Work on the Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5!
July 30, 2021
Scott has been working on the 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 4.2. He’s replaced the brake line that connects to the rear axle, bled the
July 30, 2021
Getting busy with the 1975 Triumph!
July 30, 2021
Dave has been carrying out work on the 1975 magenta Triumph TR6. Here’s a list and a look at what he’s been up to! There
Bentley dash panels get a new lease of life!
July 30, 2021
Brian has been re-covering more panels for the 1963 Bentley S3 Chinese Continental. This time, he’s done the panels that go underneath the dash, the
More stages of the prep work for the Honda Integra!
July 30, 2021
Lydia has been helping Chris in the paint shop with the 1998 Honda Integra Type R panels. Chris has been priming them, and then Lydia
New stereo box for the 1954 Jaguar!
July 30, 2021
Tamas has fabricated and welded together a new stereo box for the white 1954 Jaguar Mk VII. Kath has then covered it in dark red
The start of the Aston Martin seat fitting!
July 30, 2021
Kath has been starting to fit the front squab seats and their carpet backs to the frames. She began by stapling the sides of the
Headlining work continues for the Vanden Plas!
July 30, 2021
Brian has been finishing the restoration of the headlining for our 1981 Rover 3500 SD1 Vanden Plas. Once he’d finished getting all the old foam
Re-freshing our Range Rover CSK
July 30, 2021
The transformation is now underway as Colin from Viper Auto Valeting has been working his magic on our Range Rover. The exterior and interior has
Jensen finishing touches
July 30, 2021
John has now fitted the new steering wheels …and has been adjusting the throttle linkage and gear change linkage.
Over-heating issues continue on HMC
July 30, 2021
It appears that changing the thermostat has not resolved the issue of over heating. Having carried out various tests upon fitting the new thermostat we
Work on the Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5!
July 30, 2021
Scott has been working on the 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 4.2.
He’s replaced the brake line that connects to the rear axle, bled the brakes, the bushes have been replaced in the steering column, because they were worn out, he’s lock wired any bolts that needed to be, fitted a new radio and replaced the fuel line because it had been badly fitted before!
Getting busy with the 1975 Triumph!
July 30, 2021
Dave has been carrying out work on the 1975 magenta Triumph TR6. Here’s a list and a look at what he’s been up to!
There were problems with the horn so a new plate was ordered, the earth coil needs re-instating, replaced the fuel filter in the boot, the pipe got replaced, the fuel was drained a couple of times because of debris in it, Dave lubricated to free up the butterflies in the engine bay, each injector was removed to get the air out of the pipes, he set out linkage in sequence, which was done with a vacuum metre, there was oil in the distributor, so Dave cleaned it out, and put it all back together again, the clutch had to be made longer and now works fine, the wiper motor needs attention, and he’s set the points up!
Bentley dash panels get a new lease of life!
July 30, 2021
Brian has been re-covering more panels for the 1963 Bentley S3 Chinese Continental.
This time, he’s done the panels that go underneath the dash, the dash rail panel, corner panel, the metal plate that goes with it, padded dash panels, and front-seat support wood.
He stripped the original leather off all of them, and any old foam that was underneath. Then sanded off the old glue. Most of the metal panels had 3mm foam glued onto them first, before adding the new leather on top and glueing underneath. The rest of the panels just had the new leather glued directly onto them.
More stages of the prep work for the Honda Integra!
July 30, 2021
Lydia has been helping Chris in the paint shop with the 1998 Honda Integra Type R panels.
Chris has been priming them, and then Lydia has been coating them in black guide coat, which shows the imperfections in the primer surface when sanded down. She sanded each panel down until no guide coat could be seen anymore. This was done with a mixture of blocking, using a DA and sanding by hand. Lydia then went over each panel with a grey scotch pad lightly and cleaned off any sanding dust with pre-clean.
New stereo box for the 1954 Jaguar!
July 30, 2021
Tamas has fabricated and welded together a new stereo box for the white 1954 Jaguar Mk VII. Kath has then covered it in dark red leather, ready to go in the car!
The start of the Aston Martin seat fitting!
July 30, 2021
Kath has been starting to fit the front squab seats and their carpet backs to the frames.
She began by stapling the sides of the front squab to the wooden part of the frame. She then trimmed back the foam on the flutes, to lay nice and flat on the back. Then she stapled the front of the squab to the wood of the seat frame, making sure it fitted nicely. Piping was then stapled around the back edge. The carpet back was placed on top of this, just inside the piping.
The first front squab is now ready! Exactly the same process will be carried out for the second one.
Headlining work continues for the Vanden Plas!
July 30, 2021
Brian has been finishing the restoration of the headlining for our 1981 Rover 3500 SD1 Vanden Plas.
Once he’d finished getting all the old foam and glue off the board, he cut a piece of nylon foam headlining to the required size and proceeded to glue it onto the board. Brian had to do this in sections because the glue went off too quickly.
Brian has had to glue new headlining fabric to the sunroof section as well. This didn’t have a board, it was just glued straight on. He’s just got to fit the headlining board in the car now!
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Re-freshing our Range Rover CSK
July 30, 2021
The transformation is now underway as Colin from Viper Auto Valeting has been working his magic on our Range Rover.
The exterior and interior has been given the once over to get rid of all the nasties that have been living and growing in and around the car.
When we get a space in our workshops the next step will be to carry out a full assessment to see what is required for the recommission.
Jensen finishing touches
July 30, 2021
John has now fitted the new steering wheels
…and has been adjusting the throttle linkage and gear change linkage.
Over-heating issues continue on HMC
July 30, 2021
It appears that changing the thermostat has not resolved the issue of over heating. Having carried out various tests upon fitting the new thermostat we thought we had overcome the problem but no. The HMC is now back with us for further checks.
We will do some further investigations but this may be more serious than first thought. We will see…
