{"id":31039,"date":"2025-02-06T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=31039"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:15:32","slug":"lots-going-on-at-great-british-sports-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/lots-going-on-at-great-british-sports-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTS GOING ON AT GREAT BRITISH SPORTS CARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty of news from Great British Sports Cars this week. I\u2019ll leave GBS co-diector, Ruth Hall give us the lowdown:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn Saturday, we hosted our first Factory Tour of the year, and it was a massive success. We\u2019re delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into everything that goes into creating the GBS Zero and the range of products we manufacture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31040\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31040 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4963-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lovely Zero &#8211; now sporting a new vented nosecone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhether you\u2019re considering purchasing a GBS Zero, already own one, or simply have a passion for motorsport and engineering, this tour is for you. Led by Richard Hall co-director, of Great British Sports Cars and our dedicated team. The tour provides a unique insight into various parts of our operations, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GBS Workshop<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parts Department<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineering and Assembly Areas<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fabrication<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composites and much more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31041\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_5123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31041\" src=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_5123-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GBS co-director, Richard Hall deep in factory tour guide mode. He&#8217;s in the centre of this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRead more here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/our-first-full-gbs-factory-tour-of-the-year-more-dates-coming-soon\"><u>https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/our-first-full-gbs-factory-tour-of-the-year-more-dates-coming-soon<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are proud to have been collaborating with Vertical Aerospace for several years \u00a0supporting the design and manufacturing of landing gear systems for both the nose and main landing gear of their cutting-edge aircraft.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31042\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31042\" src=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4733-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I don&#8217;t think kitcar manufacturers in the UK has ever produced aircraft landing gear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis ongoing partnership has been an exciting and rewarding journey, contributing to a transformative chapter in the future of air travel and advanced UK engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur involvement has encompassed precision engineering and innovative design to ensure the landing gear meets the highest standards of performance, reliability, and safety. The latest milestone in this project was completing another set of landing gear, marking another step forward in Vertical Aerospace&#8217;s vision of sustainable aviation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRead more &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/more-landing-gear-manufactured-and-assembled-for-vertical-aerospace\"><u>https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/more-landing-gear-manufactured-and-assembled-for-vertical-aerospace<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are always looking for ways to improve the production process and elevate the quality of the Zero and our entire product range. Last year, we were excited to invest in a new Boxford laser marking machine, a state-of-the-art addition to our engineering department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31043\" src=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A_IMG_4224-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis advanced machine has opened up a world of possibilities, enabling us to offer bespoke personalisation, enhanced brand awareness and precise tracking and traceability of our products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhether it&#8217;s custom touches for your Zero or improved processes for product identification and quality control, this technology is already making a big impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/improving-our-production-and-finishes-with-a-new-laser-etching-machine\"><u>https:\/\/www.greatbritishsportscars.com\/blog\/improving-our-production-and-finishes-with-a-new-laser-etching-machine<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<strong><b>ENDS.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Plenty of news from Great British Sports Cars this week. I\u2019ll leave GBS co-diector, Ruth Hall give us the lowdown: \u201cOn Saturday, we hosted our <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/lots-going-on-at-great-british-sports-cars\/\" title=\"LOTS GOING ON AT GREAT BRITISH SPORTS CARS\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}