Dutton Torque
the magazine from the Dutton Owners Club

Dutton Torque is issued roughly 4 times a year, and is issued to all paid up members of the Dutton Owners Club. If you would like to get hold of back issues, you can order them through our regalia order form, and below is a listing of what is in each issue.

Back issues

£1.00 per issue for issues in the last 12 months then £0.50 for all others.

  

 

Spring 1987 No 73 SOLD OUT No 81 June 99 No 89 Jan 01 No 97 Aug 02 No 105 Oct 2004
No 65 Oct 95 No 74 Jan 98 No 82 Aug 99 No 90 Apr 01 SOLD OUT No 98 Oct 02 No 106 Jan 2005
No 66 Jan 96 SOLD OUT No 75 SOLD OUT No 83 Oct 99 No 91 June 01 No 99 Mar 03 No 107 Apr 2005
No 68 Jul 96 No 76 June 98 No 84 Jan 00 No 92 Aug 01 No 100 June 03 No 108 Jun 2005
No 69 Oct 96 No 77 Aug 98 No 85 Apr 00 No 93 SOLD OUT No 101 Aug 03 No 109 Oct 2005
No 70 Jan 97 No 78 Oct 98 No 86 June 00 No 94 SOLD OUT No 102 Dec 03 No 110 Feb 2006
No 71 Apr 97 No 79 Jan 99 No 87 Aug 00 No 95 Apr 02 No 103 April 2004 No 111 June 2006
No 72 Jul 97 No 80 Apr 99 No 88 Oct 00 No 96 June 02 No 104 July 2004  

 

