New workshop opening party

Last weekend we were pleased to welcome guests to our workshop for a party to celebrate our moving into our wonderful new premises. Despite strong winds and the Festival of Speed being cancelled we went ahead and many folks braved the weather to join us. As it happened we were quite fortunate with just one heavy shower but we understand that some of those attending had to contend with very unpleasant driving conditions on the way. We had both customers, suppliers, and club representatives in attendance along with some of those who helped to build the new facility. It was a great opportunity for us to thank everyone for their support in helping us to reach this milestone and to look to the future.

The day consisted of our director Nik and Rob Shulp of Flying Space saying a few words shortly followed by a ribbon cutting and welcoming folks inside. Ian, Nik, Martin and Harry then conducted tours of the workshop. We are lucky enough to have a few particularly interesting items to show off, besides the wonderful new workshop, including a very rare four-cylinder XK engine, Sir Stirling Moss’s XK120 and a beautiful SS100. After the tours, we had some delightful wood-fired pizzas and drinks from a stunning 1960s route master bus.

Special thanks go to Rob for giving such a wonderful speech and cutting the ribbon. We would also like to thank Philip and Julie Porter of the XK and E-Type Clubs, who took time out of a weekend away to join us, Shaun and Becky from the HCVA, Andy and Simon from NCH, Peter and Gordon from Phoenix Systems and Steve from Dura. All these folks gave up their weekends to support us and be on hand to talk about the great work they do.

If you were not able to attend the event and would like to visit then please get in touch. We will be running more events in the future at our new premises and plan to work closely with the clubs to provide these.