With no immediate business, it was a brave move but as the work started to trickle in the young engineer began to look for ways to generate more business.

Starting with a simpler, stronger design for a device to help farmers handle sheep, in order to treat foot rot problems, George found a ready market in local farming districts.

Front-end loaders and ditch digging equipment followed as George looked for more opportunities to expand G.N.Begg Engineer. George and Freda had started a family and the future was looking bright. But in the back of his mind was an unresolved awareness that he needed an extension for his engineering skill and his creative energies.

The solution was found in a copy of Racing and Sports Car Chassis Design written by Mike Costin (of later Cosworth fame) and David Phipps. Here was a challenge. Could he build a racing car?

The result of 18 months work, sometimes running smoothly sometimes not, was the Begg 650, powered by a BSA A10 650cc motor.

In typical New Zealand engineering style, the Begg 650 used whatever parts were most appropriate, but some very unlikely components became part of a racer, including steering and brakes from very pedestrian Morris cars.

By September, 1964, the Begg 650 was ready to run. Through social contacts, George had met Barry Keen, a young driver from Otautau, who was ready and willing to take the wheel.

The car looked sophisticated compared to most other home-builts and soon proved very effective at hillclimbs and small race meetings. George himself even tried his hand at the wheel, taking the up-to-1000cc class at a standing quarter mile sprint in 1965. The car was a winner but if racing car building was going to be a major part of George's life then it would demand more involvement. But what to build next?