Dutton Torque contents

No 111 June 2006
  • Building a 4x4 Melos
  • Stomeleigh report
  • Phaeton rebuild - part 1
  • Life with a Phaeton S2
  • Life with a Malaga B+
  • FAQs on engines
No 110 Feb 2006
  • AGM preview
  • Kit cars & a family life
  • Swedish B+
  • MoT tests
  • Membership statistics
  • Exhausts
  • From the Q&A board
  • Dutton wheel centre, badges & chassis plates - how to get hold of replacements
No 108 Jun 2005
  • Stoneleigh review
  • AGM report
  • Newark review
  • Discounted wiring looms
  • Repair & resprays
  • Totalkitcar live preview
  • Milo's story - the rebuild of a Melos
  • 4x4 Melos build
  • Ilkley classic trial in a Dutton
  • Cover & full contents listing
No 107 Apr 2005
  • Stoneleigh preview
  • Show reports: Detling & Stafford
  • Updates on the V5 registration certificate
  • Dutton chassis plates - how to get hold of a new one
  • Building a 4x4 Melos
  • Making a quickshift
  • Engine balancing
  • Starters & Alternators - member offer
  • Cover & full contents listing
No 106 Jan 2005
  • The DOC & the V765 scheme
  • B+ rebuild
  • Alternative to Triumph front suspension
  • Report from the US - Brian Marten's S2
  • What size wheels & tyres?
  • New Dutton chassis plates
  • Classic trialling update
  • Discounted wiring looms available
  • Cover & full contents listing
No 105 Oct 2004
  • AGM report
  • Show reports: Newark, Harrogate, Donington, Llandow
  • Emissions test update
  • ( months of a B-Type restoration
  • Sierra rebuild - part 3
  • Coloured wiring
  • Trialling - fun with a Phaeton in the Yorkshire dales
  • Cover & full contents listing
No 104 Jul 2004
  • Stoneleigh report
  • Problems with early Duttons using Triumph front suspension
  • Engine swap - auto to manual
  • Emissions
  • Gearboxes
  • Dutton Melos
  • Downunder Dutton - a Phaeton in Oz
  • Rough rider problems with a Phaeton suspension
  • Greetings from the USA - transporting a B-Type through America
No 103 Apr 2004
  • CarCraft 2004 Bingley  report
  • Malaga B+ resurrected
  • Pick of the popsicles - part 2
  • Membership statistics
  • The USA B+ project
  • The year of the Dutton...
  • The end is nigh - continuing tales of the restoration of a Phaeton S3
  • Legerra hardtop mods
  • Registration - new certificate
No 102 Jan 2004
  • New B+ rear ends
  • Donington 2003 report
  • Scotland 2003 report
  • Continuing saga of the sparkly blue Phaeton S1
  • Pick of the popsicles - part 1(cold people & their freezing Duttons...)
  • Phaeton S3 rebuild
  • Sierra rebuild - part 2
  • Oil those trunnions...
  • Springs and things
  • Pinto engine mounts (in Legerra)
No 101 Aug 2003
  • Newark concourse report
  • Phaeton traumas - brake parts fro an S2
  • Llandow track day report
  • Sierra rebuilding - part 1
  • Rebuilding a Melos S1
  • Merc to Dutton
  • Dust, dust everywhere...
No 100 Jun 2003
  • DOC AGM report
  • Stoneleigh concourse report
  • Dutton spares
  • Malaga rebuild
  • Melos trials
  • Converted to Dutton...
  • Living with a Dutton enthusiast
  • My Dutton Melos
No 99 Mar 2003
  • A tribute to Martin Clarke
  • Membership stats
  • Drum to discs - revisited
  • Rebuilding a new Phaeton
  • V8 Phaeton S3 - with turbochargers
  • Phaeton S1 ownership & improvements
  • Phaeton S3 transplant
  • Life on the B roads
  • A diff-erent approach
  • Tyre diameters
No 98 Oct 2002
  • Hello ladies...!
  • Donington report
  • MoT silencing
  • Trips out with a Melos
  • European tours
  • Phaeton S1
  • 10 years ago...
    • Working with GRP
  • 20 years ago..
    • Another Sierra story
    • Improving your Sierra
No 97 Aug 2002
  • Sparky & the first 50 miles - webmasters S4
  • Phaeton S3 intended transplant
  • Harrogate report
  • Phaeton S1 Capri conversion
  • Braintree report
  • Sierra restoration
  • The rise & fall of a Phaeton S3
  • Isle of Wight tour report
  • Duttoning around the Lakes
No 96 Jun 2002
  • DOC AGM report
  • Dutton demist
  • Stoneleigh concourse report
  • Dutting - how to customise a Sierra
  • Notes on building a second Phaeton
  • Original build tips from Tim Dutton
  • How to spend the winter Dutton style
  • Fuel for thought
No 95 Apr 2002
  • Stafford report
  • Sierra roofrack
  • US Phaeton S2
  • Kit car virgin
  • Hillclimb instruction day
  • Coping with Sierras
  • Drum to disc conversion
No 94 Jan 2002
  • Have you got a good rear end?
  • Membership stats
  • Oil pump failure
  • 9 months gestation...
  • Traction unit
  • It happens to the best of us - sheared studs in the head
  • Wishbone suspension
  • Sideways thrust - rear axle
  • Panhard rod - the sequel
  • Exhausting the subject
No 93 Oct 2001
  • Malvern report
  • Donington report
  • Isle of Wight tour report
  • There are no Duttons in China...
  • Life with a few Duttons
  • Time to change - a review of a gear change indicator
  • The extreme engine change - part 2
  • The generation gap - solving alternator problems
  • Uncontrollable urges - part 3
  • Phaeton screen mods
  • Phaeton temperatures
  • Spray bar blues - keeping the oil flowing in a Pinto
  • Pinto experiences
No 92 Aug 2001
  • Sierra scrapping
  • Initial experiences with a Sierra
  • Keeping cool - cooling pumps
  • Do I look like a Dutton owner?
  • Uncontrollable urges - part 2 (Martin Clarke gas flows his Pinto head)
  • London to Brighton run
  • Belts & bracing
  • Saving fuel and increasing performance - maybe?
No 91 Jun 2001
  • Liquid lunch - fluids for engines
  • 9 years & not out - the tale of a Melos
  • How to become a Duttoner - part 2
  • More at the Dutton front end - tighten the Legerra's front suspension
  • Twin turboed Phaeton
  • Uncontrollable urges - part 1 (Martin Clarke grinds a Pinto head)
  • Stoneleigh concourse report
  • Triumph to Ford hubs
  • Duttons in Germany
No 90 Apr 2001
  • A sorry Dutton
  • Ford 8 valve twin cam into a Phaeton S1
  • You know you might be a Dutton owner if...
  • How to become a Duttoner - part 1
  • CF lights
  • Spaced out - wheel spacers on a Legerra
  • Trials Phaeton
  • A clear view ahead - Lucas wiper motor boxes and variations
No 89 Jan 201
  • Roof repairs
  • Hard earned lessons - useful tips while working on your Dutton
  • New to altering Duttons - on a Phaeton
  • Bearing some relevance to reality - adjusting the wheel bearings on a Legerra
  • Gas struts suitable for fibreglass
  • The never ending story - part 6 (Brian Martens and his US Phaeton)
  • The extreme engine change
  • Manufacturing tolerances
  • The story of my Dutton Phaeton S4 2.0l
  • Fibreglassing tips
  • Fuel crisis - comments on four star
  • Pressures on the road - tyre pressures
No 88 Oct 2000
  • Power trans-plants - part 2
  • Donington report
  • Legerra wheel arches
  • More on rehanging the doors on a Sierra
  • Tank washers-  raising your Legerra doors
  • Married to a Phaeton
  • Melos in the mountains
  • Balancing act - mods to the brake pedal & master cylinder
  • Stopping in a straight line
  • Phaeton S3 & S4 differences
  • 20 years ago...
No 87 Aug 2000
  • Castle Combe report
  • Newark report
  • Power trans-plants (125hp Pinto)
  • Rebuilding a B-Type
  • Survival driving
  • Llandow report
  • Kempton report
  • Braintree report
  • How to repair a Legerra after a smash
  • Steering angles
  • Phaeton aerodynamics
  • Hanging the doors on a Sierra
  • A B+ in Holland
No 86 Jun 2000
  • 20th anniversary party report
  • Secret chassis number update
  • Simple clutch freeing
  • Playing with my Phaeton
  • The Martin Clarke section - going faster, cheaper; the spring story; a lot of hot air; strengthening a Legerra chassis
  • Dutton exploits - learning about mechanics with a Phaeton S3
No 85 April 2000
  • Stoneleigh preview

