GBS Customer collects his second Zero Self Build Kit & more Kits being exported…

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A few weekends ago we welcomed GBS Customer Tim Furnival back to the GBS Factory to collect his new Gen 2 Zero Ford based Self Build Kit. This is Tim’s second Zero that he will have built and we look forward to following the build and sharing the progress with you.

Tim said “ I started the whole kit car interest with buying a Robin Hood kit, which did have a lot of challenges..…. Then I saw GBS at Staffordshire Kit Car show a number of years later having heard they had taken over Robin Hood.. straight away I could see such a difference in the early mk1 kit, so I purchased and built the car that was featured in complete kit car magazine with a transit van turbo engine in it.

Again 10 years on family and marriage later I saw Richard at the Autosport International Show and again I was hooked. Seeing all the development and updates from my kit and with the introduction of the ATR Products, again I was impressed with what was on offer and Richard had helped with purchase options and spending time talking to me about a new kit. It is a lot easier for anyone to build a car and now I think GBS has done this with all the readymade options to help you. Dare I say it definitely beats rival competitors in quality and beats them by price…..  Hence my second purchase 😃”.

Tim’s Zero made it onto the front cover and was featured in CKC Magazine in November 2009. Hopefully Tim’s next build will also be feature in magazines.

We have several other Zero self build kits that are now be prepared for collection over the next few weeks including a nicely painted Zero that is currently being packed for export to the USA and another that is going to Canada.

Our Cars and Coffee event that is happening this Saturday (21st March) is looking like its going to be a very busy day, don’t forget to let us know you are joining us so we know how many cakes to make! Click here for more details

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Magazine visit & enjoy a test drive in our NEW Zero demonstrator….

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You may have seen our new Gen 2 Zero demonstrator on our stand at several events that we have recently attended including the Autosport’s Show last month and it can also be seen this weekend (21st-23rd February) at the Race Retro Show on our stand. Our new demonstrator has been busy doing test drives, and it was nice to have Adam from Complete Kit Car magazine visit us yesterday morning to view & test drive our NEW Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator. Its a very nice high spec car and has a lot of optional extras and upgrades on it, see below its specification.

If you would like to come and see us and see our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator then get in touch today, we look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to the GBS Factory. The Zero can also be seen next month at our GBS Cars and Coffee event which is happening on Saturday 21st March at the GBS Factory, you can find more details on our event page about the day.

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Specification:
Sport Chassis
Ford 2.5 Duratec Engine
ATR Throttle Bodies
Estimated BHP 195BHP
ECU Life Racing
Painted Hyacinth Red metallic
Carbon Fibre Dash with Aims Technologies MXP Strada Dash
Painted Sport Front Wings which are now standard on GBS Self build Packages
Carbon Fibre body kit including rear stone guards
ATR Suspension
DRL Style Headlights
Seats – GBS Stand Seats with red Stitching secured with black Ultralight TRS Motorspot GBS 4 Point Harness.
Wheels & Tyres - Team Dynamics pro race 1.2s – 7” front 8” rear with Yokohama AD08R tyres all round.
ATR Brakes front only – ATR light weight uprights front and rear.

Visit our GBS YouTube Chanel to see more details on our New Gen 2 Zero Demonstrator.
Contact us today book a Factory Visit & Test Drive, we look forward to hearing from you.

More Zero’s soon to be on the road in the UK & USA….

The GBS Workshop is always busy, and we often have several Zero’s with us for the IVA Service that we offer. We recently prepared and presented to IVA a Ford based Zero built by GBS Customer Tom Pearce, who collected his Zero Self Build kit from us 8 years ago from the GBS factory in 2012. Tom’s Zero is now back with him and just awaiting for the registration to come through before he can get the number plates and get it on the road to enjoy some miles. (Pictured above is Tom with Keith, 8 years ago when he collected his Zero Self Build kit from us)

Tom Said “I also want to say what a pleasure it has been to deal with Gbs over the last 8 years, all the staff have been friendly and helpful, so many thanks to Richard, Keith and Yourself for all your have done to help me get my car on the road.  Please can you pass on my appreciation to Matt and the team for the outstanding job they have done finishing off my car, I couldn’t stop smiling when I saw it Tuesday evening.” 

