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Welcome to Great British Sports Cars Blog.
We are one of the leading names in the British kit car industry, with a long 25 year history of success the company is pleased with continuing its success and development of its latest car the zero range.
For all enquires please call 01623 860990

Thursday 31 May 2012

GREAT WEATHER TO BE OUT IN THE GBS ZERO..............

 One of our GBS customers Harris Adamopoulos has sent us some stunning photographs of his GBS Zero that he has taken whilst he has been out and about in the great weather. If you have any photographs of your Zero we always like to see them and share them with others.
This bank holiday weekend Great British Sports Cars will be attending The Nottingham Motor Show at Wollaton Park (3rd & 4th June) where we will have a range of Zero's on display.

We would like to invite you all to join us on a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 29th July. Everyone is welcome to come and join us, if your not taking part your welcome to Spectate or be a passenger in our Zero demonstrator. A lot of the GBS team will be there both watching and driving, it will be another great day out we look forward to seeing you all there!
Please follow the link for more information about the event and to book your place www.javelintrackdays.co.uk

For more information about the GBS Zero and for all enquiries please call 01623 860990 or visit www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk and for all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk
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Monday 28 May 2012

ANOTHER GBS ZERO KIT IS COLLECTED..............


On Friday GBS customer Richard Lincoln came to collect his GBS Zero kit from us, we also had a very busy weekend at the GBS factory with many test drives taking place. To book your test drive in the Zero please call us today 01623 860990 or visit our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk for more information.
This bank holiday weekend Great British Sports Cars will be attending The Nottingham Motor Show at Wollaton Park (3rd &4th June) where we will be having a range of Zero's on display. Also later in the month both GBS and Kit Spares will be at Newark Kit Car Show 16th & 17th June. To see what other shows and events we will be attending please visit our website.

We would like to invite you all to join us on a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 29th July. Everyone is welcome to join us, if your not taking part your welcome to Spectate or be a passenger in our Zero demonstrator. A lot of the GBS team will be there both watching and driving, it will be another great day out we look forward to seeing you all there!
Please follow the link for more information about the event and to book your place www.javelintrackdays.co.uk

For more information about the GBS Zero and for all enquiries please call 01623 860990 or visit www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk and for all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk
Become a fan of GBS and Kit Spares on Facebook today!

Wednesday 23 May 2012

COME AND JOIN GBS ON A TRACK DAY AT BLYTON PARK SUNDAY 29th JULY..........



We would like to invite you all to join us on a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 29th July in conjunction with Javelin Track Days. Everyone is welcome to join us, if your not taking part your welcome to Spectate or be a passenger in our Zero demonstrator. A lot of the GBS team will be there both watching and driving, it will be another great day out we look forward to seeing you all there!
Please follow the link for more information and to book your place www.javelintrackdays.co.uk

Next weekend Great British Sports Cars will be attending The Nottingham Motor Show at Wollaton Park (3rd & 4th June)  as well as later in the month both GBS and Kit Spares will be at Newark Kit Car Show 16th & 17th June. To see what other shows and events we will be attending please visit our website.

For more information about the GBS Zero and for all enquiries please call 01623 860990 or visit www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk and for all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk Or come and visit the GBS showroom and have a test drive in our Zero demonstrator, we currently have many GBS Zero's on display in the Showroom and workshop, which is open Monday to Friday and most Saturdays unless we are at a show, competing or at a Track Day.
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Monday 21 May 2012

GBS DESIGN A MODIFIED ZERO CHASSIS TO SUIT A MOTOR CYCLE ENGINE.............


GBS Customer Steve Parker who bought his Zero kit from us in December last year, had a slightly different Zero to the standard Zero from GBS. As it is using a Suzuki GSXR1000cc K4 modified to produce 180bhp with a specially modified chassis enabling the Engine to be specifically built into the chassis as a stressed unit along with all the gear linkage and transmission, Taylor-made stainless steel exhaust 4-1 manifold, a lowered sump which gives an improved ground clearance over standard and baffled to prevent oil surge both manufactured in house by GBS.
This project shows the versatility of the GBS design and engineering capabilities, please contact us to find out the different modifications that are available with the help and expertise of our GBS team.