  • Llandow preview

  • Legerra and the SVA

  • Mission impossible part 2 (on fitting a 2000E gearbox to a Pinto in a Legerra)

  • Steering column support in Legerra

  • Secret chassis number

  • Legerra damping

  • Dutton chassis numbers

  • Sierra rebuild continuation - door hanging

  • Fiat twin cam engine into Phaeton 3

No 84 Jan 00
  • Second installment of life with a Sierra

  • Membership statistics

  • Book review - build your own kit for £250

  • Core plugs and clutches

  • Mission impossible part 1 (on fitting a 2000E gearbox to a Pinto in a Legerra)

  • Modifying jacks to fit under Duttons

  • Legerra screen repairs

  • Dutton chassis numbers

  • Building and modifying a Sierra 3

  • B+ engine swap (X flow to unleaded injection Pinto)

No 83 Oct 99 (colour)
  • Donington 99 report

  • First installment of life with a Sierra

  • Notes on unleaded petrol and LRP

  • Drag racing Dutton specification

  • 1974 - launch of the B type

  • Engines in Dutton

  • SVA overview on steering and energy absorption

  • SVA overview on mirrors

  • SVA overview on lighting

  • SVA overview on seating, seatbelts and anchorage

  • SVA - who has the manuals in the DOC

  • Hand throttle addition to a Melos

  • A woman's view on owning a Sierra

No 82 Aug 99
  • DOC website

  • Newark 99 review

  • Kempton Park 99 review

  • Goodwood racing day report

  • Useful and recommended companies

  • Llandow 99 review

  • Building a Phaeton 1

  • Dwell - what is it and why is it important?

