We are very sad to announce that we will not be able to race at this year’s speed week. Ian and Janine are still planning on attending the event (Covid permitting) but the practicalities of shipping the car have proven insurmountable. Due to this very unusual of times the shipping industry has adapted to make
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What is becoming a regular feature of our project is that nothing seems to go exactly according to plan.As mentioned in our last message a few members of the team descended on Dave at Emerald for our first real dyno tune.After a very early start Harry and Ian braved the M25 and the wilds of
On the last May bank holiday Ian and Harry took the car up to our friends at Emerald with the car in a rather poorly state. Our resident auto electrician had made a new wiring loom to fit the new Emerald ECU using a mixture of old sensors and new parts to suit the distributor
The enforced quarantine has given the team a selection of issues and opportunities. A number of the team have been working from home, so for them life has established some routine all be it different to their old ones. Possibly this is practice once the restricitions are lifted and life finds its new normal. For
It is with huge regret that we have to announce that we are postponing our trip to Bonneville until next year (2021).This was not a decision taken lightly as not only were the Jensen team going but also a number of other motorcycle teams were planning on sharing the shipping.We had a virtual meeting and
We’re not going to waste anyone’s time talking about the terrible situation we all find ourselves in. However this has had a dramatic effect on the project in two ways. Firstly the prospect of not making it to Bonneville for speed week this year is all too real. We are putting off making a decision
In mid February we were invited by the FBHVC (federation of British Historic vehicle clubs) to have some space on their stand at the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh Park. The show was a huge success and attracted a very knowledgeable crowd. As well as appealing to the general public we also generated a lot
For the first time since America in 2018 the male members of the team based in the UK have had the opportunity to get together. We have been very kindy invited by the FBHVC to bring our car, this weekend, to the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. A truly beautiful, if damp
Or more accurately New Year Aero Since our last visit to Utah in 2018 whilst we have been busy showing and working on the car, we have also been busy researching ways to make the car faster, safer and more reliable. Amongst the updates we have already carried out, as our regular followers will know,
Last year while we were preparing the car between our Pendine runs and loading the car into the container an awful lot of work was carried out. After our South Wales adventure the only thing that remained in the car was the roll cage. The complete car was stripped down, loads of sand was removed
For a short while it looked like our racing luck had followed us from the salt last year. We had this fantastic idea about getting all the larger items that we needed from the USA together in one place to save on shipping. Unfortunately in keeping with the project history we had failed to do
Speed Week 2019 will go down as one of the oddest SCTA events of all time. During the build up to the event in Utah everything looked to be well on course (pun intended). The salt was drying from the winter rains nicely and the team of SCTA volunteers had manged to drag three courses.