Whatever happened to Peter Filby, creator of Kit Car mag?
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My first job in motoring journalism was on Alternative Cars magazine, the first magazine title published by Peter Filby.
He went on to create various other magazine titles such as Kit Car, Roadster & Replica, GTS and others.
I left fairly early on and (many years later) published Car Import Guide and Carbuyer magazines before selling my company.
I can see here on PistonHeads Peter Filby went back to writing books and I believe he sold used kit cars and magazine back issues for some time.
But I'd be fascinated to find out what he has been up to. Can anyone give me a clue what has happened to him?
He went on to create various other magazine titles such as Kit Car, Roadster & Replica, GTS and others.
I left fairly early on and (many years later) published Car Import Guide and Carbuyer magazines before selling my company.
I can see here on PistonHeads Peter Filby went back to writing books and I believe he sold used kit cars and magazine back issues for some time.
But I'd be fascinated to find out what he has been up to. Can anyone give me a clue what has happened to him?
I sent an email to Adam Wilkins, publisher of Complete Kit Car, who was kind enough to reply to my query, saying "I’m still in semi-regular contact with Peter (Filby).
"I started working for him in 2000 and stayed until he sold Which Kit Car? to Ian Stent and Justin Williams in early 2007. Ian and Justin relaunched the magazine as Complete Kit Car, and I continued working for them until I bought the company in 2015.
"After selling WKC? Peter started writing books. He has written two very detailed TVR books, and most recently a very weighty tome on 1980s Cobra replicas. A follow-up Cobra replica book is on the way.
"The books are really a retirement project – I can’t see him ever giving up writing. He still comes to the Stoneleigh kit car show every year.
"Here’s his current website – http://autocraftbooks.co.uk/#home"
Thank you Adam. I'm very grateful for the update, and (by the looks of it) so are several other people.
"I started working for him in 2000 and stayed until he sold Which Kit Car? to Ian Stent and Justin Williams in early 2007. Ian and Justin relaunched the magazine as Complete Kit Car, and I continued working for them until I bought the company in 2015.
"After selling WKC? Peter started writing books. He has written two very detailed TVR books, and most recently a very weighty tome on 1980s Cobra replicas. A follow-up Cobra replica book is on the way.
"The books are really a retirement project – I can’t see him ever giving up writing. He still comes to the Stoneleigh kit car show every year.
"Here’s his current website – http://autocraftbooks.co.uk/#home"
Thank you Adam. I'm very grateful for the update, and (by the looks of it) so are several other people.
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