We hope Tom can join us next month in his Zero for our first GBS Cars and Coffee event of the year, which looks like we are going to be joined by lots of other Zero owners as well as many other sports cars. Everyone is welcome to come and join us, please click here for more details about the event. Whist Tom’s Zero was with us we also did the Geometry set up, which is just one of our workshop services that we offer, click here for more details on the  workshop services that we offer.

Over in the USA its great to see that another customer’s Zero build is now also not to far of completion. GBS Customer Michael Etzel in USA visited us at the factory last summer where he enjoyed a factory tour and test drive in our Mazda demonstrator with Richard. Mike emailed last week with some photos and to say thank you to Richard for his help with the Emerald mapping at his tuners, which was a successful day and the car runs strong.
Mike said “ Strapped to the Dyno for today’s testing. The Emerald needed lots of mapping to work correctly. By days end it is running very strongly. I rebuilt a 200k mileage 1991 1.6L Miata to stock specs then installed the ATR throttle bodies. We pulled 116.5 hp @ 7000 at the wheels today. It will get me around town just fine. We need a couple more hours to verify the mapping and remove all the test equipment, button it up and were done. Very glad to be at the final stage of the build. Now to inspection, assign the vin and get it registered. A special thank you to Richard for his time talking to my tuner so we did the job correctly”.

We look forward to seeing more photographs from Mike later in the year. Click here for details on the USA Zero self build options that we offer. If you have any photographs of your Zero build, then we would love to see them and share with everyone. Please visit our contact page for details.

Looking for that perfect Valentines Gift…. How about a GBS Zero.

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As Valentine’s Day is now fast approaching, many of you may still be looking for that perfect gift… Have you considered a GBS Zero sports car it will be enjoyment for you both, weather you go for the self-build or factory-built option we now also have them available on finance, making owning your dream car even easier!
Why not come and visit us and see how easy and enjoyable a GBS Zero Build would be for you, or if that doesn’t interest you how about come and see us and choose the specification of your sports car for us to build for you! A warm welcome always awaits you at the GBS Factory. Our new Gen 2 Zero demonstrator is always ready for passenger drives too.

We have several events throughout the year that you and your partner and families can all join us on in your Zero’s like Track days, Cars & Coffee events, Open Days and much more. So whatever the journey you’re guaranteed a GBS Zero will turn heads, gather smiles and create new friends! (Our next GBS Cars & Coffee event is happening on Saturday 21st March)

Kit Spares have some very nice products that will also make nice Valentines Gifts…. If your not sure then a Kit Spares Gift Voucher could be the perfect gift! Please visit our parts website www.kitspares.co.uk

The Crossland family’s self-build, LNER inspired GBS Zero....

By Andrew Crossland on behalf of the Crossland family.

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This is the story of The Crossland family and our GBS Zero. Sadly, our story starts on a very sad note. In January 2019, our Dad was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. By the time it was diagnosed, it was too late to treat. However, as a family we all saw how it never broke his spirit and, in reality, actually cemented his strength, positivity and love of life. The following story should illustrate how true that is.

The early stages of cancer involve rest and extensive periods of realisation. For Dad, that meant time talking to family, processing his diagnosis and switching off by watching TV. Of the many series Dad watched, one episode of The Grand Tour stood out - where the team went to Mongolia and build a kit car. As the kit car raced across various obstacles, Dad became inspired to start another adventure. From that moment Dad decided he wanted to buy a kit car; and it took very little to persuade his sons James and Andrew to join in.

Within a month we had selected a car - a Zero by Great British Sports Cars who are based in the nearby town of Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. We took Dad to visit the factory and knew immediately that this was the place to get that dream car. Steve and Richard showed us around the factory, introduced us to the team and where the car would be built. Driving away from the factory we quickly decided that we wanted to work with GBS who, like The Crossland’s, are a family at heart.

Throughout the build of the car, GBS worked with us on all of details of the build and design. Numerous calls and emails followed. As we toured various hospitals and met with various consultants, Dad was involved. Sadly, Dad’s medical condition deteriorated and he passed away in July - leaving a devastated family but one strangely motivated and empowered by the attitude Dad took to his life. It’s worth saying how he never once complained about being diagnosed. For Dad it was part of his life and the path weaved for him. Ahead of him lay obstacles and targets, just like life always had. A major target was James’s birthday - and a speech that, typical of Dad, left us all crying and laughing. Treatment was a path to be walked. Hurry on Sundown, see what tomorrow brings. Life’s for living. We took every day step by step as a family and as close as we always had been.

