Description
1997 built Classic looking Sylva Stylus kit car designed by the highly respected Jeremy Phillips stable of Sportscars.
Utilising the superb and now increasingly rare & sought after 2. 0 Fiat Twin Cam engine designed by the famous Ferrari engineer, Aurilio Lampredi, twin 40 DCOE Weber carbs on Guy Croft inlet manifold mated to a Fiat sport 5 speed gearbox. Circa 140 HP +
Starts on the button and engine behaves nicely
Low winged sump conversion.
Cambelt & service up to date.
Side exit through sill exhaust with lovely note
Ford English rear live axle
Spax coil overs all round
Braided hoses
Willian’s harnesses attached to meaty roll bar
Fully working set of Classic Smiths gauges, including oil pressure / water temperature & new GPS accurate Speedo dial
Superb brakes with new pads , discs , callipers and bleed, no brake imbalance
Just passed MOT with no advisories
Minilight style Alloy wheels painted gold to set off BRG bodywork
Recent Uniroyal tyres with near new tread
Hood & frame which can be put up to fend off showers parked up
Comfortable supportive bucket seats with head rests
Q plate , Q32 PVL , so no issues with passing MOT emmisions
Plenty of room for the taller person in this car, I am 6ft 2 and fit comfortably
Whilst paintwork looks brilliant in photos and really nice as you approach the car, (because the BRG hides well small scratches etc) however under closer scrutiny please expect there are signs of its 23 year old age if being realistic. One star crack on the wing from a wheel arch stone chip, other small scratches for example.
It is however a car with lots of character, turns heads, attracts attention and lots of questions. It’s classily styled and powered , with old school charm and easy to fall in love with.
If you research the Jeremy Philips designed chassis you will see its extremely respected for its handling and weighing in at around 600kg all these cars are relatively nippy due to their good power to weight
If you are new to kit cars, these are slightly more practical than a Seven style kit, wind protection from the Lotus Elan windscreen combined with sidescreens is excellent. You even get a small boot. In my opinion also far more attractive than a Westfield / Caterham.
As a lifelong kit car enthusiast who has owned more kit cars than most, I purchased this as a lockdown project to tinker with , as it had been off the road for a while. I have worked on it most days for over a month going through the car , replacing and sorting and tidying numerous things to get it to pass its MOT today and to behave on the road.
Located in Salisbury , any questions message or call. I am in no rush to accept any daft offers and now have another kit car also to start tinkering with. the details below
