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Mar 1, 2021
2 min

London Concours - 8th-10th June

I've been delighted to have accepted an invitation to display the first and last now surviving factory entered Competition GT spec car at...

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Feb 16, 2021
2 min

Part 3, of the Unipower GT blog from Cornwall.

Part 3, of the Unipower GT blog from Cornwall. The body and the gearchange mech… First the body, on which it was decided that B Pillars,...

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Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Rebuild of LTM 80G continues apace

The new owners of this road version of the Unipower GT which was originally built back in mid-1969, is making tremendous progress. This...

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Jan 18, 2021
1 min

New look to Club's website

You will have noticed a new Look & Feel to the Club's website, which is hoped will be seen as a positive step forward in representing the...

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Jan 14, 2021
2 min

Part 2, of the Unipower GT Blog from Cornwall.

Part 2, of the Unipower GT blog from Cornwall. The story of one car coming home!! The audit of what needed to be done was indeed long and...

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Dec 20, 2020
1 min

The Club's Website's celebrates its 1st Anniversary

The Club's website is now celebrating its 1st Anniversary and has achieved a little over 12,500 visitors during the 12-months from over...

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Nov 24, 2020
5 min

Unipower GT #UWF1008 / GEM 911G - An intriguing tale

Change is something I have been used to in relation to my Business Consultancy Company and career, both in the UK and Internationally;...

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Nov 8, 2020
2 min

Part 1, of the Unipower GT blog from Cornwall

Part 1, of the Unipower GT blog from Cornwall. The story of one car coming home!! In 1969, my father, retired motorcycle racer Geoff...

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Oct 30, 2020
1 min

Guinness World Car Record

Way back in 1992, the Unipower Owners Club as it had been called since 1972, was asked by the publishers of the Guinness Book of Records...

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Oct 30, 2020
2 min

Piers Weld-Forester - UWF Automative Engineering

Today, October 30th marks the anniversary of Piers Weld-Forester’s death and 43 years since the second owner of the Unipower GT marque...

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Oct 3, 2020
6 min

In Remembrance - Andrew Hedges - UPD Sales Manager & U.W.F Race Driver

At this anniversary of the legendry Andrew Hedges passing, I thought it would be nice to enlighten some as to just how influential he had...

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Oct 2, 2020
1 min

Unipower GT Club's website reaches out across the World

Since launching the Club's new website at the beginning of 2020, it has now had in excess of 10,500 visits which is pretty amazing....

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Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Unipower GT – An innovator and maybe the first ever to use Carbon Fibre technology in motorsport

Carbon fibre was first invented near Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 1958, however it wasn't until 1963 that a new manufacturing process was...

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Sep 21, 2020
1 min

National Classic Car Show NEC

Please note that today the organisers of the Classic Car Show held at the Birmingham NEC notified the press and all intended...

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Aug 21, 2020
3 min

London Concours 2020 - 20th August visit

So glad I chose to attend on the Thursday of this annual event held on the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company, as the heavens...

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Aug 19, 2020
1 min

London Concours 2020 19th/20th August

The London Concours 2020 is taking place in London today & tomorrow on the lawns of the Honourable Artillery Company in the centre of...

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Aug 8, 2020
1 min

Are you thinking of selling your Unipower GT ?

The Club now has a long list of potential buyers from both the UK and Europe, for Unipower GT's both RHD and LHD. If you are thinking of...

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Jul 20, 2020
1 min

'This Time Today'

Back on the 20th July 1969, the factory entered car that had qualified for the Le Mans 24hrs the previous month, but not with both...

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Jul 16, 2020
1 min

The Unipower GT design really excelled in the 60's

From the first time I saw a Unipower GT, I was impressed with the overall 'packaging' and how its designer had managed to install a tall...

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Jul 14, 2020
1 min

Nicholas Ouroussoff - Obituary

It is with sadness that Nick Ouroussoff, who was Engineering Manager on the Unipower GT during the UPD and early UWF production periods,...

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