Complete Kit Car – September 2019

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Few kit car manufacturers this year, but Westfield

was present – with Chesil. Its takeover of the

Porsche replica maker was announced at the event.

Not a kit car, but a bodykit of sorts. The Nissan GTR

based Italdesign GT-R50 has a limited production

run of 50 cars priced at almost £900k each. Gulp!

Westfield Eleven on the club stand is a reminder

that Chesil isn’t the company’s first foray into the

classic replica market.

You don’t have to own a yellow car to be a member

of KitNet... but it helps! One of many kit car clubs to

take a pitch at Silverstone Classic.

A particularly tidy GBS Zero lines up with NWKCOG

organiser Trevor Harmer’s Tiger Super Six in the

background. Not the colour-matched ‘weather gear’!

GBS Zero was part of Yokohama’s display. It’s

finished in Chelsea football colours (we’re told!),

and Yokohama is the team’s title sponsor.

...and he also provided showgoers with some

reading material in the form of the two-part

story in Complete Kit Car!

The Cobra Replica Club was out in force at

the Silverstone Classic... this is just part of the

line-up of V8 roadsters.

A couple of early arrivals on the GTM Owners’ Club

stand... there’s usually a sizeable line-up of Libras at

the Silverstone Classic.

Gary Tipping’s pre-lit Westfield, featured earlier this

year, had a for sale sign in the windscreen. We can’t

see it being too difficult to tempt someone...

There was some great period detailing on

this RAM Cobra replica which made it stand

out from the crowd.

One of the things that creates a wonderfully inclusive atmosphere at the Silverstone Classic is the fact

that owners’ clubs are welcomed into the venue and form part of the display. The NWKCOG (pictured

above) is one of many clubs that takes a pitch, but you’ll find many kit car clubs around the venue.

NORTH WEST KIT CAR OWNERS’ GROUP – AND OTHER KIT CAR CLUBS

SPOTLIGHT

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