James and I were fortunate to have that closeness throughout our upbringing. One of our earliest memories is standing on a grass bank in Retford watching a beautiful blue steam train on the East Coast Mainline. James, Dad, Grandad, our Great Grandfather and myself all worked on the railways and we grew up exploring our great country or visiting friends by train - initially on a free rail pass as part of Dad’s job. Trips to York with friends, girlfriends and family didn’t feel right without a trip to the National Railway Museum. In each trip came a seminal moment; walking up to Mallard. The locomotive was designed by Nigel Gresley and built opposite Dad’s office in Gresley House. Synonymous with an age of speed, Mallard became the world’s fastest running at 126mph in 1939. That record still stands today.

As a family, we have a tradition in the National Railway Museum of placing our hands on Mallard and uttering the immortal words “how are you doing old girl” before taking photos. In family, folklore these words were passed down from our Grandad who used to fire the engine. To friends from around the world it was a Crossland oddity and one that as a family we got used to being laughed at as we took photos. To James and I, Mallard is that beautiful blue train that we watched from the grass bank during our childhood.

A few weeks after Dad passed away, I visited York with a close friend. As is traditional and non-negotiable, Mallard featured in the trip and memories came flooding back. A few weeks later, James and I contacted GBS with our idea - to change the theme of our car from British Racing Green to a custom designed paying homage to Mallard and our relationship with it.

Initially, it was an email sent with much trepidation. We actually made two requests to GBS - firstly for completely customised paint work and also to run the car on biofuel (more on that in another blog). Steve, Richard and the team immediately responded and they seemed genuinely excited by the idea. Within a few weeks, we visited the factory where Richard had marked up the vehicle with his proposed design. The attention to detail Richard had paid to the design blew me away, and he spotted parts of the locomotive’s design that I had never seen before. This was also Mum’s first trip to GBS and we were quickly joined by the rest of the GBS team to discuss the design. Perhaps it was the emotion of the day for us, but we genuinely felt an energy and excitement about the car. We drove away with a smile.

At this stage it’s also important to mention a small additional feature to the vehicle which is important to myself. I work in renewable energy with environmentalism and carbon saving really critical to my being. As a result of discussions with GBS, we believe that this will be the first biofuel compatible Zero in the world, meaning that I can drive the car in the knowledge that it has environmental credentials which drive everything I do in my professional life.

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Within weeks the car was painted and the family sat enjoying photos of our beautiful garter blue vehicle coming together via emails from GBS and on social media – an amazing feet given that we were living our lives in New Zealand, Warwick and Retford.

The big reveal and delivery of the vehicle came on 17th December 2019 at the GBS factory in Ollerton. It was clear to us as a family how excited GBS were about the car, and that was evident by the smiles and warm welcome we (Mum, Nana, James and I) received on arrival. Steve, Ruth and Richard were evidently thrilled by the car and appearance. The result is a stunningly beautiful, tastefully delivered and hugely charismatic custom painted vehicle that we are thrilled to start putting together. The car looks even better in person than in the photos.

Writing this we are about to embark on the build. As a family we will share photos with you via GBS. We also hope that, once built, the car will be used by GBS to showcase the Zero and the customisation options available to enthusiasts – from paint to biofuels.

As Great British Sports Cars we were delighted to have met Andrew and James’s dad and pleased that he got the chance to visit the GBS factory, we are sure he would be very proud of his Sons and Family. As soon as the Crosslands let us know about their paint idea, we thought this would be stunning and we were excited as it is something very different and also very special.

The Zero was sat in our workshop for a while before it was collected and attracted a lot of attention especially when it was on display at our Christmas Cars & Coffee event beginning of December. Their Zero spec is a 175 calibre and will be powered by a Ford 2L Zetec engine and is biofuel ready. We look forward to following the Crossland’s build and sharing more with you as it progresses.

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GBS Zero has arrived in the USA just in time for Christmas….

