Keith worked for 15 years as a Production Engineer in the
electronics industry for a company which made products as diverse as central
heating controls to circuit boards for Exercet missiles. During that time he
served an apprenticeship as a multi skilled technician and went on to be the
Production Engineer on the Lumenition electronic ignition production line. This
was followed by 8 years as a Manager in the automotive industry, developing
products for customers such as Audi, Porsche, Toyota and Jaguar. This involved
working in the USA and Japan and the final 3 years of that time was spent in
Germany as an R & D Project Manager for Valeo at their “Centre of Excellence for
Automotive Research in Stuttgart. Keith returned to the UK in 2003 and led a
team of Consultant Engineers for Durham University.
Our passion is classic vehicles and our family has a collection including
several motorcycles, 2 steam engines and several tractors. In 2005 we began to
develop a unit to replace the Lucas K2F magneto with an electronic ignition.
This product became very successful and over a short period of time the product
range grew and sales increased. In 2006
Classic Solutions (North East) Limited
was formed. Classic Solutions (North East) Limited is the retail and
distribution arm of Classic Solutions while
Classic Solutions Engineering
Limited covers manufacture and design.
We have invested heavily in automatic machinery in order to be able to offer
high quality products and competitive prices. We have a large machining centre
which was formerly owned by Williams Grand Prix Engineering and we intend to
constantly increase our range of innovative products. We have Computer Aided
Design and Computer Aided Manufacture capabilities as well as a team of
specialists who work for Classic Solutions when required to provide additional
engineering support.
We can design and manufacture small batches of parts for classic vehicles from
sketches, drawings or sample parts. So if the piston is leaking on your steam
engine you know where to come (yes we make those too). We hope you enjoy looking
around our web site and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any
questions.
