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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.
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Friday 28 September 2012

GBS & KIT SPARES WILL BE EXHIBITING AT EXETER KIT CAR SHOW..........

Both GBS and Kit Spares will be exhibiting at The Exeter Kit Car Show next month Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October, we will be taking with a range of GBS Zero's including the new GBS Zero Mazda chassis and a full range of parts and spares from www.kitspares.co.uk
You can now view more photographs from the GBS Open Day & Track Day weekend on our GBS facebook page, the next Track Day that GBS will be doing is on Saturday 13th October at Mallory Park, please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk for more details, places are filling up fast!!
For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range and to arrange a test drive please call 01623 860990 or visit www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk for all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk

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Tuesday 25 September 2012

GREAT WEEKEND AT THE GBS OPEN DAY & TRACK DAY..........

 At the weekend GBS held an Open Day at our GBS factory followed by a track day at Blyton Park on the Sunday, it was a fantastic weekend with well over 100 people attending throughout the day. At the open day people were able to view the GBS & Kit Spares showroom, GBS workshop, machine shop, and kit spares shop, the GBS Zero demonstrator also had a very busy day doing as it was doing test drives all day.
Also on the Saturday at the GBS open day Simon and Gary Sherwood were collecting their newly registered GBS Zero that we had prepared and put through the IVA test for them. They joined us for a great night camping at Blyton Park and then took their new GBS Zero around the track on the Sunday. The Track Day was a great success and we were joined by 12 other GBS Zero's and Robin Hood owners it was great to see them all out on the track together. Many customers also came and spent the day with us and were taken out on the track in our Zero demonstrator and other customer cars.

It was great to see so many people over the weekend and we would like to thank everyone for coming and supporting us, we look forward to seeing you all again soon. If you were unable to make the GBS Open Day and Track Day, you are more than welcome to come and visit us any time, the next Track Day that GBS will be doing is on Saturday 13th October at Mallory Park, please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk for more details, places are filling up fast.

To see more photographs from the weekend please visit the GBS Facebook page where you will see more photographs. For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range 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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Thursday 20 September 2012

GBS OPEN DAY THIS SATURDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER.........


This weekend we are holding an Open Day Saturday 22nd September 9.30am - 4pm at our GBS Factory.....Its a great chance to come and meet the GBS Team, have a test drive in the Zero Demonstrator, look around the GBS Workshop, Machine Shop and Show Room as well as the Kit Spares Shop and showroom.........Followed by a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd September. We will be taking with us our Zero demonstaror, and currently we are being joined by 12 other customers who have booked on the track day to enjoy the day with us. If your not taking part your still welcome to come and join us and have a ride out on the track in the GBS Zero with one of the GBS team. Camping is also available on the Saturday night all are welcome to join us, for more details please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk or contact us for more details about the weekend......We look forward to a great weekend and seeing you all there.
GBS customer Paul Daly came to see us yesterday and bought his GBS Zero build to show us. Paul has built his zero to be used a track day car and has done the whole build for under £5,000. He has made a great job of his build which uses a Ford Pinto engine on twin webber 45's. Paul is looking forward to joining us at Mallory Park for a track day on Saturday 13th October . For more details about the Mallory Park Track Day and to book your place please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk

For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range 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 17 September 2012

BUSY WEEKEND AT THE GBS FACTORY..........


We had a busy weekend at GBS with kit collections and test drives. On Saturday Mr and Mrs Jones came to collect their GBS Zero Starter Kit, Mrs Jones had ordered the Zero Starter kit as a surprise for her husbands 50th birthday, he was delighted with his present and can't wait to make a start with his build. Also GBS customer Simon Edwards came to collect his GBS Zero build on Saturday, that we prepared and put through the IVA test for him last week.
Great British Sports Cars now offer a full IVA service for all cars not only the GBS Zero. The GBS workshop team perform a pre-IVA inspection, complete any required work/alterations, transportaion to the IVA test centre in Nottingham as well as all the paperwork that is required before/after the test. We also offer geometry set ups, finishing builds, engine tuning and much more, for further details or to book your car in please call GBS on 01623 860990 or visit www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk

This Weekend we are holding an Open Day Saturday 22nd September 9.30am - 4pm at our GBS Factory.....Followed by a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd September. Look forward to seeing you all there.
For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range 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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Tuesday 11 September 2012

YOUR INVITED TO THE GBS & KIT SPARES OPEN DAY & TRACK DAY NEXT WEEKEND.........



