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 our Birkett pit crew for several years and has harboured a yen for racing for some time. He’s been building a Tiger Avon for a couple of years, but has now decided to plump for RGB instead. Like all of us he’s attracted to the fun of 12000 rpm in a lightweight bike engined car, and the famous camaraderie of the RGB paddock. He will of course get unlimited tech support from me as he gets to grips with being a race driver in a mid engined beastie.
Charlie asked what my plans for the car were, and they basically revolved around doing a bit of a refurb and losing weight from the chassis to get close to the weight limit. Well, given that his personal chassis weighs some 35Kgs less than my middle aged spreading frame, he achieved most of my objectives by simply getting in the car , once I’ve got out.
Charlie will be doing track days for 2012, with a view to hitting the RGB paddock in 2013. It will be great to see the car back in the paddock 
, and Charlie inside the car and not on the Pitwall in the 2013 Birkett
I’ve told Charlie the two golden rules.
- Thou shalt blog. I do want to see his progress, with the car and the skills.
- Thou shalt not go faster than me!….. Obviously
So I expect to be waving goodbye to my favourite toy this Saturday… which will leave a Sabre shaped hole in the Garage.
So bring on the Sabre…. I expect to pick up the chassis around 16th December. Just in time for Christmas .
And I’ll be paying Andy a visit with a camera this week to photo one of his fully built examples in the flesh and gather some photographic inspiration on how to put them together.
I also expect to come home from AB Performance with big box of bits hewn from solid lumps of ali. All the billet bits like steering rack mounts, wishbone mounting clevises and about 20 other varieties of aluminium components… so expect many photos soon! Also I’m going to get them anodised for a bit of automotive bling!
But I shall always have a soft spot for the Genesis cars designed by Tim Pell. I learned to be a racing driver in this great bit of kit and I’ve always thought it was a lovely looking beast. I’m genuinely sorry to see her go.