Rocketeer

About us

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Bruce Southey and Tom Bullick met at Overfinch. Bruce was Head of Design, and Tom was at the sharp ‘customer facing’ end in sales. Their interactions were frequent with unusual customer demands needing realisation by the design team. The conversations would, more often than not, take a more philosophical direction.

As petrol heads, Bruce and Tom soon discovered a common sentiment that something was missing in the world of the automotive experience. The inevitable (and of course valid) pursuit for mainstream manufacturers of quality, legislation, safety not to mention profit, was leading to a deficit of charm and character in their offerings. Competent as the product undoubtedly are.

There is a tuning ‘sub culture’ which demonstrates clearly the human need to create. To imagine and dream. To experiment and build. To mend, modify, upgrade or improve. It’s why we played with Lego as children; it’s why some are forever changing their perfectly good hi fi equipment in pursuit of a better sound; it’s why we take things apart without being able to put them back together; it’s why there is a kit car market and why grownups play with model trains. And it should all be celebrated.

To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction (Newtons 3rd law). Rocketeer is fundamentally about a reaction to the mainstream. A pursuit of the pure and soulful instead of the anodyne. Accessible instead of opaque.Visceral and simple instead of detached and complex.

The name Rocketeer is intended to embody the creative and adventurous spirit associated with the need in every car enthusiast to do something different.

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Bruce Southey 

Tom Bullick

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Rocketeer Workshop 

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Unit 6 station yard 

Hungerford

RG17 0DY

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T: 01488 682982

M: 07941 060660

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