Members started to arrive just after 9.30am, and after a welcoming cup of Coffee and breakfast roll they were officially welcomed by JEC Chairman Mike Horlor, and Events Manager Andy Webber.
After being split into two groups members then made their way through into the immaculate workshop area. Purpose built by DAE over the last couple of the years this space would now act as the beating heart of the business.
On one side of the workshop, in what could have been a restful slumber was one of the F-types from the Invictus Team. Whilst on the other a collection of Trimuph's directly from David's own collection, including a recently rescued rare LDV V8 Works Van (yes you did read that right!)
Whilst flanked in the middle two more F-Types kindly supplied by JDHT, namely the Bloodhound parachute test car, and the fearsome Project 7.
This brand new facility for DAE is of course the culmination of a lifetimes work within motorsport, and when walking around the building it becomes apparent that much like their work, that the attention to detail, and the passion behind what they do is without doubt part of the David Appleby Engineering DNA.
For the fifty members who attended it was most certainly an event well worth attending, that gave a unique insight into a world that few get the chance to experience from inside the pit lane.
To find out more about David Appleby Engineering please click here. You can also view the Invictus Games Racing Team website here, and follow them on Facebook & Twitter.
Also keep your eyes on the Club's Magazine as a longer version of this article will be printed in the quarter of 2019.