2010 Exeter Kit Car Show
I liked the Gardner Douglas T70 replica very much, especially in spider form. You can either have classic or high tech - I think a nostalgic blast gets the nod from me but the looks are timeless anyway. Depending to whom I talked at this year's show, we are either in for a long, hard winter thanks to all those cuts or kit car manufacturers offer a viable means of realising that track day/replica dream at reduced cost. I went with Peter Tuthill, also known as Motormind, who was delivering some of his books to one of the booksellers exhibiting at the show. His books on subjects as diverse as Turner, Paramount and Kieft are selling steadily but he doesn't feel the time is right to take the financial risk of publishing any more for the immediate future. This is a terrible shame because some of them sound fascinating and explore obscure parts of motoring history nobody has examined yet. We were particularly impressed by this Ultima at the show and Peter just had to get in to ...