Yesterday we had a very happy customer in USA….. GBS Customer Will McDonald took delivery of his new Zero Self Build Kit which was a very nice spec kit that included the new ATR Front Brake upgrade kit and many other nice popular options and upgrades. The kit was collected from us at the end of October and was a very smooth door to door delivery, which saw Paul Barnes our USA representative collect the kit from our USA shipping agent depot then onto Will’s house for the delivery. We are pleased that it has made it to Will just in time for Christmas and he will be kept busy over the Christmas period, we look forward to receiving photographs as the build progresses.
There is also another Zero Race self build kit that is currently on the way now to USA and will arrive early in January, we will share more on that delivery next year with you all. Please click here for more details about the USA Zero spec and click here for details on the Zero build options.

Today was also a special day for the Crossland Brothers and family who we welcomed back to the GBS Factory, Andrew and James came to collect their Zero self build kit. If you have visited the GBS Factory recently then you will have seen their stunning painted Zero that has been in our workshop, it was also on display in our workshop at our Christmas Cars and Coffee event that took place earlier this month. There is a nice story behind Andrew and James’s Zero build and choice of colour, spec etc which we will be sharing with you before Christmas.

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Don’t forget you can follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter too, where you will see more photographs of what we are up to and behind the scenes.

Christmas opening times for GBS & Kit Spares:
The GBS Factory and Kit Spares will be closed on Tuesday 24th December and we will be open again and back to normal opening hours on Thursday 2nd January 2020.
You can still place your orders online from our parts website Kit Spares and Kit Spares eBay Shop, but please note any orders placed after 23rd December 2019 may not be processed or dispatched until 2nd / 3rd January 2020. www.kitspares.co.uk

GBS Zero just in time for Christmas and our Christmas Opening Hours…..

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Its been busy couple of weeks with lots of Zero kit collections and exports, last week we had a GBS Zero Race Self Build kit collected that’s now on the way to a new customer in America, this is the last kit of year to go to America the next one will be going in January. We also had a David Kerslake from Northampton come with his son to collect his new Zero Ford based self build kit, David has wanted to build a kit car for several years and now he is very excited that his dream has come true and the build is now actually happening.

Yesterday we had a Sweden Spec Zero kit collected that is going to a be an educational build for students in Sweden, and we also welcomed Ian Whitman back to the factory yesterday to collect his Zero Mazda kit.

Next week the final Zero self build kit of 2019 is being collected by two brothers, we will share more on that kit collection with you soon as there is nice story behind their build and spec of build.

Father and Son Jerry and Matt Haller also sent us some photos of some parts, the new ATR Products front hubs, brakes and suspension that are now assembled and were recently fitted to their Zero which looks like its coming along nicely. They both joined us on Saturday at our Christmas Cars and Coffee and said there build is going well and are both really enjoying it. You can now see more photos from our Christmas Cars and Coffee event last Saturday on GBS Facebook page. Please click here.

Christmas opening times for GBS & Kit Spares:
The GBS Factory and Kit Spares will be closed on Tuesday 24th December and we will be open again and back to normal opening hours on Thursday 2nd January 2020.
You can still place your orders online from our parts website Kit Spares and Kit Spares eBay Shop, but please note any orders placed after 23rd December 2019 may not be processed or dispatched until 2nd / 3rd January 2020. www.kitspares.co.uk


GBS Zero being enjoyed on the road & another Zero self build kit collected...

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Its also busy back at the GBS Factory with more Zero kit collections, last Friday we had Tom and Debbie husband and wife from Cambridge who we welcomed back to the factory to collect their Zero Mazda self-build kit.  

There are still lots of kits scheduled for collection / delivery before Christmas and January looks like its going to be very busy too.

Will you be joining us on Saturday 7th December at the GBS Factory for our GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee event, its looking like its going to be another great event and busy with lots of you already saying that you will be joining us. More details can be found on our event page, and GBS Facebook page.

Competition time… Don’t forget to visit our GBS Facebook page or click here for the Chance to WIN a GBS Hoodie, and also Kit Spares are now giving you the chance to WIN a £25 Kit Spares Gift Voucher, visit there Facebook page for more details or click here.

We always love to receive photos from customers out and about enjoying their Zero and Zero Builds, we recently received some photographs from GBS Customer Steve Blundell who completed his Zero self build kit back in August this year. Steve said that he has been out for a couple of runs to build up confidence so far before doing any big drives. We look forward to seeing more photographs from Steve and hopefully see him next year at one of our GBS events or track days. If you have any photographs of your Zero whether it be on the road and registered or in the garage being built we always like to see photos and share on here with others.

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Another GBS Zero Kit is collected & its Competition time…..

