Kit Car Australia – 1986 Summer

• Keeping the Dreams Alive
Welcome to the first Kit Car Australia magazine
• Explorer
Ragtop traditional - it's VW based, affordable and an easy owner-build
• Pandurus
Exotic, expensive and made to measure. Does it work? it sure does even with the flared guards
• Top End Trio
Nothing but the best for the discerning exotikits lovers
• Purvis Eureka
Slotting a rotary into Australia's most popular kit isn't straight forward. A rotary can have you going round in circles
• Triad
The mighty Triad is to become a kit! Tested here and confirmed by Perentti
• Plastic Falcon
Add-ons make this a not-so foul-can. See what some imagination does to a Henry
• Great Pretenders
Some interesting replicars from Great Britain. If you can't pretend at least you can dream
• The Kit Car Diaries
Richard Jones builds a Canstell, follow his saga throughout this issue
• Remember When?
Some fabulous pix of famous plasticars, kit cars and other miscellany from SCW files
• Buggies Back!
The return of the buggy heralds the return of the ultra cheap kits
• Hunter's Home
The fabulous Hunter returned from the grave for this one last drive. Now it's for sale
• Midas Touch
Mini macho for maxi masochists - that's the tiny UK Midas
• More Diaries
Richard Jones continues his triumphant tribulations
• Madison
From strength to strength the high quality Madison drives like it looks
• Copycat
And proud of it! More news of top kits from the UK
• Bureaucrats
Doing battle with the system. A broad-based guide on how to get your kit over the pits
• Diaries Diarised
It works! The engine even started first time
• Remember When?
Part two of views from the Sports Car World filing cabinet of forgotten cars and much loved memories
• Budget Muscle
The Morland is a great way to beat the kit car power blues. No VW kit this - it's a V8
• Esprit
It's an Esprit of course! From London comes a Lotus, of sorts
• Corvette Reborn
Not just any Corvette either, this is a repro of the fabled '53 to '55
• Nota Fang
Make a note to Nota the make, or is this just fangs for the memory?
• Kougar
A cat of a different colour is uncaged - and this one's got real claws
• Tripos
A glimpse of the future from the UK - this is the kit for the next century
• GT40
It's a GT40? Of course it's a GT40. Check and see for yourself
• Buyer's Guide
Here's where you start writing for more info on Australia's growing kit car industry