticket to an Annual Pass at no extra cost so they can come back again and again over the year. With activities every school holiday this makes it a great value choice for families this Easter. For more information, please visit the website at: https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/whats-on/easter-holiday-activities
SNIPPETS 2 …….MK Sportscars is gearing up for their next Cars & Coffee event on March 22. Always a busy gathering, everyone is welcome. Potential customers can look at their current range of Indy kits – the RX-5 (single donor Mazda MX-5 Mk2-based), Sprint 185 (Durapower 2-litre 185bhp) and Cup 200 (Suzuki Hayabusa road or track).
INDY RX-5
INDY 185
INDY 200 CUP
More information from www.mksportscars.com.
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So, that’s about it from me for this week, so I’ll bid you a great seven days, with plenty of enjoyable driving and I look forward to welcoming you once again next Friday – MARCH 14 – La vie et belle!
Best regards
Steve