LIGHTING UP TIME
Sep 29th
Sometimes, small irritations can spoil a great car. If you regularly drive older cars at night, you will sometimes notice that the glovebox light is annoying. Either it comes on with the sidelights and then ‘leaks’ light around the lid, or it is so dull as to be useless when you need it.
This simple kit from Better Car Lighting allows most cars to have bright, useful light where it is needed in gloveboxes or centre console cubbyholes, without it looking like an obvious add-on. It is simple to fit as the switch and the LED lights are pre-wired. It’s inexpensive More >
BOX OF TRICKS
Sep 29th
Swapping an overdrive manual transmission into a classic hot rod or muscle car is a smart way to increase fuel economy and improve drivability. Problem was, those transmissions are pretty hefty bits of kit, so the swap involved a lot of hacking and fabrication.
McLeod’s new muscle car five–speed changes all that. It provides that all-important overdrive gear in a smaller, more compact package. The case is small enough to fit nicely inside most transmission tunnels, which virtually eliminates expensive or tricky modifications. The ‘Muscle car 5’ is tough too, with synchronised 8620 forged gears that allow the transmission to handle More >
BUILD A LEGO CATERHAM SEVEN
Sep 22nd
Caterham Cars has unveiled a brand new model, which features a rather different build process to its usual run of 500 or so cars a year – the brand’s very first immortalisation in LEGO® form.
Caterham technicians have downed their tools and picked up the plastic, teaming up with the equally iconic toy maker to create the first ever LEGO Caterham, due to hit the shelves this October.
The plastic bricks, resplendent in Caterham’s typically garish yellow, create the beautifully engineered LEGO Caterham 620R, capable of reaching a heart-racing* top speed of 6mph**.
Originally submitted by fanatic Carl Greatrix to the LEGO Ideas More >
ALL CLEAR WITH KLEERS
Sep 22nd
Kleers, based in Kent is one of my favourite car care brands and their Fabric Cleaner is one of my ‘reach-for’ products when I have a stain or stubborn mark on my car’s interior.
There are hundreds of interior trim cleaners but some smell nice but don’t clean; some clean but smell like a public lavatory while some are generally rubbish all-round. I don’t mind paying a bit extra if a product does what it says.
Luckily Kleers’ Fabric Cleaner does exactly that and smells nice too! It comes in a large 500ml bottle with trigger dispenser for a choice of mist More >
YOU CAN DRINK BEER WHILE WEARING THESE GOGGLES IF YOU LIKE! NOT WHILE DRIVING THOUGH.
Sep 22nd
Here’s some lovely driving goggles from Baruffaldi, an Italian company that has been making eyewear since 1932, with famous customers over the years including Tazio Nuvolari and Alberto Ascari.
Their new Sfericum (round!) range (BRF039), which neatly can also be used as sunglasses are as a cool thing. They’d look great when driving a Marlin, NG or a Morgan. Three colours are available – tan, black and burgundy – and they have interchangeable lenses, adjustable bridge and a strap that attaches to the arms when being used as driving goggles. Quality. Prices start at £93.49 inc VAT.
They are available in the More >
TIED-UP WITH GUNSON
Sep 22nd
NEAT
Suitable for all automotive applications but especially useful for kitcar builders, is this new cable tie and accessory kit from Gunson Tools (part number 77140), which offers a versatile selection of cable ties and mounting tabs that will ensure neat and professional looking cable and harness installation.
The selection includes 50 of each size of cable tie: 2.5mm x 100mm, 3.6mm x 150mm and 4.8mm x 230mm; 10 each of panel fixing cable ties, 3.5mm x 150mm and 4.8mm x 200mm (these are simply plugged into a suitable hole in the panel); 10 each of the 4.8mm x 200mm mounting head More >
NEW MGF CATALOGUE FROM RIMMER BROS
Sep 22nd
With MGF and MG TF rapidly gaining in donor popularity as donor vehicles, the new dedicated catalogue on these cars from parts meisters, Rimmer Bros Ltd will definitely be of interest.
Get your order in before October 1 and receive some special discounts on over 100 of the most popular parts – quote UL0516S.
More information from www.rimmerbros.co.uk or 01522 568 000 ENDS.
CVH UPGRADE
Sep 22nd
Webcon can now supply genuine Weber water automatic choke units for the Weber 28/32 TLDM carburettor as often fitted to the 1.6-litre CVH engine.
There are two types available to cover the majority of TLDM carburettors as follows:
9310840500 Yellow internal cam RRP £82.16 inc VAT
9310850500 Black internal cam RRP £70.21 inc VAT
Available directly from Webcon at the other end of 01932 787 100 or visit www.webcon.co.uk ENDS.
TUFF STUFF BLACK CHROME FROM SUMMIT RACING
Sep 22nd
Not every engine bay needs to sparkle like an overloaded Christmas tree. Tuff Stuff’s new Black Chrome line of engine accessories provides a clean, understated style that looks good on almost any engine. The Black Chrome finish will not discolour, fade, or rust over time, either.
Tuff Stuff engine accessories work for a living, too. They are built from all-new parts in the company’s Cleveland, Ohio factory.
Tuff Stuff Black Chrome alternators, water and power steering pumps, master cylinders, brake boosters, and A/C compressors are available for popular GM, Ford, and Mopar engines.
SEE TUFF STUFF BLACK CHROME ENGINE ACCESSORIES AT SUMMIT RACING
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DIMINUTIVE DELIGHT RETURNS
Sep 14th
Back in 1991, famed designer, Peter Stevens, created the Barchetta 595, a deliciously beautiful take on a Fiat 500 with the roof cut-off, a proper ‘speedster’ style device. It was sold via the Dove Motor Company and about 10 were produced.
Although un-doubtedly a beautiful thing, at 24K the price was a bit steep. We are talking 25-years ago, after all.
Since them several takes on the theme have appeared but the original went to ground thought lost. Well, thanks to a Shropshire-based company run by Mark Hill, that’s about to change as it’s about to make a comeback.
It’s early days yet More >
