Dutton Kit Cars and their owners

November 2015 Blog Posts (5)

steamy windows !!

No, nothing like that I can assure you :-) Due to some inconsiderate tw*t hitting my Saab putting it in the garage at my expense, I've had to press the Sierra back into service. Luckily I had not got to far into doing the swap over, so a simple job to recommission. Decided for the first time to use the heater, now the Sierra is not entirely water tight, so after 15 minutes steam started to be blown out the vents. This condensed on the glass and no amount of wiping etc. would clear it.…

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Added by Steve Kerswell on November 26, 2015 at 8:43 — 48 Comments

Phaeton's for sale

I have heard of 2 or 3 phaeton's up for grabs. They are in the Silverstone area and have 1600 Xflow engines....
One has been a trials car and was a championship winning trials car a few years ago appearing on BBC top gear.
The guy is looking to sell them to DOC owners for preservation but may break them if no interest. ....

Added by Dave Adams on November 25, 2015 at 19:11 — 44 Comments

fancying a change

looked at this, local to me: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bond-equipe-2-ltr-recent-mot-SS-twin-exhaust-can-deliver-/131646929461?hash=item1ea6c4ba35:g:GNEAAOSwVL1WC99J then went and looked at this: …

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Added by Steve Kerswell on November 20, 2015 at 8:40 — 11 Comments

phaeton update

Since getting the car on the road, a couple of years ago now, we've noticed some lack of steering feel. We measured the caster angle earlier in the year and noticed each side were not even the same and i cant remember what the actual measurement figure was but it could definitely be improved. Last weekends little project was to make some spare wishbones we had adjustable.…