It has been a tough few days and Tommy has been working solidly but we have now successfully fitted up the new sills. Still a bit of work to go before we can carry out the paintwork but we have made fantastic progress up to now.
We were informed of a water leak on our 1998 BMW 840CI the day before she arrived in our workshops so part of our task was to identify the issue and rectify where necessary. As a short term fix and to enable to vehicle to reach our workshops safely, the customer applied Radweld into the system. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prior to releasing our 1961 Ariel Leader to it’s new home, Brian first gave it a run up to ensure the engine was running as it should. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8aQ9IG16Jg” align=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Ady is now actively working on the restoration of the Corvette V8 engine that will be married up to our 1957 Jensen 541R. The block has successfully been machined and the unleaded conversion has been carried out with the 3 angled valve seats – 75′, 45′ to 30′
Tommy has now started to remove the worst affected areas to the nearside sills. Only by removing can you see the full extent of work required. Patching up may be a short term solution and may help to get the car through an MOT successfully but rust spreads and just by hiding it underneath something […]
In today we have the front pair of 1936 Riley Merlin Nine seats along with a beautiful piece of hide supplied to us by the vehicle’s owner. The seats will be completely stripped back, the frames will be refurbished before we apply new cushions and bespoke covers. They’ll be good as new in no time. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We already hold the tooling to re-produce the front grilles themselves but now requiring the front grille surround it was back to design mode for Dave as he got to work fabricating the surround edging. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
We can now confirm that our 1969 Pontiac Firebird is leaving Canada for UK shores. A huge thank you to our good friend Bud for arranging the transportation over in Canada. Now over to Schumacher Cargo Logistics for the shipping scheduling.
In our workshops today we have our stunning 1939 Packard 120. Having been in the showroom of world renowned classic and vintage car dealers Vintage and Prestige for over 3 years she has had little to no attention with regards to servicing and maintaining. The car is owned locally to us here in Woodbridge so we […]
Here is our 1939 Packard making it’s way to our workshops having spent some time with the guys at Vintage & Prestige in Grays, Essex. We’ll look to carry out a full re-commission of the car to ensure everything runs as it should before we find her a new home in the new year.
As part of the re-commissioning of our 1968 Jaguar 240 the customer has decided to fit the vehicle with a set of multi-spoke Jaguar wheels. In order to carry out this task firstly we need to replace the existing hubs with new ones, supplied to us from the guys MWS. Easier said than done, the hubs […]
Some very questionable repairs have been carried out to the underside of the spare wheel carrier so we’ve stripped the entire area back to reveal exactly what needs to be done to put it right. Fibreglass had been applied over the corroded areas which is only a short term fix and is not recommended. These […]
Work is now complete on our 1933 Talbot AX65. The rear boot panel and door have been repaired and painted. The rear wing has also been blackened once again and we have carried out various sympathetic touch ups around the entire car so as to improve but not detract from the originality of the bodywork. […]
Rebuilding the BMW 8 Series shocks are a very specialist skill so we called upon the experts over in Poland to help us out on this one. The results are incredible. The Nagengast company is a Polish enterprise operating on a European wide market, which has specialized in regeneration of automotive parts for 35 years. Main activities of […]
As always, Sheldrake & Wells have carried out the rebuild work of our SL’s radiator and oil cooler beautifully. The final piece of the puzzle in the re-commissioning of our 1985 Mercedes 280SL before she can head home.
Due to a recent MOT failure we have our 1989 Ford Granada in our workshops for some necessary repair works to both the inner and outer sills. The majority of the corrosion issues can be found on the nearside with only a little work to be carried out to the offside.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The chassis’ and parts are now ready to go for media blasting. We expect these only to be away for a short period of time. 1957 Jensen 541R – chassis 328[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24177,24178,24179,24180,24181,24182,24183″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s every restorer’s nightmare – spending £1000’s returning a classic car to its original glory, to then find it rotting from the inside […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ve collected our 1974 Audi Coupe S from the guys at Prostrip who have successfully completed the chemical treatment on the body shell to remove all paint, rust and filler The shell has now been treated with a coating of primer to preserve the metalwork until welding commences very soon. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23490,23489,23488,23487,23486,23485,23484,23483,23482,23481,23480,23479,23478,23477,23476,23475,23474,23473″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
We’ve not spent much time on our Jaguar E-Type sofa of late but today we’ve pulled it out in preparation for the blasters to work their magic. Next time we see her she’ll be primed and most probably (based on the pictures) a bit more of a challenge for us to deal with!!
Peter is busy replacing the worn wheel bearings on our 2008 Range Rover Sport.
Our 2008 Range Rover is up on the ramp today having the existing side steps changed for new ones. We are unsure how the previous ones became damaged but never-the-less, we have an exact replacement so our first task is to remove the old and replace with new. Not as easy as it sounds. The […]
The new MG B sills have arrived this morning from Rimmer Brothers. We are not yet ready to fit them on but they are here, on the shelf, ready for the day Tommy requires them.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The preparation of our 1960 Jensen 541R body is now underway. To get the body shell into an acceptable standard to paint requires a lot of time and effort but in the end it will end up better than the day it left the Jensen factory.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24416,24417,24418,24419,24420,24421,24423,24424,24425,24426″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Here we have the first photographs of our newly built MG B engine. The project is progressing very well now and once the carbs are complete we can marry them up to the engine to carry out our first test run.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now fine tuning and running up our Jensen 541S engine. The engine has been removed and detailed but has not been rebuilt. We carried out various tests when we original received the car and with all running and pressures how you would expect we made the decision, alongside the customer, to leave the […]
Having recently had the body sandblasted and primed, we are now preparing old repairs and cutting in new metal prior to re-fitting certain areas with new heritage panels. The wheels are away being refurbished so we should expect them returned within a matter of days. The engine is in the final stages of being rebuilt […]
Our work is almost complete on our Jaguar 240. On our first test run we found that the brakes were binding ever so slight. Enough for it to be frustrating and not a very pleasurable drive. Back on the ramp we go as we now strip the brakes to investigate the issue. The brakes are […]
We are now days away from the completion of our 1960 Jensen 541S (the prototype). It has been a long restoration journey but hugely rewarding as we revive one of the very first prototype 541S’s to leave the Jensen factory. We still have a couple of smaller tasks to take care of and some touching […]
Whilst repairing the accident damage on our 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 we have uncovered more areas in which we need to tackle to ensure we complete the job to our very exacting standards. With the body preparation now complete our E-Type is now waiting on paint to start which is due to begin at the […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today we welcome into our workshops our stunning 1975 Triumph Stag. In for some routine maintenance we will look to give the engine a full and thorough service, flush out the coolant and replace, identify any oil leaks and to check the operations of the vehicle. We will also look to diagnose a slight water […]