Very early Sunday morning our extremely generous American engine tuner and fellow Jensen owner Bruce Bridges from F and B Throttle bodies arrived. He was so excited to join us he quite literally couldn’t wait to get on the salt and set the car up. With Bruce’s help we managed to get the car running
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We apologise for the lack of updates on our road trip but we had a small systems failure in our IT department. (We forgot the power lead for the laptop and the battery went flat!) Anyway the 1600 mile from Houston to Utah was everything you can possibly imagine. From the wide open plains to
On Thursday (2nd) Ian flew out to Houston Texas, via Detroit where he was met by Teddy our resident American. The flights all went well and apart from being a really long day all went as expected. Thanks to the time difference Friday dawned way too early and Ian and Teddy set off on what
Firstly let us start with an apology, we have been working every available hour since the event at Pendine. As a result we quite simply haven’t had the time or energy to keep everyone informed as to progress. So with that out of the way, the really good news is on Thursday 12th Harry and
After far more than our fair share of last minute hiccups and delays we made it to Pendine Sands in South Wales. Historically this is the home of Land Speed Records in the UK. Using the entire beach with runs up to six mile long the likes of Malcolm Campbell and Parry Thomas reached 174.88 miles per
Firstly great news! We are definitely going to be running at Pendine Sands at the straightlinersspeed week on May 12th and 13th. The car is back from CCK Historic after they pulled a late night shift to get the car finished. The guys down there really pulled the iron from the fire when their suppliers arrived with the wrong grade
This Easter as we have a bit of space in the workshop we’ve been cracking on preparing the clutch, gearbox and engine as far as we can without the rest of the car. As you can see from this picture the ballistic clutch bellhousing is quite a lump of metal. It’s very lucky for us
Fantastic news and some extra worries, but very exciting times. We have been extremely fortunate and we’ve found a rollcage manufacturer that has had a last minute cancellation. This is great news for us as they have been able to start work on the car straight away. The wonderful guys at CCK Historic were very excited about
Despite the cold weather, things have been picking up since January ended. We finally managed to get our professional photo shoot for Practical Performance Car after a few false starts. The weather was particularly kind and Chris Frosin got some great shots of the car. Unfortunately during the ‘action’ shots the car for the first time let
As January draws to a close we can finally say farewell to possibly our least productive month for a while. The temperature out in the shed has been so cold that over the last few weeks we’ve spent time chasing potential sponsors and awaiting news from America about the rule changes. As a result we
Since the classic car show at the NEC things have gone completely mad. At the project we have been completely blown away by the level of support from all quarters. Being as close as we are to the project things have lost their wonder and to meet people outside that have been pleasantly amazed by
Our engine builder John Sleath has been working very hard over the last few weeks to get our engine ready. The good news is the engine has been built up and run with a carb for the first time on the dyno, just to bed in the rings and check over the build. That all went very