One of DAE’s longest standing partnerships has been with Brian James Trailers, going back to the early days of both businesses.
Lewis James, CEO and grandson of Brian James has a close working relationship with James Appleby as well as a shared interest in motorsport. Like him, ...
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...
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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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!
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...
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...
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...