Come and visit the GBS showroom and have a test drive in our Zero demonstrator, we currently have many GBS Zero's on display in the Showroom and workshop which is open Monday to Friday and most Saturdays unless we are at a show, competing or at a Track Day.

For any enquires and for more information about the Zero please contact us on 01623 860 990, or take a look at our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk For all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk


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Wednesday 16 May 2012

FIRST FACTORY BUILT GBS ZERO IS DELIVERED TO OUR FRENCH DEALER.......


This morning Keith Bird one of the GBS Directors and our new technician Raphael Garel  set off from GBS to deliver the first factory built GBS Zero for our new dealer in France. The Zero will be on display at a show in France over the weekend. The factory built GBS Zero is LHD with a 2L Zetec Engine, GBS Plenum, GBS Water Rail, Gaz Shocks, Team Dynamics Pro Race wheels and Yokohama Tyres, Rear Diffuser, GRP Dash with Smith Instruments, Full weather gear set. More photos from the trip will be coming soon!!
On Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th June GBS will be exhibiting at the Nottingham Evening Post Motor Show at Wollaton Park, looks to be a great show and day out for all the family!
Come and visit the GBS showroom and have a test drive in our Zero demonstrator, we currently have many GBS Zero's on display in the Showroom and workshop which is open Monday to Friday and most Saturdays unless we are at a show, competing or at a Track Day.

For any enquires about the Zero please contact us on 01623 860 990, or take a look at our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk for more information. For all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk


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Monday 14 May 2012

SEE GBS IN THIS MONTHS COMPLETE KIT CAR MAGAZINE.........

Back in March we had Ian Stent the Editor from Complete Kit Car Magazine come and spend the day with us. It was Ian's first visit to GBS where he had a tour of the GBS factory and all our facilities he also went out for a test drive in several Zero's and was very impressed with their performance. The feature from  Ians visit can be seen in this months Complete Kit Car Magazine (May 2012) or visit there website www.completekitcar.co.uk

 Last Friday GBS customer Dave Martin came and dropped his GBS Zero off for us, as we are going to be preparing it and taking it for its IVA test for him later this month. Also on Sunday GBS attended a sprint at Blyton Park where we were joined by many GBS customers it was another great event, to see the next track days and sprints that we are attending please visit our website.

For any enquires about the Zero please contact us on 01623 860 990, or take a look at our website for more information. For all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk













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Wednesday 9 May 2012

GBS AND KIT SPARES HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AT STONELEIGH KIT CAR SHOW...............

Great British Sports Cars and Kit Spares had a very busy and successful weekend at the Stoneleigh Kit Car Show, it was a great weekend with alot of interest in the Zero. On the stand we had a range of GBS Zero cars,  2 of which were GBS customer builds by Steve Parker and Mike Harmer we would like to say a big thank you for letting us display your cars at the show. It was also great to see all the Robin Hood and Zero owners on the members stand outside many of which were camping! Again it was a very impressive turn out, we look forward to seeing you all again at Newark Kit Car Show. To see more photos from the show please visit the GBS website and our GBS facebook page
The next show that GBS and Kit Spares will be attending will be  The Nottingham Evening Post Motor Show at Wollaton Park 3rd and 4th June, then later in the month we will be exhibiting at Newark Kit Car Show 16th & 17th June for more details please visit www.kitcarshow.co.uk

Last week we had GBS customers Lucas and Gauthier from France come and collect their GBS Zero Starter kit. For all enquires about the Zero and Exportation please contact us 01623 860 990, or take a look at our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk To see our full range of parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk

Come and join the GBS team and many customers this Sunday on a Sprint at Blyton Park May 13th, for more details about the event and to book your place please visit  www.javelintrackdays.co.uk Everyone is welcome if your not taking part your welcome to Spectate.





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