Recommission after recent restoration

Recommission after recent restoration

Having recently completed a full restoration elsewhere our beautiful 1975 Triumph TR6 has arrived in with us for a final check and recommission. The list includes: Wheel alignment and trackingLighting alignmentBrakes efficiency checksClutch operationEngine timing and runningFit new ignition lock and switchSuspension geometric checkGeneral safety checkMOTRefit speedo and rev counterRe-stick front number plate

MiniWorld – May 2021

The world’s best selling Mini magazine since 1991, MiniWorld features a fantastic article on the restoration works involved in our 1967 Austin Mini 850. Thanks for the feature, feel free to read the article below.

New parts for the silver Jaguar!

Scott has been fitting new parts into the silver Jaguar V12. It now has new lower door seals and chrome trims on the sills (the original ones were missing). Also to be replaced were the cooling fan and the thermostatic switch, because the original switch was faulty and was heating up too high of a […]

Prep work continues for the Honda Integra!

Lydia has been continuing with the prep work for the 1998 Honda Integra Type R. She’s been block sanding one of the doors to get rid of as many imperfections in the paint surface as possible. There was a “rippled” effect in it when you looked at different angles, so we’re wanting a much smoother […]

Model T Ford complete and ready for home

Our 1915 Model T Ford has been successfully recommissioned and ready to go home.

Ongoing Honda prep!

Lydia has been continuing her prep work on the 1998 white Honda Integra Type R. She unclipped one of the rubber seals on the underneath of the door she’d been sanding down and filling, before cleaning off old glue and dirt with panel wipe solution. The paint on the inside of the door then got […]

Bespoke Jensen book bag!

We call it the Jensen bible and in order to protect it Kath has made a bespoke leather book bag. Jensen Genome Richard Calver July 2019 Edition She started the process by drawing, measuring and working out the dimensions and design for the bag. Black leather was cut out to the required shapes and measurements […]

Door interior work continues for the Bentley!

Brian has been continuing his work on the interior for the Continental Bentley. He began off by taking the original leather and foam off the door cappings, and then cleaned up the wood. New 3mm foam was cut to shape and glued into place. New leather was then cut out, using the original pieces as […]

Winning the Jackpot! 2021, the year of the campervan

Huge congratulations to Peter Atchison, winner of our 1976 Volkswagen T2 Westfalia Camper with ticket number 1473. Mauro delivered early this morning with the sun shining! Interesting article written by Debbi Kirkham for Forbes on the popularity of camping: “It’s easy to see how camping has developed such widespread appeal over the centuries – leaving […]