Complete Kit Car – September 2019

98 September 2019 http://www.completekitcar.co.uk

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EVERYTHING THAT

DIDN’T FIT INTO THE

REST OF THE MAG

C APACIOUS COBR A

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t goes without saying that Cobra replicas make up a

large proportion of kit cars both old and new, with

owners often choosing them for their old school

charm, performance potential and historic good

looks. But the relative practicality afforded by the

wide and muscular shape is a virtue rarely celebrated by

Cobra fans.

This is not the case for Magnum owner Scott Edmonds,

however, who was mightily impressed recently at how easily

his replica coped with carrying his clubs, electric trolley and

battery on a recent trip to the golf course. There was even

space to spare!

WHERE DO YOU READ

YOURS? PART 17

Regular readers of Complete Kit Car

may already recognise the name

and face of Paul Curran, having

previously been a Running Reporter

for the magazine, prior to his

complete Vortex V2 being featured

last month. This time we see him

with a slightly water damaged June

issue tagging along on a recent

cruise around a surprisingly sunny

Arctic Circle. We love seeing the

magazine out and about in unusual

locations. Why not send us a pic of

yourself with a copy of the mag?

Next issue on sale

Friday 13 September

IN BRIEF

With noise limits at track day venues

becoming more and more stringent,

and tales of circuits risking closure

due to complaints from nearby new

builds more common, we could soon

be seeing more track day cars going

down the EV route.

Editor Adam definitely wasn’t at

any risk of being removed from the

MEV Owners’ Summer Fun Day grid

at Curborough while he was in Stuart

Mill’s whisper-quiet Electrocet – which

is featured on page 48. It certainly

beats having the drive of shame out

of the pits or, worse, the dreaded dB –

and performance – killer.

PLEASE START YOUR... ENGINE?

MONSTROUS LAMBO

Being the definitive manufacturer

of the sort of poster supercars that

graced countless generations of

teenage boys’ – as well as girls’ –

walls, Lamborghini has seen its

fair share of designs being used as

the basis for crazy custom builds.

But none, perhaps, are as mad as

Swede Patric Tenbrock’s Countach

aping 1500hp methanol powered,

5.5-ton, caravan crushing monster

supercar, that recently took part in

the UK Monster Truck nationals at

Santa Pod.

Could this be the start of an

exciting new Italian replica trend?

We hope so.

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