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Father & Son collect their Zero kit….. Last Saturday GBS Customer Nick Mann and his son Michael from Guernsey came to collect their Zero Mazda self build kit, we were also very busy with test drives in our Zero demonstrator. If you would like to arrange  a test drive and factory visit please get in touch and we can look to book you in for a visit.
We are also now busy packing a Zero Race Self build kit that is scheduled to be collected next week that will be going to a new customer in the USA, and we have a few more Zero self build collections this week. Think everyone is wanting their Zero’s for Christmas so they can keep busy and start their builds over the holidays! For more details on the Zero self build options click here.

Its Competition time again….. Make sure you visit our GBS Facebook page today as we have just announced a GBS competitions.  For the chance to WIN a GBS Hoodie head over to our GBS Facebook page  all you have to do is like our page, and post and Tag 2 friends by 11.12.19. Good Luck to you all….. Enter here.  
A Winner will be picked at random and notified on our GBS Facebook page on 11.12.19.

 
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Busy time at the Classic Motor Show, the Zero's attracted a lot of attention…

Big thank you to everyone who visited our stand over the 3 days at this years Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham.  This show is one of our favourite shows of the year both the GBS & Kit Spares stand were busy all 3 days particularly the Friday and Saturday, it was great to see so many customers over the weekend as well as meet many new customers that we look forward to welcoming to the GBS factory very soon.

Our stand this year was in the same location as previous years and on display was a nice collection of Zero’s. We had our new high spec Gen 2 Zero demonstrator on display with a very nice customer Zero build, GBS Customer Tim Dunlop kindly let us have his Zero on display for the 3 days, along with another 2015 factory built Zero that we were selling on behalf of a customer. We are pleased to say that all the Zero’s attracted a lot of attention over the 3 days and we have lots of factory visits and test drives booked. It was nice that Tim also joined us on the Friday on the stand and was able to talk to customers too about his experience of building his Zero.

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The kit Spares stand was also very busy with all the parts that we had on display attracting a lot of attention particularly the Ford 2.5 Duratec engine and the show racks which were displaying electrical and wiring products, the ATR Product Range, Exhaust components, Seat Belts & Interior products and much more….Visit our parts website www.kitspares.co.uk or showroom to see more products and details.

This was our last show of the year, but we still have one event left, which we are all very much looking forward to which is our GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee event which is happening on Saturday 7th December at our GBS Factory, please click here for more details.

The GBS calendar for 2020 is already looking very busy with lots of new and exciting events scheduled in, the 2020 GBS calendar will be released later this year. We hope to be at more events, do more track days and much more! So make sure you keep visiting our event page.

Please note that the GBS Factory and Kit Spares Shop will be closed on Friday 15th November, but will be open 10am-2pm on Saturday 16th November.

GBS Featured in Magazine & Interesting sports cars in the GBS Car Park....

A few months ago we welcomed Editor Steve Hole from TKC Magazine to GBS where he looked around the factory and enjoyed a drive in our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator. It had been a few years since Steve last visited so a lot has changed and developed. Steve took our new Zero Gen 2 demonstrator out for a test drive, we are very lucky as we have some great roads close to the factory so Steve was able to put the car through it paces to see what he thought….  When Steve arrived back from his test drive in the new Zero he got out the car and shook Richards hand and said “This car is brilliant, that’s all I can say really”. It’s nice to see that the full feature on GBS and our new Zero Gen 2 can now be seen in this month’s TKC Magazine November / December Issue which is out now in the shops.

Our new Zero demonstrator can be seen this weekend (8th-10th November) on our stand at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC along with two other nice Zero’s one of which will be for sale. Follow us on Instagram to see photos during the show and behind the scenes.

Our last GBS Cars & Coffee event was also featured in Complete Kit Car Magazine last month too. Will you be joining us on Saturday 7th December at GBS for our Christmas Cars and Coffee event? Click here for more details

The GBS Workshop often has some very interesting and sometimes unusual cars in, as does the GBS Car park and last week I spotted this little green sports car in the car park.... It was an original Frazer Nash Targa Florio Mk2, which captured the interest of all the GBS Team. We have also recently prepared and presented a very different vehicle to IVA, which some of you may have seen when you visited the GBS Workshop. We will share more on that with you all next week. Click below for more details about the workshop services that we offer.

