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Run 'N' Gun 2008 Is Coming Up

Run 'N' Gun, racing the clock, man and replicar are one

Run 'N' Gun 2008 promises to be the biggest and be

Posted May 28 2008 04:15 PM by AutoSmith

Run ‘N' Gun 2008, presented by Gateway International Raceway Park, will be held from October 8-11 at Gateway International Raceway, in Madison, Illinois. If you own or drive any replica automobile this...

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Westfield 11 Tested At KIT CAR Performance Day

British Sports Cars of the 1950's, Lotus 11, Colin Chapman

Nick Licata, editor of Camaro Performers, expertly

Posted May 20 2008 10:18 AM by AutoSmith

This week's KIT CAR Performance Day T-Shirt Giveaway contest trivia question is even easier than last week's question. If you look at last week's post, you'll see that no one answered the question! I was under the...

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This Week's KIT CAR Performance Day T-Shirt Question

Acceleration, Skid Pad, Slalom, Braking

Ace driver Nick Licata took the Superformance GT40

Posted May 13 2008 10:46 AM by AutoSmith

This week's KIT CAR Performance Day T-shirt contest question should be pretty darn easy for fans of the Ford GT40 and for racing fans. Here it is: The car in the photo is a replica of the Ford GT40 Mk II that won at the...

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KIT CAR Performance Day Giveaway T-Shirt Contest

Acceleration, Skid Pad, Slalom, Braking

Posted May 7 2008 09:04 AM by AutoSmith

We had a blast at the 2nd Annual KIT CAR Performance Day, held on the Monday following the AHA Knott's Berry Farm Show at the AMCI testing center on the El Toro Marine Base. Since even that immense space wasn't large...

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AHA Knott's Berry Farm Kit Car Show

Cobras, Porsche Speedsters, GT40s, Daytona Coupes, Spyders

This view from the sky lift shows some of the AHA

Posted April 22 2008 10:01 AM by AutoSmith

The Association of Handcrafted Automobiles Knott's Berry Farm Show, held in Buena Park, California, will take place this weekend, April 26 and 27. KIT CAR Magazine will be there in full force covering this iconic kit and...

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Iconic GTR

Cobra Look a Like

Posted April 4 2008 10:20 AM by ekimball

Borrowing heavily from the Shelby Cobra of yesteryear, the Iconic GTR made it's debut recently, and quickly made people wonder "What's so special?"

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You Can't Catch This Mr. Jones!

GT Developments' GT40 Mk I, Dennis Jones, GT40, Racecar

Dennis Jones has a GT Developments GT40 Mk I that

Posted March 31 2008 12:23 PM by AutoSmith

You'll enjoy reading the story about Dennis Jones and his GT Developments GT40 Mk I. Watch for it in the May 2008 KIT CAR Magazine, which hits newsstands on Tuesday, April 1. This isn't an April Fools joke! If you're a...

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Kit Car Magazine sees into the future!

New Pontiac G8 - El Camino

Posted March 21 2008 02:05 PM by ekimball

Well it looks like the call from our very own KIT CAR Magazine Editor D. Brian Smith and Bo Zolland in the Mailbox Section of the May 2008 issue of Kit Car for a new El Camino maybe closer then we thought.

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Superformance GT40 Mk II on Hot Rod TV

Superformance GT40 Mk II, Hot Rod TV March 7, 3:30 am EST

We took some photos of the Hot Rod TV film crew ta

Posted March 16 2008 04:03 PM by AutoSmith

Exotic Auto Restoration, in Costa Mesa, California installed an engine and transaxle in the first prototype of a Superformance GT40 Mk II replica of the 1966 Le Mans winning GT40 Mk II on Hot Rod TV. The episode Saturday,...

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Bob Bondurant's Racing Career

Bob Bondurant School, Professional Racer & Instructor

The 1.6-mile, 15-turn state-of-the-racing-art that

Posted March 7 2008 03:35 PM by AutoSmith

Before Mr. Bob Bondurant founded the School in 1968, he enjoyed phenomenal success as a professional racecar driver. He won in Corvettes in the late 1950s. Bob joined Carroll Shelby's Ford Cobra team in 1963 and continued...

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The Bob Bondurant School Of High Performance Driving

Bob Bondurant, Racing School, Grand Prix Course, Corvette

That's world class racecar driver and instrutor Bo

Posted March 6 2008 06:47 PM by AutoSmith

Realizing that many of KIT CAR's readers build their own replicas and kits to put on the track, we decided it would be a great idea for KIT CAR's editor to go to driving school. The best high performance driving/racing...

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KIT CAR Test Drives A Westfield XI

Westfield XI, Replica of 1956 Lotus XI

Fittingly, the Westfield XI that I drove all last

Posted March 6 2008 05:38 PM by AutoSmith

All last week I had the opportunity to test drive a Westfield XI, which is a replica of a 1956 Lotus XI racecar, distributed by Manik LLC in Texas. The car was an absolute hoot to drive. I was mere inches off the ground in...

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This Ain't Your Daddies Hot Rod!

Factory Five Racing Unveils New '33 Coupe

Posted February 22 2008 02:59 PM by ekimball

America Delivered got the drop on the newest creation from Factory Five racing, the all new ’33 Coupe.

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What's In Your Garage?

Cobra, Grand Sport, Spyder, Speedster, GT40

Readers will remember that we did an article on Jo

Posted February 14 2008 11:21 AM by AutoSmith

The question, "What's in your garage?," is a query that all automotive enthusiasts love to answer. They especially enjoy making a retort, if they have some sort of vehicle that's the business, you know, way fast, bad to...

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Cars Of The GNRS 2008

A La Kart, Mercury

The A La Kart, a two time winner of the AMBR, was

Posted February 3 2008 07:39 PM by AutoSmith

Just for grins, I thought it would be fun to post a bunch of photos from last weekend's 2008 Grand National Roadster Show, held at the Pomona Fairplex, in Southern California. If I'm going to make this effort while the...

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