News


05/04/04 - Our trade counter will be closed over the Easter holiday. We close at 17.30hrs on Thursday 09/04/04 and re-open at 09.00hrs on Tuesday 13/04/04. Staff will continue to process all on-line orders received over the weekend ready for despatch on Tuesday.
07/03/04 - This news section has not been updated for some time now due to the fact that our efforts have been concentrated on the development of the site. As visitors can see we now have our on-line shop up and running. All the products we carry are not yet included in the site but are now being added on a regular basis. We hope the site appeals to people and thank those customers who have made suggestions, many of which we have now included.
22/08/03 - Today marks the anniversary of the death of William Morris (Lord Nuffield) - founder of Morris Motors.

At the age of 15 he set up a bicycle repair business behind his home in Oxford with a capital of £4. He later worked with motor cycles then, as a garage owner, he started selling, repairing and hiring cars. He designed his first car, the Bull Nosed Morris in 1912 and by 1925 production had risen to 56,000 cars a year.

04/08/03 - We will not be open on Saturday 16/08/03 as we all have a wedding to attend.
01/05/03 - 100 hundred years ago saw the introduction of the Motor Car Act 1903 which required all motor cars to be registered, and to display registration marks in a prominent position. To read more on THE HISTORY OF MOTORING AND LICENSING IN GREAT BRITAIN click on the link. www.dvla.gov.uk/histm_l/history.htm
03/04/03 - In April 1931 the first Highway Code booklet was published and cost 1 penny.
10/03/03 - Today we welcome Alan Dunning to our sales team. Alan is a painter by trade and has worked in sales for several companies including Standox and HB Body. He will start calling on customers starting next week.
01/03/03 - Today new legislation relating to the purchase of number plates comes into force. Click on the link to the DVLA web site for full details. www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/rnps.htm
01/02/03 - This week sees the launch of our new range of valeting products. Newly introduced to this country CARTEC are a major company who manufacture in Holland and distribute their high quality products throughout the world. Details of our introductory starter pack can be seen on the offers page. For further information contact us.
28/01/03 - On this day in 1896, Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person in Great Britain to be successfully charged with speeding. Travelling at approximately 8 mph, he had exceeded the 2 mph speed limit for towns. Fined 1 shilling (5p) plus costs, Arnold had been caught by a policeman who had given chase on a bicycle.
16/01/03 - Congratulations this week go to one of our customers - John Woods Motorcare of Mollington, Chester. They are this years winner of the prestigious Golden Spanner quality mark. This is an approved trader scheme run by Cheshire County Council. More details of the scheme can be found at: www.goldenspanner.com
01/01/03 - Today new legislation relating to the purchase of number plates was due to come into force, however it will be implemented on 01/03/03 click on the link to the DVLA web site for full details. www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/rnps.htm
01/11/02 - Customers interested in motorsport may find the following article from one of our customers interesting:
SCHOLAR 983S
SPORTS 1000 RACING CAR

In January 2002 the 750 Motor Club announced the development of a new sports racing formula called Sports 1000. This new formula is due to take on full championship status in 2003, this year there will be a limited number of demonstrations to introduce the new formula to the race going public.

Since the early 1990's I have been building vintage racing cars and competing in the 750 Trophy championship with some success, in 1996 I won the Bert Hadley championship in a car of my own design. Since September 2000 I have been running a small company specialising in the restoration of vintage and classic, sports and racing cars. My company has developed over the past 18 months into a successful little enterprise, when the sports 1000 formula was announced I realised that it fitted perfectly into the category of work and interest which we already specialise in.

With this new formula in mind we have designed and built a new car. The sports 1000 regulations call for the car to be a sports car, (i.e. a two seater) powered by the BMW K100 motorcycle engine, the formula uses a control slick tyre and can run with wings. The Scholar 983S (which is the name and designation for our car) has been designed and built in house using all the knowledge that we have acquired over many years competing in other cars that I have built. Our car has a steel space frame chassis, which has aluminium floor and side panels riveted to it. The body is made from lightweight glassfibre and has been designed and built by us, the body styling is fully enveloping and has been designed to be aerodynamically efficient whilst maintaining a retro feel. The new car, which has it's engine in the front will be used as a test bed so that I can evaluate my design before we start to build customer cars, we are due to start testing the Scholar 983S soon. The first demon! stration of the new formula was due to be held on the 27th / 28th of July at Silverstone, and subsequent demonstrations
will be run at the remaining 750 Motor Club race meetings throughout 2002.

WHAT NOW

Our intention is to offer the car for sale, with the customer in the driving seat both literally and metaphorically. The car is to be offered in several stages of build from a bare chassis all the way through to a complete car. Because we are a small highly motivated company we can offer a bespoke service for the Sports 1000 enthusiast.
The second generation chassis is being prepared ready for full production, this chassis (as the original prototype chassis) will be made from Cold Drawn seamless steel which is fully bronze welded complete with all brackets and suspension pick up points before being painted using our own custom paint process.
As with the chassis our wishbone set is made 'in house' from CDS tubing, we have designed the suspension for maximum durability, however if the unfortunate happens and replacements are required we have made the wishbone sets interchangeable for economy (i.e. you only need to carry one set of spare wishbones) once again in the interest of economy we only use one size of spherical joint for the car.
The body is made from lightweight fibreglass and comes fully painted in the colour of your choice; custom paint jobs can be supplied but will need to be individually discussed.
We have a large selection of fully tested good 2nd hand engines in stock, which can be supplied at very reasonable cost.
We are ready to start full production of this truly unique sports racing car, get in soon and you could be on the grid for the first race of this exiting new championship.

We believe in spending our hard earned finances on the development of our product, that is why you are reading this flimsy piece of paper and not a full colour brochure, we do however intend to advertise our product on our web site, why not take a look. The full specification and parts list will be appearing as soon as we have the necessary information.


Keith has his own website www.scholar-racing96.com or can be contacted at scholarracing@aol.com

30/09/02 - In order to keep up with increasing demand we welcome a new driver, Dee, to the AMD team. She will be working full time starting today.
20/09/02 - Lechler coatings are currently experiencing difficulties with their supply of basecoat labels, (they are all printed in Italy). We are therefore currently supplying basecoat paints with incorrect labels. Data which does not apply to basecoat has been clearly deleted. If you require a data sheet this can be found at www.lechler.it - alternatively give us a call.