Favourite Photo - April 2010

We've had a bit of a break from the favourite photo series, so here's April's pick. It's of John Washbush's Kindred Spirit. For the uninitiated, the Free Spirit and Kindred Spirit were kit cars based on the R5. Very little bodywork meant very little weight and great performance. A Kindred Spirit with a Gordini (Atmo) engine would have a power to weight ratio of about 300bhp/tonne!

John has just e-mailed me - his car has now done 17,000 miles and the photo here is fourteen or fifteen years old! He has sent me a recent photo - it now sports Gordini/Alpine Atmo wheels. I'd love to build one of these cars - the kit build instructions are available on the Spirit Owners' Site