CASE STUDIES

Wheels

We have a large CNC lathe dedicated to remanufacturing competition wheels to original specification and finish, discreetly updated to modern safety standards where required. Literally thousands of the world’s historic sports and racing cars run on our rims.

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Manx Norton ‘Desmo’

When Norton patented a four-cam desmodromic valve system for its Manx race engine in 1957/8, they had neither the time nor resources to realise its full potential.

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Bugatti T51

One of the trickiest judgements calls in restoring historic racing cars is how to balance conserving originality with the ability to compete safely today.

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Dymaxion

The radically futuristic Dymaxion was conceived by the influential American inventor/philosopher Buckminster Fuller.

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The ‘Silver Arrows’

No engineering company in the world has more experience of the mighty ‘Silver Arrows’ Grand Prix cars of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union than Crosthwaite and Gardiner.

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Coventry Climax

As Climax FPF and FW series engines reach the end of their service life, owners often prefer to preserve the historic value of their original unit by racing a brand new Crosthwaite and Gardiner equivalent

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