Classic Car Product Reviews

The days of hunting around the tool box to find a suitable open ended spanner that may fit the odd size bleed nipple on your old drum brakes have long gone. The scenarios of the loose fitting option that slips, resulting in rounded off edges and blood from the knuckles or the other that is just a fraction too small but will fit with the help of brute force, these are history.

Book Review from Grant Ford for classiccarmag.net.

Suitable for all automotive applications but especially useful for classic car owners and kit car builders, this new cable tie and accessory kit from Gunson Tools (part number 77140), offers a versatile selection of cable ties and mounting tabs that will ensure neat and professional looking cable and harness installation.

They make great talking points, and are surely one of the most useful ways to recycle an old engine. This book gives you the best advice for building your own table, with photos, clear instructions, and concise descriptions of the work required.

Released just in time to inform all those looking to enjoy their classic or everyday car across the Channel or via the North Sea. This book covers all of Europe and not just the Union; so to the west Iceland and the east Russia, North the Scandinavian countries whilst southern destinations include the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta.

If you share my passion for Pre War motor racing, when manufactures the likes of ERA, Delage and Bugatti were common place on Europe’s circuits, piloted by legends such as Nuvolari, Seaman and Ascari, then this book is the perfect read.

The timing could not have been better, with two major restorations underway and both vehicles blessed with 40 year old wiring; we took our chance to test Laser’s new Ratchet Crimper. What does it promise? Attach all your electrical connectors correctly, never over tightened or causing damage to the wiring or connection.

Although I am not a great fan of the phrase modern classic there are two machines from around millennium year that certainly offer future classic potential. Jaguar’s XK8 turns heads for sure whilst the R170 SLK Mercedes ticks so many boxes (both available in Veloce guides) and the market place offers plenty of choice at sensible money.