This is just a quick update so any potential new members know we are still on the planet! Let’s just say that 2020 wasn’t a great year & up until a couple of months or so agoi 2021 wasn’t a great deal better. Things have now finally returned to some sort of limited normality &
Mike bought his car, a JBA Falcon Sports SRi, as a built car in 2013. He was seduced by its looks, with a design loosely based on the 1930s Jaguar SS1. As it was already finished to a high standard he’s not done much to it beyond a few minor improvements. Being Sierra-based with a
At Essex Kitcar Club, we are lucky enough to have, not just one manufacturer within our members, but two! Russ, our chairman produces the Furore Formula & we also have Dan Carpenter who now has the rights, jigs & moulds for the V – Storm WR3, just take a look at the pics below. The
John’s Cyclone is a heavily modified version of the kit car that was offered for sale in the early 2000’s with a Vauxhall 2 litre twin cam engine. John’s has a 1.7 litre Ford Racing Puma engine which required extensive modifications to the original including a unique rear suspension. This and countless other more discretionary
As well as the Fury also listed in our members cars, Dave has built this beautiful Dax Cobra. Dave was running an XJ6 & it became apparent that it was going to cost more to MoT the car than it had cost, so a useful donor was born! The kit was purchased from Dax Sportscars
Dave’s Fisher Fury Spider took 18 months to build using a kit of new parts from Fisher Sportscars, the only second hand part was the engine, an 1800cc Zetec from a Mondeo, now sporting Webber carbs & a Webcon management system. The gearbox is a modified Sierra unit with an extra tall 1st gear, purchased
The AGM WLR was a stunning car to look at when it started out, by the time Peter had finished it, it was even more so; with wider track & wheels needing extensions over the arches, & a home designed tonneau cover the car is very definitely one of a kind – just as kitcars
This is Roys JBA Falcon Tourer. He bought the car already built back in 2005. It is based on Cortina Mk4 running gear & has the Cologne 2.3 V6 engine which is lovely & smooth. On the first drive back from purchase it became obvious that the handling was not up to scratch & Roy
This is Russ’ take on where kitcars should be heading – mid engined & wild! The car is a Furore, it is Russ’ own design from the ground up, all done from a double garage in Benfleet. It was completed, IVA’d & registered in 2012, as it now has to be MoT’d