There were two options for bagging a display spot at the Transformers Assembly in June. You could have rocked up in a production car that you’d made your own via the vast modifications market, whether by sticking on new wheels, dropping the suspension or fettling under the bonnet. Or all of the above and more.
The second option was to be a bit more hands-on and bring a full-on kit car. The kit car sector has been a vital cog in the enthusiast-car machine for decades and even started the careers of a whole host of designers.
Not least Gordon Murray, who began with his own line of stripped down cars. The great Colin Chapman built his Lotus marque on the success of the Seven and offered most of its subsequent sports cars in kit form for decades. Bruce McLaren started by building a special from the bones of an Austin Seven, too.
