2023 Half Year Round Up
Well the first six months of 2023 have certainly flown by. Here at Retro Engineering we have had some changes and are looking forward to the rest of the race season. Just before Christmas, Zack left us to pursue another career. He started with us in 2017 and was very much part of the team, …
2022 End of Year Round Up
The second half of 2022 was even busier than the first 6 months, but we finished the season on a high with some great results. Lydden Hill 3rd July. Picking up from July, the 3rd saw us travelling down to Lydden Hill for the HRDC, then onto Brands Hatch on the 9th & 10th for …
Great Result at Pall Mall Cup – Silverstone 22nd October 2022
We arrived at Silverstone early on friday 21st October with the aim of testing the TVR Griffith, giving it a general shake down before bedding in 2 sets of tyres and a race set of front discs and brake pads prior to racing in the Pall Mall Cup; a 3 hour endurance race starting at …
Half-year Round Up 2022
What a busy 6 months it has been. In February Retro Engineering celebrated 10 years of trading. So with thanks to Paul Kilvington at Kilvington Design, we re-branded with a new logo and colour scheme. A special mention to Acorn Creative for making such a great job with their vehicle graphics and also embroidered workwear. …
End of Year Summary 2021
2021 has been a busy year for Retro Engineering. After the past two years of cancelled or restricted racing due to the pandemic, we have had a good season. Starting in May at the CSCC Donington with Shirley’s Dolomite and on the same weekend we had the Masters Historic at Brands Hatch with the BMW …
Group 2 Dolomite race at Silverstone
The Group 2 Dolomite raced at Silverstone on Sunday 25th October, competing in the Historic Touring Car Challenge. The car finished a very respectable 12th out of 30. Congratulations to Simon for a fantastic drive. 2020 has been a difficult year for all racing, this event has turned out to be our only event, let …
BMW ‘Nue Klasse’ Drive at Snetterton
After years of working on the BMW’s, Tom got to drive one at Snetterton; big thank you to Dave Evans for the loan of his 2000 ‘Nue Klasse’, known as Rhubarb. The outing was organised by the BMW Car Club, who organise a number of track days during the year. ‘Rhubarb’ has become a bit …
Testing day at Croft Race Circuit
Both of the Triumph Dolomites, Group 2 and Club Car had a days testing at Croft.
2020 Workshop News
The workshop has remained busy throughout the pandemic; work has changed from race car ‘on event’ preparation, support and maintenance to component building, upgrading and new builds. We added a highly experienced member of staff to our machining and fabrication section earlier in the year and we have been introducing new products to our range …
BMW 1800 Neu Klasse Upgrade
One of our French customers, had a lot of work done on his BMW 1800 Neu Klasse over the winter ready for the Classic Monte Carlo Rally in January 2020. We carried out a full suspension up grade front and rear. The front suspension was a fully custom made and machined pair of front legs …