David Appleby has been involved in rallying since the early '80s and it wasn't long before his enthusiasm for the sport and impressive engineering skills led to him being offered the chance to work for Austin Rover Motorsport in 1985 and 1986, tending to the 'works' MG Metro 6R4s driven by Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson.

He built up an extensive knowledge of the 6R4 and, when it was obvious that they were reaching the end of their useful life at International level in early 1987, he decided to set up in business with Tony Pond building and preparing the legion of 'Clubman' 6R4s that were enjoying life at club level and in Rallycross.

Unfortunately, the partnership did not last very long but the concept of converting the 10 or so Clubmans 6R4s that the pair had bought from Austin Rover into the DAM/TPR 4100 was born out of their experience in building and driving extreme rally cars.
David was highly involved in building, preparing and selling Metro 6R4s for a number of years but always ...