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benji
13-07-04, 02:28 PM
i went down to velos today, after not being able to contact them by phone, only to find that the place is now a joinery workshop. the guy who was there was quite helpful and gave me a contact number for alan. he said that he had retired and recommended a chap who lives near santa pod called charles (CP).

don't know who i'm gonna use for a rolling road now. there is one local to me call D.A.T but i don't know if they are any good, and they certainly dont specialise in novas.

does anyone know anything more about why velos have wound up? and have they both retired or is it just alan?

cheers

ben.
phazer
13-07-04, 03:08 PM
Spooky! I've been down there today and obviously found out the same (posted on MIG).

I knew Al was looking to do something else but at the time I thought he meant as a sideline to Velos.

They only fitted my TBs in April ...shame they are both sound guys.

As for alternatives, lots of people recommend John Noble at Chesterfield - thats where I'll be going in future I think.
peester
13-07-04, 06:20 PM
lol im fooked then too. was goin to go there for allsorts of work.
that is a shock,... and a shame. bollocks man, not gettin' much luck me..
Barn
13-07-04, 06:24 PM
seems abit out of the blue...

anyway I wernt going there to have my car setup so I don't have to worry
Rick Draper
13-07-04, 07:25 PM
I recon they shut due to some pikie souther fecker who is rebuilding his nova abducting the pair of them in a feeble effort of trying to extract more power from a lawn mover engined nova. Rick
Stuart
13-07-04, 07:33 PM
bugger, atleast there is a good RR near me still.


shame they shut up, but hey if tis what they wanted as opposed to a bank (like other companies ;) ) then good luck to them in what ever they do next
Dave
13-07-04, 09:02 PM
bugger, atleast there is a good RR near me still.

Which one stuart??
Stuart
13-07-04, 09:07 PM
Wilshers in Orwell/wimpole


not used them yet but ive heard nowt but good.
Dave
13-07-04, 09:56 PM
been told autopoint @ thetford fairly good aswell tryin to decide where to send me car
Jim
13-07-04, 10:07 PM
Sigh...such a shame. Worst part is, when my cars get a higher bhp figure than Dan's he'll claim "Ahh, it's not a true Velos figure" :roll: :wink: :lol:

Jim

P.S. Dan, you will have to get your car RR'd at the same place as me next time :)
Col_Mk1
14-07-04, 12:44 AM
pitty that at the next cruisewest cumbria there having a rolling road that should be good :D
Jules
14-07-04, 05:31 PM
been told autopoint @ thetford fairly good aswell tryin to decide where to send me car

I took my old 1.6T40 there and they set it up fine - seem like a OK place to me.
benji
14-07-04, 05:38 PM
john noble motorsport are suspossed to be good but they charge ?52 per hour
snapper
14-07-04, 10:16 PM
you cambridge lot - there's one near bedford as well, cambridge motorsport? anyone been to that one?

looks like i've got a choice of three now!
Dave
14-07-04, 10:30 PM
I took my old 1.6T40 there and they set it up fine - seem like a OK place to me.
have heard quite good things about them so think i'm gonna go there in a few hunderd miles time :lol:
Stuart
14-07-04, 10:34 PM
you cambridge lot - there's one near bedford as well, cambridge motorsport? anyone been to that one?

looks like i've got a choice of three now!


cambridge motorsport is no wher near bastiding bedford lol


its nearish caxton, gransden and possibly bourn if youve not got a clue where the others are.

hmm might have to take it to tehre, i didnt know they had an RR.
CP
14-07-04, 11:00 PM
:(

thats a shame but TBH its been on the cards - Alan has a place in the shetlands and had always planned to move up there as soon as it was sorted.

There were other complications like noise problems which severely curtailed dyno development work.
snapper
14-07-04, 11:09 PM
cambridge motorsport is no wher near bastiding bedford lol

ok ok, bedfordSHIRE then :P

anyway, they do have a rolling road, at least according to their website anyway: http://www.cambridgemotorsport.com/
phazer
15-07-04, 10:15 AM
:(

thats a shame but TBH its been on the cards - Alan has a place in the shetlands and had always planned to move up there as soon as it was sorted.

There were other complications like noise problems which severely curtailed dyno development work.

Ah yes remeber Alan talking about that a while back. Didn't realise they had noise problems, they were quite out of the way really.

Do you know what Rob's doing now?
Will
15-07-04, 04:55 PM
im guessing the houses next to velos (only a few) objected and rightly so i wouldnt want that noise by my house, still a shame

I remember being there when they RR CP's car, shutting the doors as noise level was mad!