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Blitz world has been a well-known name when it comes to manufacturing 4 x 4 vehicles for the road. It has been famous for manufacturing vehicles of fine quality and outstanding performance. They not only manufacture completed cars but also make kits for self assembling for those who want to assemble it by themselves.

By Dan Hackett

The kit car industry in the UK is massive the following is huge! Being a kit car fan myself and having built many kit cars in the past this is a market that I love! The building of a kit cars is a lot of the fun in fact most people just enjoy building them.

Is there a car that you always wanted but that you had to put on hold because of other obligations and responsibilities?   Well, things change, our situations change. Where once the thought of doing something extravagant for yourself would be out of the question maybe it’s time to take another look!

Recently I overheard a conversation about insuring kit cars and thought some of the information discussed worthy enough to pass on simply because obtaining insurance for your kit car is a different process than obtaining insurance for an off-the-shelf product.

It was just after the Aussie Band “Men at Work” made international fame that the "T-Car" went into production in New Zealand.  Ever since that time, the Aussie kangaroos have been driving down under in high class mate!  This car was originally designed by Russell Hooper in 1983 and the first T-Cars were put together on a Triumph chassis.  Modeled after the original 1955 MG TF, they have a custom-built frame and some Nissan and GM/Australia running gear.  This is one class act that is hard to beat down under.

Originally, the 1955 MG TF has endured what many other great automobiles could not.  It had become a legend such that old Russell Cooper wanted to emulate it. The team known as Alternative Cars Intl Ltd. worked with Russell to produce a kit which put the "T" Car in the best seller category for New Zealand automobiles. He was a medical supply representative who had always dreamed of owning an MG TF, but could never justify the extraordinary price tag. Instead, he decided to build his own car by using the Triumph platform chassis, that vehicle being the only modern car with separate chassis and other mechanical parts from the UK. His idea made an affordable car our of what had been unthinkable only a few years earlier.

Alternative Cars Intl Ltd still manufactures that replica as a kitset, a semi built vehicle, a turnkey minus, or a complete turnkey. It appeared on the stand of The Sports Car Club of NZ at the 1984 Motor Show and people loved it so much that the decision to mass produce was immediately approved. The newer replica versions have the style of the earlier 1955 model with greater reliability, performance and safety. There is now a collapsible steering column, a dual circuit boosted brake system, a low pressure fuel system, high stop lights, and interior impact design.  A strong chassis and crash protections also make this a car of the modern age. With so many people all over New Zealand finding pleasure in building this "T" Car, you might give it a run for your money.  You can even join the Club they have organized down under mate! They say it’s even more stylish than a kangaroo wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie.

I have to confess, I've never understood the diecast car world, though I know firsthand it exists. In my time with Ford Motor Company, one of the top executives in my department used to get extra anxious around the tenth of each month, pacing around and waiting for the arrival of the package cart, which contained Fed X and UPS deliveries for the day.

If it's good enough for Ice Cube, then it's probably good enough for the rest of us. That's right.....It was actually Ice Cube who drove this car in the movie “xXx: State of the Union.”  Well, you have to give the original some credit; The Shelby Cobra sure knows how to reinvent itself.  Now they’ve got a little car that packs an enormous punch and everybody wants to drive it.

The Ultima GTR has been described as a “supercar” and her name is not likely to get any disagreement as she has now set multiple world records in both speed and performance.  Manufactured by Ultima Sports Ltd in Leicestershire, England, this phenomenon is available in both kit form and factory assembled versions.