Tour of ProDrive

[CurtEgerer]

Found this thread on a GTI forum. Lot's of great detail fotos and commentary from a tour of the ProDrive facility.

ProDrive Tour

[nickd]

I understand they have a link to Porsche via the SCRS's of the 80's.

Darn impressive setup.....

[CurtEgerer]

That SCRS is in their museum. The shop is just insane. I love the wiring department. Full scale harness drawings and then fab up the wiring to match!

[Flat Six, inc.]

Thanks man....I used to feel good about myself.....

[CurtEgerer]

You mean your shop doesn't look like that?

[Flat Six, inc.]

You mean your shop doesn't look like that?

Yeah...it's really similar....except for everything.

[Jim Garfield]

Thanks a lot Curt! I just spent an hour and a half looking through the photos of their facility that I should have spent working on an estimate. I'll be thinking of you at 2 am when I'm still trying to finish up.

I just love looking at all of the fabrication details. The Prodrive/Aston Martin Le Mans team that showed up for the Lime Rock ALMS race a couple years ago was impressive to say the least. Too bad they didn't stick with it for a while, they made the Pratt and Miller GT1 Corvette paddock look quaint by comparison.

[reedminor]

It's a wonderful facility.

I was lucky enough to take it (the tour) in person. We dealt with Prodrive quite a bit when I worked for Subaru Australia, as we ran a rally team which ran an ex McRae WRC 98 (the 2 door 22B style rally car) and then an ex Kankannen WRC 2000. These were driven by the late, great Possum Bourne. We also had a WRC display car.

I turned up expecting a quick 30 - 40 minute walk around, and found I had to tear myself away 4 hours later.

Prodrive had just bought an SCRS out of Japan, but alas it had been transported over to DR's house for a staff party.

I was very lucky and very grateful....

Not sure how much this will all be effected by Subaru's withdrawal from rallying (for the time being) however.

[CurtEgerer]

So ... any pics from your visit?

I toured Pratt & Miller's facility a couple of years ago. Very impressive shop. They do most of their own fabrication. But I must admit, ProDrive is in a whole other league!

[reedminor]

Curt,

Yes I do have some... I'll find them first.

There were some things they simply asked me not to photograph... being a guest I complied with their requests.