The obituary notice of David DUDLEY

Just sat here with his dear friend Rusty Rushton who sadly in palative care , we were reminding about his days spannering for Dudley sadly he is out of breath but still laughing he sends his regards to all Duds friends and especially his family Barbara and family

Not sure how I stumbled on the sad news that Dave Dud had passed on but glad I did because he was an amazing friend and a phenomenal race car driver. I became the man with the bag of spanners from 1974 thru 1977 when Dave had the Brabham BT18 an the March 708. With a lot of guidance from Dave Visard (Car & Car Conversions) we produced an engine that performed well for two if not three seasons before the formula changed to BDA. Our first outing at Castle Combe with that engine, a missed gear resulted in the car coming back in with the tell tale stuck at 12k but the engine still ran as sweet as a nut - Dave Vizard advice to the fore, concentrate on building a strong, well balanced bottom end - it never let us down.
Always amazed at what Dave Dud could procure in exchange for sausages - he shot off one day with a bag of sausages and returned with a smile and a pair of YB28 slicks :-)
In 77 I changed career, one option was to build race engines but I chose to run seismic exploration ships all over the world instead - as such I sadly lost touch with Dave and Barb, something I very much regret.
Sad to see you go Dave but not far behind you as I have leukmia - may be you will come roaring up behind me as I pass on.
Always grateful for your friendship - Nick Rushton (Rusty)