  • Cleaning up smoking Pinto valve seals

  • SVA overview on brakes

  • SVA overview on defrosting and demisting

  • Wood trim on Legerra

No 81 June 99
  • Stoneleigh review

  • DOC AGM report

  • DOC accounts

  • Great Yorkshire kit car show review

  • Rebuilding a Phaeton 1

  • Phaeton 3 IRS

  • Legerra hard top sealing mods

  • Review of Dutton chassis numbers

  • Malaga B+ rebuild

  • Summary on lead free motoring

  • Book review - How to tune and modify Bosch Fuel Injection

  • Results of FBHVC test, with comment

  • Official verdict on LRP products and British Standards

  • Calibrating your speedometer with your own gears

  • Calibrating your speedometer with Ford components

No 80 April 99
  • Adding a rear spoiler to a Legerra

  • Melos in a mess - an owners tale

  • Improving airflow on a Legerra

  • Improvements to a Legerra's front suspension

  • Unleaded fuel

  • Ford engine modifications required to run unleaded

  • Lots of articles from new Melos owners

  • Refitting a Legerra windscreen

  • Build one Sierra, get one free

No 79 Jan 99
  • Interesting web sites

  • Membership statistics

  • How to keep a Legerra watertight from the bottom up

  • The history of Duttons and Dutton Mariner

  • Fibreglass bonding technical tips

  • Reflections on Castle Combe

  • Personalising a Phaeton part 2

  • Phaeton back on road after 4 years

  • Legerra exhaust fitting

  • Preparing and completing a Melos for autotesting

  • Phaeton 1 rear axle work

  • Servo fitment on a Legerra

No 78 Oct 98 (colour)
  • Data protection act and the DOC

  • Phaeton/Melos spares

  • Castle Combe and Donington review 98

  • Malvern review 98

  • Russell racing school (California) report

  • Lead and 4 star petrol

  • Catalyst claims

  • Cam overview - what they do and different systems

  • Personalising a Phaeton part 1

  • Duttoners on the water

No 77 August 98
  • Kempton Park review 98

  • Hydraulic carburettor with air fuel mixture

  • Properties of petrol engine mixes

  • Lead and 4 star petrol

  • Ford engine settings for X-flows and OHCs for unleaded

  • Useful web sites

  • Llandow 98 reviews

  • Sierra virgin writes

  • Legerra loves - an owner talks

  • Newark 98 reviews

  • Registering old vehicles

No 76 June 98
  • Stoneleigh 97 review

  • DOC AGM and accounts

  • Phaeton 1 owner tells tales

  • Lead and 4 star petrol

  • Putting a Ford Zetec into a rebuilt B+

  • Breakdown recovery solutions

  • The Which Kit Phaeton story

No 75 April 98
  • Melos engine transplant

  • Stolen Sierra

  • 4 star petrol

  • Dutton B Plus and Malaga history

  • Wiring hints and tips part 2

  • Bringing a Melos back to life

  • Experiencing the Exeter MCC classic trial in a Skoda

No 74 January 98
  • Coming to terms with owning a Phaeton 3

  • 4 star petrol

  • Why engines don't work...

