Once the areas that were once concealed by the diamond plate were repaired we then hand painted a layer of red oxide onto the body. Please note, this is not the norm if you are looking at painting your own vehicle 🙂 This is very unique project. The car has bags of character that we […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s the day we hand the keys of our 1983 Ford Capri back to the customer ready for many many years of amazing drives and no doubt hundreds of lovely comments. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24151,24152,24153,24154,24155,24156,24157,24158,24159,24160,24161,24162,24163,24164,24165,24166,24167,24168,24169,24170,24171,24172″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Ady is currently equalising the combustion chambers on our 1939 Packard 120. This process can be time consuming depending on how far out the readings are originally. Equalising the combustion chambers is a way of levelling the readings of the cylinder capacity (CC). If the cylinders are reading differently from each other then his can […]
We have just received our Jaguar E-Type V12 steering wheel back from the guys and girls at Myrtle Steering Wheel and Steering Wheel Restoration. They have successfully refurbished an original Jaguar E-Type V12 steering wheel for us, a perfect addition to our 1971 E-Type restoration.
Our objective was to have the car up and running in time for the Christmas break. The current owner resides in Switzerland and is planning on spending the Christmas period here in the UK. This is their chosen car for the Christmas break and I must say, what an amazing choice! Our 1985 Mercedes 280 […]
The engine is now out of our 1987 Mercedes 500SL. Upon closer inspection, the timing chain is very loose and left in its current state would have further damaged the engine. We are lucky to have caught the problem when we did. The engine will now be stripped of it’s components, cleaned up, repaired and […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our team have had a crazy busy few days preparing both Jensen chassis’ ready for paint. A few amendments needed to be made prior to paintwork but as well as these configurations the media blasting has uncovered a couple of unexpected imperfections in the structure which need to be addressed. Rot has unfortunately found it’s […]
Our 1989 Ford Granada has now successfully been completed. Peter has given her one last clean before she heads back to Ipswich. The sills have now been replaced, the rot has now been taken away and all other aspects of the MOT failure have been addressed. You’ll be seeing her at shows next season…
Our 1955 Austin Healey project is a very important and special restoration for our customer. With a lot of the restoration work having already been carried out by her late husband it is especially important to not undo a lot of the hard work that he had put into it. For instance, the inside of […]
As part of the general check over of the car we have diagnosed that the offside rear piston is seized on our 1978 Mini Clubman. We have ordered a brand new one to replace the existing. This explains why the customer felt the car braking incorrectly, it would most likely feel like it is steering […]
Our wonderful 1978 Mini Clubman 1100 is in our workshops today for a general check up. Having been off the road and in storage for over a year we are having a general check over of the vehicle; replacing the battery, checking the brakes, giving her a full service and new MOT. the final task […]
The final work to be completed on our 1989 Ford Granada project is to prepare and under-seal the underside. This will help to prolong the life of the car and give extra protection to the areas most exposed to the UK roads. The wheels have now been aligned, the MOT has been a success and […]
Early 2019 we’ll be able to introduce a new project to the workshops, a classic TVR Grantura. It is coming in as a stalled restoration with the previous company no longer trading and leaving the customer with an unfinished project. For now we have the engine in for a full rebuild with the body shell […]
Our 1973 Ford Cortina 200GT was one of the recent topics of conversation on Classic Ford For Sale, reaching out (at the time) to over 56,000 members and a huge 257,000 followers.
The long awaited arrival of the E-type parcel shelves. Over the years we have accumulated a lot of Jaguar contacts and we felt we had exhausted the majority of these when we searched for replacements for our parcel shelves. We finally received a new pair and have been able to fit them up into the […]
In our workshops ready for the beginning of the week we have our 1964 Land Rover. This amazingly quirky car is somewhat of a challenge for Tommy as we look to remove the diamond plate (checker plate) from the top of the front wings and bottom of the rear wings. The car has been hand […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23891,23898,23897,23896,23895,23894″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Credit, as always, to Paul Johnson Valeting for carrying out an excellent job on detailing our 1976 MG B V8. The car is now ready for re-sale.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23899,23910,23909,23908,23907,23906,23905,23904,23903,23902,23901,23900″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few more images before she moves over to our showroom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24106,24107,24109,24110,24111,24112,24113,24114,24115,24116,24117,24118″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Here we have a set of radiators all ready for the trip over to Sheldrake & Wells in Ipswich for their complete overhaul. In amongst the collection we have the radiators from our 1957 Jensen 541R and 1960 Jensen 541R.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brian has been busy polishing the faded bright work on our 1934 Austin 10. A little elbow grease and TLC and it’s come up lovely, a complete transformation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24046,24047,24048,24049,24050,24051,24052,24053,24054,24055″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Work is almost complete on the refit and welding of our 1989 Ford Granada sills. The sills are brand new and have been a fantastic purchase for us. Buying pre-made sills has saved Tommy a huge amount of time and effort. Without them, he would have had to re-shape the metalwork to replicate the Granada’s […]
Dave has successfully re-manufactured the strengthening bars that hold the driver and passenger’s seat into position. Our objective was to lower the seat as much as we could to allow for more head room and hopefully a more comfortable driving position. The new structure has resulted in the seats being able to be lowered almost […]
We needed to remove the enormous head of our 1939 Packard to reveal the gasket and as expected unfortunately this is what is causing the running issues. A new gasket has been order from the US and the head is currently being machined to remove all imperfections. We can now confirm that the head is […]
There are fores and againsts’ with the Jaguar E-Type V12 engine; the fores are that it is a truly stunning engine that looks and sounds incredible…the againsts is that it is so big and tight that it is difficult to take close up pictures of things 🙂 Here we have the new heat shields now […]
We are now fitting up our body panels to check for any issues with the lines and curvatures of the bodyshell.
Our rear off side bumper required some repair work due to it being ill-fitting. A replacement bumper was becoming difficult to source so we opted for repair work instead. Dave carried out the repair work in-house to ensure a perfect fit. Once completed the bumper went away to Wyatt Polishing to be re-chromed and polished ready […]
The repair work on our 1968 Jaguar E-Type is now complete. The chrome work and fittings were removed, we have repaired and re-shaped the door, wing panel and lower bonnet. The body has been prepared and painted, blending in the quarter and scuttle.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1957 Jensen 541R (chassis 328) metalwork has now been sorted ready for the trip to Wyatt Polishing in Thetford. Tony and the team at Wyatt will now strip and prepare the metalwork ready for the re-chroming process to begin. This process can take around 8-10 weeks but as we are not in an immediate […]
Both heater matrix’ have now gone off to the guys and girls at Sheldrake & Wells in Ipswich to be overhauled.
As part of the full engine rebuild within our engine shop, Ady has successfully completed the rebuild of our 1955 Austin Healey’s rocker shaft and fingers. Now this is complete we can wrap up and store safely until such time as we are ready to refit.
Sorting through the chrome work of our 1960 Jensen 541R 1960 Jensen 541R – chassis 493 Brian has also successfully stripped, cleaned and repainted both the pedal boxes and heater boxes from both our Jensens.