Gayle & Peter Brock

If you follow Peter Brock Designs on Facebook here you saw the arrival of our 28,000 pound press brake (seen here). The brake is what bends the aluminum sides of our new Aerovault MKII trailer. That indentation gives the aluminum enough strength that framing members are not needed, which decreases weight, increases durability, increases interior room and you never bump your elbow or head on a piece of frame. The last piece of equipment needed to start building the trailers has just been completed.  It's a vertical three bar roller  that will bend sheets of aluminum into that perfect and beautiful curve at the front of the Aerovault trailers. Our skeleton trailer has been completed and taken to the composite shop where the new composite roof will be made.  Once that is done production will begin in earnest!  We currently have a waiting list for the new MKIIs.  If you're interested, call us at (702) 843-5320 to get more info or talk about getting on the list to hold your position.  Deposits will be taken when we have pricing finalized. 

As our foreman Jerry and crew setup trailer production, Brian leads our 240Z restoration.  We don't want to give away any secrets but it appears Brian has setup his own electroplating lab in the shop.  Whether it's being done in-house or out, every single part will be perfect, often better than new, as it goes back into the car.  Painting will occur the moment we get back from the Solvang Roadster Classic.  It can't happen without Brock there to layout those stripes!  

Check out our 240Z Restoration Project album on Facebook here.

As the Solvang show comes to a close on Saturday we'll be packing up the truck (with Mascot Kit) and heading to the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, CA.  It's the Norcal Corvette Association's big event and Brock will speak on the origins of the '63 Sting Ray. Speaking of which, as we'll be taking Brock's book to that event, we'll also have them with us at Solvang.  It's a good opportunity to get a book personalized to you, or a friend, from Brock... even if it is about a Corvette! 

A note on the Cobra front, we have our Superformance SPC036 Daytona Cobra Coupe up for sale.  The car has been all sorted out, as we know how to do.  It is the best Coupe we've ever had.  We hate to get rid of it, and at a really good price, but the trailer business is calling for more funds.  There are currently three Superformance Coupes on the market. Ours is priced at $128k. A second Coupe is priced at $160k.  The third Coupe we're familiar with is priced at $175k and it does not have the BRE upgrades as our car does.  If you know someone who's interested, send them our way here.

This great show returns to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA September 27th.  And we'll be there!  Can you guess what we might bring?  Well you know how car restorations go so no promises but the BRE 240Z being completed is our goal.  

You can find all the details about the show here and if you want one of our BRE shirts to wear there, go here now before the one you want is gone.

Did you see that BRE 510 HotWheels Redline model sell for $760 on eBay?  Yowza!  We must admit we weren't really familiar with all the HotWheels lines when Mattel approached us about doing a Redlines BRE 510.  It's fair to say that anyone who got the few we made available with both John Morton and Peter Brock's signature, scored.  

Now we aren't going to pre-announce anything but we do want to share that we got a great tour at the HotWheels design center two weeks ago. They are great people to work with.  It probably doesn't hurt that they're big Datsun fans themselves.  Seen here are just two of the many Datsuns owned by the folks at Mattel. 

You want to make sure that you get notified when we post updates to our Facebook page here.  You never know what might be coming (-:

First, let's cover the frustrating issues we've had with the website that Shelly (seen to the right with a BRE 240Z poster of her choosing on her office wall) has fixed.  1) You can now choose FedEx shipping again!  It's been a long time since the provider of the FedEx module on our website made a change that broke it on our site.  Shelly dug in and got it working again.  2) Next was that annoying space that was appearing at the top of the BRE homepage, and in some cases was saying link not found.  Shelly found it was some kind of google ad link that we don't use but was throwing-up in the background of the website.  

Beyond "fixes", Shelly's primary goal is to create a series of videos under the heading of "Peter Brock's World".