Automotive Legend Peter Brock!

About this episode

Stacey David interviews automotive legend Peter Brock about his influential career in automotive design and hang gliding.

Stacey has the legendary PETER BROCK in the shop. They dig deep into Peter's history working with Carroll Shelby designing the Shelby Daytona coupe, his BRE racing days, working with Nissan perfecting the original Z-Car engine, and his early pioneering work in hang glider designs. Yes, you read that right, hang gliding! Peter describes how he took those early bamboo, duct tape, and plastic "kites" people were using in the late 1960's and turned them into state-of-the art hang gliders which led the industry in safety improvements.

People in this episode

Host: Stacey

Guest: Peter Brock!.

Topics covered

• Peter Brock
• Carroll Shelby
• Shelby Daytona
• BRE racing
• Nissan Z-Car
• hang gliding

Keywords

• automotive history
• racing
• engineering
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Daytona, Z-Car, Shelby Daytona, Nissan Z-Car, hang gliders

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