Author Archives: AdrianM

A Sabre Chassis – Naked

Posted on December 19, 2011 by AdrianM

Tim, Duncan and I trollied over to AB Performance on Sunday and retrieved my Sabre chassis from Andy. Many many thanks to Tim for giving up his entire Sunday to fetch my gear.  (while I have a trailer my current … Continue reading →

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We’re all Magpies!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by AdrianM

I popped over to AB Performance today to pick up the first batch of Sabre bits, photograph one of the built cars in some detail, and have a chat with Andy about assembly procedures. I came away with what can … Continue reading →

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The Genesis is Sold!

Posted on December 6, 2011 by AdrianM

A quick update today. The good news is that I’ve sold my Genesis, it was on the market for precisely a week, and sold I think,  for a good fair price to my mate Charlie.  Charlie has been part of … Continue reading →

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AB Performance Sabre

Posted on November 27, 2011 by AdrianM

I’m going to be a Sabre-naut!.   Come next year’s Birkett I’m going to be piloting an  AB Performance Sabre I’ve a huge amount of respect for Andy Bates over at AB Performance and have watched him build his new … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Build.

Posted on November 20, 2011 by AdrianM

So I’ve made some thinking progress about the new chassis build, and been discussing it with Duncan and Tim. We’re in agreement on the following. 1)  As this is the first time we’ve built a chassis, it is going to … Continue reading →

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Chapter IV – A New Hope

Posted on November 5, 2011 by AdrianM

You’ll have observed that the site hasn’t been updated for more than a year.   This is because I haven’t been doing much in the racing world for a while, due to lack of cash, and knowing that you can’t … Continue reading →

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A little bit of design

Posted on November 7, 2010 by AdrianM

I’ll write up an update on the second half of the season  soon,  but for now I’m looking at moving the diff a bit lower and getting a better chain tension solution than the current shims.  So I’ve been playing around … Continue reading →

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Cadwell Race Report

Posted on July 14, 2010 by AdrianM

Last weekend was simply a hoot.   Due to scheduling difficulties I didn’t do the RGB race but rather the Allcomers race  instead.  This was combined with the KitCar championship round.  Now previously when this has happened we all race … Continue reading →

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