I have been trying to get
in touch with Ben and Graham without success.
I don’t have much in equipment outstanding but I could do with as much
data as possible. If as they have stated
previously they have gone silent.
I recently went to the
Stoneleigh kit car show hoping to find a fellow Murtaya owner so I could get
some photos of a completed model to help with the build. But all I found was
Arden Automotives, for want of a better description, rough build. It was complete, but unpainted and in its
roughest form to pass IVA and it was for sale.
It looked like an earlier version of the tub from looking at the
condition of the GRP components, there was no carpeting, the dash wasn’t the
same, the internal door release were manual levers from the donor car, it had
no door windows and in all it was bare to say the least. It looked like it had been thrown together -
literally. So much so I didn’t take any photos.
The show itself was a
little subdued compared to the previous shows I’d been to highlighting the
struggling self build and custom build industry. However there were some new ideas and some
interesting developments including a couple of MX5 shell switchovers. One from
Tribute Automotive converts a series 1 mx5 into what looks like a Ferrari 250
GTO without requiring an IVA test. This
makes for a low cost alternative for car builder wannabes and MEV showed its
alternative skin option by actually doing it in the show in about 20 minutes (pre-work
had already been done e.g. disconnection of headlights and etc).
The clubs made up for the
somewhat subdued manufacturers halls, and the weather held off to bring out a
fascinating range of cars. I managed to find the Single Ronart W152 which is
another one of my favourites.
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