Kit Car Donation

Kit car donation offers unique opportunity to OPS pupils

A new initiative for the Orwell Park extra-curricular activities programme this year is the opportunity for the children in Years 7&8 to take part in building a road-going kit car. 

The kit itself is a local “barn find” of a Robin Hood two-seater sports car which was purchased 20 years ago but never built, and was bought for the school by one of our parents. The build is expected to take 12-18 months to complete, with the teams of children involved rotated every half term to maximise access to this opportunity which is unique within prep schools.

The activity is being led by Mr Horton who has experience in building road and racing cars, with advice from professional mechanics and our health and safety consultant. The children are very much enjoying learning about cars and gaining practical skills, while also understanding the patience needed for such a long-term project. When the car is complete and fully inspected, we plan to take it to a race track to enable the children to enjoy the outcome of all their hard work.

Most recently, Simon Morris Thorpe Ltd – Commercial Body Shop supported the project by blasting and cleaning the axles. Take a look at our young team getting to work, and some of the boys cleaning the parts prepped for us.