Great Year End Issue of Kit Car Builder Magazine

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Jim Youngs Produces a Winner

This month's issue of Kit Car Builder features a nice article of the Coyote 5.0L powered Factory Five Mk4.

Jim Youngs, editor of Kit Car Builder Magazine, has been a leader in the kit car business for more than 25 years and his magazine is really the ONLY print magazine source for all things kit car.

The current issue of KCB on the newsstands now features some great articles and some very useful how-to’s, as well as the year end C-car buyers guide.

Factory Five customer Kelly Bouma is featured along with Factory Five supplier Tim Cox at Quiet Ride Solutions. You can also get more information online at kitcarclub.com.

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