Owners of classic and/or historic Lotus models may be really interested to hear of the company’s new ‘Certificate of Provenance’ programme which for £170 gets the owner a presentation box containing documents relating to their car, an aluminium plaque (engraved with the owner’s name), a keyring, a carbon-fibre bookmark, four badges and a pen.

The documents include the VIN, paint code, production date for the car in question, ‘build-spec letter’ and a personalised letter from current Lotus Cars CEO, Phil Popham, which thanks the customer.

Could well prove to be popular, methinks.

More information from www.lotuscars.com/certificate-provenance ENDS.

Here’s a really useful fuel line repair kit from Britpart that will help keep your fuel system in tip-top condition and is the sort of handy little box that should be in all of our garages.

It repairs damaged fuel lines as the name implies and Britpart says that using their kit you can make a repair in less than five minutes.

Using OEM-quality materials the kit makes it easy to identify what you require thanks to some great product descriptions and is mega easy to use. It is supplied with quick connector spigot connections.

Priced at £74.80 inc VAT – get yours More >

When it comes to braided hoses, AN and JIC fittings, hose ends and related hardware, a company with over 25-years’ experience and long favoured by specialist car enthusiasts is Cheddar-based, Speedflow.

Their products are beautifully engineered and benefit from ongoing research and development and the company, run by Fay Fischer, have a solution for any performance hose and/or automotive plumbing problem. This is especially handy in the kitcar world where many car builders create bespoke plumbing that requires a bespoke bit of problem-solving. That’s where Speedflow can help.

Fay has a background in motorsport so understands that requirements aren’t always the same. More >

Laminova Heat Exchangers from Merlin Motorsport are an alternative and very effective way of cooling your engine oil. In basic terms, the Laminova is a billet aluminium housing, which is connected to the oil lines and the coolant (water) lines.

The oil circulates around the outside of the housing and core while the water passes through the centre of the core. The oil temperature is usually greater than the water temperature, so the water draws the heat from the oil.

Laminova has many advantages:

• More compact than using a conventional air-to-oil cooler meaning it can be tucked out of the way neatly.
• Stronger than an More >

Sealey’s NEW Winter Promotion is valid until February 28, 2021. The 64-page promotion is packed with over 550 products and includes discounts up to 55 per cent off list price and even free items.

Take a look at the new LED186 Slim Folding Inspection Lamp. It’s really useful for those confined spaces at a thickness of only 9mm. The inspection arm can be rotated 180° and folded. It features a 1 COB LED, which produces up to 550-lumens and a 1W SMD LED on the end for use as a directional torch.

The main light has two different lighting modes High/Low (550lm/220lm) More >