David Appleby Engineering Blog The Latest News from DAE
We are back!
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 19 Sep 2024

We know, we’ve been a bit quiet on here lately—but we’re back! If you’ve been following us on social media, you’re likely up to speed, but our blog is where we’ll dive deeper into updates, projects, and everything happening at David Appleby Engineering. Plus, we’ll be inviting guest posts from ou...

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New Aston Martin Vantage upgrades proving very popular
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 30 Jan 2020

The latest offerings from VelocityAP and ourselves for the New Aston Martin Vantage are proving extremely popular! Only this week we have had a number of cars in for various upgrades but the secondary decats, lowering springs and larger exhaust tips are flying off the shelves!


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The DAE Facility
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 03 Jan 2019

Due to HS2, DAE were forced to move to a new premises in early 2018. It was extremely difficult to find a premises that fitted our requirements in the local area but once we found it, we spent six months completely renovating it to what it is now and we are massively proud of it!


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2018 - Generation AMR SuperRacing
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 03 Jan 2019

In the 2018 Season our Generation AMR SuperRacing team competed in a selection of British GT and French GT4 races. Drivers were James Holder and Matthew George.


The guys had a fantastic season and proved there was still speed in the now aging Aston Martin Vantage GT4 by putting t...

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2018 - Invictus Games Racing
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 03 Jan 2019

In 2018 DAE ran the Invictus Games Racing team in the British GT Championship. The entry consisted of two Jaguar F-Type GT4 specification cars designed and built by Jaguars in house Special vehicle operations (SVO) team. Driving the cars were a combination of ex forces personnel who had been inju...

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Rally Service Van - Rover V8 Powered 'Sherpa' van full restoration
By james@davidapplebyengineering.com - 02 Jan 2019

To compliment David Appleby's Rally TR7 V8 (TR8) rally cars, we are currently carrying out a full nut and bolt restoration of this great british work horse, the Rover V8 powered Sherpa van. Its engine, gearbox, axle, brakes, every nut and bolt will be rebuilt or replaced so it is in tip top condi...

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David Appleby Engineering becomes exclusive European Distributor for VelocityAP
By admin@davidapplebyengineering.com - 09 May 2018
David Appleby Engineering & VelocityAP have agreed to a deal which sees the Aston Martin Racing partner team become VelocityAP’s exclusive European distributor for their Aston Martin products, as well as a preferred distributor across other marques. VelocityAP’s Stuart Dickinson: “We have enj...
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MACMILLAN RACING
By admin@davidapplebyengineering.com - 09 May 2018
Macmillan Racing will make its British GT4 Championship debut under the Generation AMR Macmillan Racing banner this season with teenage driver duo Jack Mitchell and Matty Graham. The team has entered a 2016-spec Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 featuring all-new seven–speed gearbox and aerodynamics ...
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DAE becomes Premier Aston Martin Centre for Nitron Suspension
By admin@davidapplebyengineering.com - 09 May 2018
David Appleby Engineering are proud to announce their appointment as the Premier Aston Martin Centre for Nitron Suspension. Nitron are respected worldwide for their range of premium suspension upgrades which offer racecar features and ultimate performance to the more demanding press-on driver...
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