Busy Workshop & another GBS Zero on the way to a Customer in USA…

A very nice spec Zero self build kit is now on the way to another customer in the USA after recently being collected from the factory. This wooden crate is packed full of some very nice parts and lots of upgrade parts including the new ATR Front Brake upgrade which will all arrive in the USA beginning of December.

Another Zero Race kit is now being packed and prepared that will also be going to the USA before Christmas along with all our UK and other European self build Kit collections that are scheduled in for the next couple of weeks, we are very busy and the Zero kit dispatch area is looking very busy with many Zero chassis’s stacking up.

Here is a short video that shows the Zero kit that’s now on its way to USA being prepared and collected. Click here to watch or why not visit our GBS YouTube Chanel to see more videos.

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The GBS Workshop is also busy and last week the Workshop seemed to be over flowing with Zero chassis’s that were waiting to be panelled and prepared for paint. If you follow us on Instagram you can see more of what we are upto and behind the scenes of the GBS Workshop… Visit our GBS Workshop page to see what Workshop Services we offer and to get your sports car booked in.

Looking for a project to start the new year with, or looking for a Christmas gift....

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Are you looking to start the new year with an exciting new project? Then a GBS Zero build could be that ideal project for you, contact us soon as we still have a few slots available for a December collection and then we are into January / February 2020 collections for Zero self build kits. Contact us soon to arrange a visit and we can confirm the options that are available and we will be able to answer any questions that you may have. (The Zero self build kit could also make the perfect Christmas gift!)

You are always welcome to come and see us at the GBS Factory anytime. We are open Monday – Friday and occasional Saturdays. Contact us today to arrange a visit.
Our parts shop Kit Spares also offers lots of Christmas gift ideas, here are just a few that we thought you might like for you and your Zero’s and other Sports Cars. Please visit www.kitspares.co.uk to see our full range of parts and spares, or come and visit us and see all the parts in our showroom that we have on display. If you can’t find what you are after then please contact us and we will be able to help you.

 If you are wanting to collect any parts from the Kit Spares shop at our GBS Christmas Cars & Coffee event  in December then that is also an option, please visit our events page for more details about that event.

GBS Zero's on display and out on the track in America...

Last weekend (11th – 13th October) the Zero’s were at Laguna Seca raceway home of the famous “Corkscrew” complex of corners for the Miatas Reunion at Laguna Seca 2019. 

We had several Mazda based customer GBS Zero’s on display and were located on the pit road at the legendary race venue and around town during the weekend. Richard and Anthony were there along with Paul Barnes who is our USA representative.

Miatas at Laguna Seca is an annual event for all things Miata with hundreds of cars attending each year.  The event combines hard-core track time with more laid back, friendly gatherings. Given our GBS Zero takes the proven Miata performance to a whole new level we felt it a fitting venue to showcase the Zero to Miata enthusiasts from around north America.

Now in its 10th year at Laguna Seca, the Miata Reunion is an annual celebration of the MX-5 Miata, offering quality track time at an iconic venue for hard-core track enthusiasts, as well as a full plate of off-track activities and social interaction for Miata lovers. It’s the last year the event will be held at Laguna Seca, next years event location is yet to be published.

The GBS Zero is very popular in the USA with several Zero’s now on the road and many that are currently being built as well as several more kits that we are currently preparing to export later this year. On the way to the Laguna Seca, Richard, Anthony and Paul called in to see Frank a GBS Customer in LA who has very nearly completed his build. His 1.8 Miata based Zero is now road registered and he is just making the finishing touches to it before wrapping the car in his chosen colour scheme, he is yet to let on what this is.

Once the Miata’s Reunion had come to an end we took the Zero down a 130 mile section of the famous Pacific Highway 1 from Monterey to San Luis Obispo. This is the first time a Zero has been down this iconic cliff hugging coastal road  often referred to as the PCH.

It was great to meet so many USA Customers and hear how their builds are going and to meet many new customers some of who are taking delivery of their Zero kits later this year, we would like to thank Paul for all is help in arranging the event and making it happen for us and also GBS Customers Dan and Marlin for joining us and having their Zero’s on display over the weekend.

Here are some photographs from the trip and more can be seen on our GBS Instagram page @gbs_cars.

For more details about the Zero USA Self Build Options please click here and to see what other events we are going too, please visit our Event Page.