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Bradley GT2 VW-based kit car

A Bradley GT2 is something you don't see everyday. This car was in bad shape when acquired and wasn't running. One of the main issues was the fact that a rodent of some kind had eaten through the entire wire loom through an access hatch underneath one of the sills. With electric pop-up headlights and an electric only-release for the fuel tank it was a bit

Originality

We're not totally purists here at Two Roads, but we do like an original and unmolested car. When this B3 80 came up locally with 57,000 on the clocks all in original condition, it just had to come home. True, it's a FWD and the 2.oL 4-cyclinder doesn't do much to get the senses aroused, but everything was there and it all worked. Simple, honest motoring.

What’s in a logo?

When I was trying to settle on a logo I was trying to combine a number of things that are important to me. I'm a big believer in getting the right people to help to do things, and I'm grateful to have found a design company that I could work with, understood what I wanted to achieve and embraced my fastidious tendencies. We worked through a

Porsche 911-996 twin-turbo

I remember when the 996 iteration of the Porsche 911 came out. I was selling new and used Porsches at the time at a dealership in the U.S., and to say opinion was split on the idea of a water-cooled 911 might be an understatement. Everyone had an opinion about the newest flagship from Porsche and everyone had something to say about the headlights. Boxsters were

Split-window goodness

This fabulous split-window needed some new front brake-lines and a bit of attention to the carbs. It's currently running a 2.0l on twin-webers, but the linkage wasn't right which was seriously limiting travel. After some work, tuning and timing it both ran and stopped better. Looking forward to working on this bus again in the future as the owner is looking to upgrade the wiring and

2-barrel carb overload

This is a triple-carb setup on a 425cu.in. Oldsmobile V8. It's a mechanical setup, meaning that the car basically drives on the centre 2-barrel carb most of the time, but when you stomp the loud-pedal the outer carbs (which are basically just accelerator pumps) open and give you a ton of fuel. Once the motor went in, this setup was having some trouble at idle as the butterflies

RS4 intercooler install

The 2.7tt motor that came in the Audi S4 B5 chassis is one of my favourites. A large V6 gave it good drivability, and coupled with the relatively small standard K03 turbos the spool and power build is very linear. Here is a S4 receiving an intercooler upgrade consisting of RS4 coolers and piping. At the same time all new silicon hoses from 034 Motorsports were installed, along

Weber tripple-throat carbs

For pure sound when driving there is nothing quite like the noise that comes from a flat-6 on carbs. I've always been a fan of the Webers used on early 911s, and this was a set that was fairly tired after 30-odd years of use. They were all original, but the bushes for the shafts were badly worn which means the slop created was causing erratic idle and

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