Author Archives: Gabriel Uttley

Centre hub steering news

Tudor has started to machine the centre hub parts that Bob Tait kindly gave us to allow us to finish the front end. See also Angelic Bulldog centre hub steering parts and Angelic Bulldog steering and front end suspension

T.M.A. Engineering Ltd to machine rear wheel hub

T.M.A. Engineering from Birmingham have agreed to machine the rear hub for us, so thanks to Tudor for sorting it out and getting the material to them.

BMF Show, Peterborough

Our next show will be the BMF Show at Peterborough Showground. It is on the 19th and 20th May. Read more about the BMF Peterborough show on their website.

More MACH news

Unison continue to help us where they can. At the show they allowed their own camera team to take a series of photographs on the Monday, and then let their own film team interview me for publicity. A big thanks to Alan and the team. Tim Howes from NGK came to see me, and reiterated his [...]

MACH Show news.

Here is a short resume of some of the potential sponsors I talked to at the show. Lasertubes have agreed to cut all the tubes for the chassis. Rosler UK are very interested in helping us reduce friction by treating our gears and the gearbox. Renishaw have expressed interest in providing some prototype pieces using [...]

MACH 2012 Show.

I had a successful MACH 2012 show, and my thanks must go to the organisers, the MTA, for staging such a good show. I had a very tiring week, but would like to thank all those who helped me; Stu, Roger, Jon, Dan, Martin and Peter.

Will gets creative!

Will Hockenhull has created this stunning image on the car he races!

Decals on gazebos

This week I have been applying the decals for the gazebos which NGK have kindly supplied us.

Racing harness

I have bought a 6-point racing harness so that we can get it mounted in the roll cage and be able to check for fittings. Read about our approach to safety. Read other safety related posts.

Brunel talk.

I had an excellent night at Brunel University, with a very responsive audience. We could be getting a couple of new helpers from it, and they will be an asset to the project if we get them onboard.