Next Weekend we are holding an Open Day Saturday 22nd September 9.30am - 4pm at our GBS Factory.....Its a great chance to come and meet the GBS Team, have a test drive in the Zero Demonstrator, look around the GBS Workshop, Machine Shop and Show Room as well as the Kit Spares Shop and showroom.........Followed by a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd September. We will be taking with us our Zero demonstrator and the Zero Race, and currently we are being joined by 12 other GBS customers who have also booked onto the track day to enjoy the day with us. If your not taking part your still welcome to come and join us and have a ride out on the track in the GBS Zero with one of the GBS team. Places are filling up fast, camping is also available on the Saturday night for more details please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk or contact us for more details about the weekend......We look forward to a great weekend and seeing you all there.

GBS customer Howard Lester came to the GBS Factory on Saturday to drop of his GBS Zero that we are going to be preparing and putting though the IVA test for him. Howard collected his Zero kit from us beginning of February this year, and had made an excellent job of his Zero build making a few modifications to his build as he is going to be using it mainly on the track. It is fitted with a 280 bhp Duretec engine, 5 Speed Dogbox, and has already tested it around the Prodrive test track and was amazed at how well the car handled he then tested the new shock absorbers for the Zero and after testing those on the Zero he immediately ordered a set for the car.

For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range 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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Thursday 6 September 2012

GBS ZERO DEMONSTRATOR NOW IN SWEDEN.........



Earlier this week our Swedish dealer placed another order for a GBS Zero kit with us, and also announced to us that they now have their GBS Zero demonstrator on the road ready for test drives and events. To book a test drive please contact us or visit their website  www.kitcarsweden.se

See a feature on Great British Sports Cars in this months Total Kit Cars Magazine which is on sale now. To view the magazine please visit their website www.totalkitcar.com

GBS Weekend....Open Day Saturday 22nd September....Come and meet the GBS Team, have a test drive in the Zero Demonstrator, look around the GBS Workshop, Machine Shop and Show Room as well as the Kit Spares Shop. The new GBS Zero Mazda chassis will also be on display in the GBS workshop.........Followed by a Track Day at Blyton Park on Sunday 23rd September. Places are filling up fast, camping is also available on the Saturday night, for more details about the Track Day visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk or contact us on 01623 860990 for more details about the weekend......We look forward to seeing you all there.

For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range 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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Tuesday 4 September 2012

GBS LAUNCH THE NEW MAZDA ZERO CHASSIS...........

At the weekend both Great British Sports Cars and Kit Spares attended the Donnington National Kit & Performance Show at Donnington Park, we would just like to thank The CKC Magazine Team for all there efforts in making it  such a successful weekend for us.
At the show we had a range of GBS Zero's on display including the Zero Race, Zero GT and GBS customer Matthew Fox Spencers Zero build which he kindly let us have on a display over the weekend.
The show also saw the launch of the new GBS Zero Mazda chassis, this is the new donor option for the Zero that is now available from GBS. The standard GBS Zero chassis has now been developed to incorporate the Mazda MX5 as a donor, it is available as a standard width chassis or the GT option and still offers all the standard features of the Zero.

You are all invited to the GBS Weekend....Open Day Saturday 22nd September....Track Day at Blyton Park Sunday 23rd September (places are filling up fast, camping is also available on the Saturday night. Please visit www.javelintrackdays.co.uk or contact us for more details)
For all enquires and for more information about the GBS Zero range please call 01623 860990 or visit our website www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk and for all parts and spares please visit www.kitspares.co.uk

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