  • Cooling solutions for a Malaga B+

  • Rebuild of Phaeton 1 to competition standard

  • Wiring hints and tips part 1

  • Tips on wires, connector, relays and fuses

  • Legerra solutions

  • Membership statistics

No 73 October 97 (colour)
  • Correct registration and documentation of your Dutton

  • Rebirth of a B Type

  • Llandow 97 review

  • Rebuild of a Melos part 2

  • Legerra problems and solutions

  • Suspension bushes

  • Autotesting report

  • SVA and exhausts

  • Sandown 97 review

  • Castle Combe 97 review

  • Possible rear chassis problems for Legerras, Melos and Phaetons

  • Donington review 97

  • Chassis damage - possible front suspension mount problems for Legerras, Phaetons 3 and 4 and Melos

  • Wings and seats - fibreglass providers

  • Body mould report for Sierra, Beneto and Rico Shuttle

No 72 Jul 97
  • Stoneleigh review 97

  • DOC AGM and accounts

  • Melos suspension

  • Rebuild of a Melos part 1

  • Melos engine rebuild

  • Modified Phaeton 1

  • Getting mounted (engine mounts)

  • Hacker Maroc

  • Sierra jigs and moulds

No 71 April 97
  • Dutton rear lights and where to get them

  • Norway based B type

  • Legerra stories

  • Stopping power part 2

  • The B type

  • Sierra gearbox mounting

  • Phaeton tales

  • Track control arms

  • All about wiring

  • Introduction to a Phaeton

No 70 January 97 (colour)
  • Inclining X-flow engine

  • Keeping your cool - the sequel

  • Donington 96 review

  • Flexible stopping power part 1

  • Ford 5 speed gearboxes

  • 5 speed - not for a Phaeton

  • 5 speed box in a Sierra

  • Legerra building with a 5 speed

  • Understeer and oversteer

  • Exhausted

No 69 October 96
  • MoT testing

  • Safety warning (Phaeton S2 wheel adaptors)

  • Sierra pickup

  • Keeping your cool

  • On the road in a b Type

  • Weller wheels

  • Sierra styling

  • Sandown concours review 96

  • Sierra Drophead exhausts

  • Donington concours 96

  • Useful companies

  • SVA

  • Some bright spark - electrics uncovered

No 68 July 1996
  • Useful spares companies

  • Stoneleigh review 96

  • Three fingers and a baby (sierra)

  • Contacts - more useful companies

  • Front suspension geometry

  • Chatham review 96

  • Newark review 96

  • Sierra MKI propshaft

No 67 April 96
  • Colour restoration - get that gel coat sparkling

  • Tales of a Sierra

  • Daily Duttoning - Sierra

  • Engine stay bar for a Phaeton

  • Stopping power

  • Minor GRP repairs

  • Gremlins in a Rico Shuttle

  • Technical torque on vibrations

No 66 January 96
  • Dutton triumphant - Phaeton

  • Technical torque - S3 wheel wobble, instrument compatibility, exhaust guard, Triumph/Ford wheels

  • GRP repairs

  • Amber's S4 rebuild

  • A kit car virgin - Sierra part 2

  • Sizing your wheels and tyres

No 65 October 95
  • Newark review 95

  • The winter of discontent - Sierra

  • An uphill struggle with a hillclimbing Phaeton

  • Technical torque - Dutton 4 link, what fuel tank fits what, what seats fit my Phaeton, how to fit 5 link rear suspension, pedal boxes and Duttons, 

  • Fitting twin Webers

  • Springs and things

  • Amber's S4 rebuild

  • Llandow 95 review

  • Sandown 95 review

  • The 750 motor club

  • The Dutton diary - P1

No 63 April 95 (first colour mag produced)
  • Haynes speak

  • Phaeton 3 rebuild

  • History of the Dutton owners Club

  • Amber's S4 rebuild

  • Why a Dutton?

  • Escort MKI owners club

  • Twin Webers in a Melos

Spring 1987
  • Phaeton 2 rebuild

  • Axles and chassis

  • Spare wheel on a Phaeton 3

  • Phaeton 3 bottoming out - a solution

  • Notes on the Dutton B Type and B+, and Phaeton 1 and 2

April 85
  • Notes from Tim Dutton

  • Sierra specification

  • Handy hints for Sierra owners

  • Dutton press releases

 

 

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