Below is a clipping taken from a news paper, I am not sure of its origin but thanks to whoever wrote it. Coming back down to earth with a bang, the humble Mini is, itself, already something of a cult car. But what do you do when the pint-pot classic has come to the end of its life and you don't want to let it rust in peace? Well, fear not as the heart and spirit of your perished Mini could live pn in an A.B.S. Freestyle. Looking like a cross … [Read more...]
The Onyx Tomcat Road Legal Buggy
You could be forgiven for thinking the Tomcat is an unashamed copy of the Blitz but its not. Onyx's David Golightly originally built a similar Mini based special as an autotest car which he used to great effect. he drove it in the runner up spot in 1989 National Auto Test Championship. Having impressed himself with his car designing ability, it was this success that ultimately led to the birth of the first Onyx model in the form of the Fiat Panda … [Read more...]
Stoneleigh Kit Car Show 2006
Well, What a few weeks I have had, It was a mad rush to get the freestyle ready for the kit car show as I was still doing repairs from the IMM 2005 and so I was working all day and all night to get things done, On the Saturday before the show I worked to gone 2 in the morning to try and get everything done but I just ran out of time, So I went to bed and thought to myself that all I had to do was put the nose cone back on and try and grease the … [Read more...]
Total Kit Car Blitz Article
The NCF Blitz is a………….well-known fun kitcar with obvious offroad ability, and hundreds have been sold of both the Mini and Fiat-based versions over the years and now there’s a Blitz3 model available, which is a high-spec performance orientated version, which will be sold exclusively through a new company called Blitzworld run by Steve Malpass. The car, also known as KR2, will be available as a complete kit including K-Series engine, ECU, … [Read more...]
Funbuggies Ammendment Article
Funbuggies have announced a good……..retro-fit amendment to their excellent Freestyle kit. They’ve come up with a pendulum pedal box, that will allow an extra 8-10in space in the passenger footwell, that will add to practicality. The little fun-kit can genuinely be built for less than £2500, with kit prices starting at just £995. I have now actually fitted this to my Freestyle kit car and it works perfectly, I have made a few mods since doing … [Read more...]
TH Engineering Freestyle
The article below is about the funbuggies Freestyle before it was owned by Dave Smart, In Fact this article was what first got me interested in the Freestyle. I have scanned a copy of the whole article and is below just click on the thumbnail to read but because my copy is not great I am writing the article out in full for you and this way you should work it out. Thank You Which KIt Magazine!!! TH FREESTYLE The Freestyle has always been a … [Read more...]
The Blitz KR2 Road Legal Buggy
Blitz KR2 - High Performance Road Legal Buggy The Blitz KR2 is the latest high performance single seater road legal kit car from Blitzworld. The buggy is available factory built ready for the road, or in kit form. The Blitz KR2 chassis comes complete with it own exclusive detachable rear sub-frame allowing other engines to be easily fitted including bike engines. Due to the options available on Building the KR2, Blitzworld have split up all the … [Read more...]
The Howie 650cc Road Legal Buggy
The Howie which is the USA Joyner is a road legal buggy that is fun to drive on and off road. This buggy is has the american style with two seats there is no excuse not to take a passenger out. The Howie has excellent suspension to enable it to cope with difficult terrain. The power plant is a Suzuki based 650cc engine giving it good low end torque for the buggies light weight. The howie road legal buggy comes with alloys and and a soft top … [Read more...]
The Q Pod Road Buggy
This is the latest complete ready to drive away buggy from Blitzworld, this buggy has appeared on TOP GEAR and is a cross between a quad and a car. It is very easy to drive with its automatic gears (just press and go). The buggy has a 340cc Lombardini engine which is fast off the mark. This buggy is great fun on and off road and can be thrown around very well to just have fun. It comes complete with chunky block tread tyres that are road legal, … [Read more...]
The IMM 2006 To Poland In Freestyle Road Legal Buggies
A few weeks before the trip to Poland I had already started to get the buggy ready it needed a fair amount of work including a new steering rack, clutch master and slave cylinders the steering column needed repairing as it was damaged on the way to the Spanish IMM, I also need to get a need indicator stalk. Saturday 27th May I had a nice lay in today as I was pretty much ready to go, then the phone rang and Dave Smart was on the phone … [Read more...]