Mazda MX-5 NC – Lanoguard Rust Proofing
Friday, 19 May 2023
Manufactured at Mazda’s Hiroshima plant, the MX-5 debuted in 1989 at the Chicago Auto Show and was conceived and executed under a tightly focused design credo Jinba ittai (人馬一体), meaning “oneness of horse and rider”. The NA MX-5 with its pop up headlights is now a design classic. The MX-5 has frequently been called a
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Saving an Old Honda Civic 1.6i VTEC
Thursday, 18 May 2023
We’ve just started works on this W reg (2000) Honda Civic. This is the MB chassis born out of collaboration with Rover at the time. This was built in the Swindon factory which Honda have recently closed. Based on the Domani, which in turn was mechanically similar to the fifth generation Civic, this version was
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BMW 320i Convertible Lanoguard, Bump Stop and Bearing replacement
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The BMW E90 series (saloon) also spawned the E91 (Estate), E92 (Coupe) and the E93 Convertible which we feature here. The E93 convertible was BMW’s first model to use a retractable hardtop, instead of typical fabric roof of its predecessors. The E93 was one of first retractable hardtops in its price range. The E93’s side
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Lancia Fulvia – Front Subframe Repair
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Our customer with his pretty Fulvia was back for some more work on the rolling restoration. We knew from previous photographs from this earlier blog post that the Fulvia subframe was the worse for wear. This is a vital component of the car and facetious comments were made about an aggressive launch away from the
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FIAT 500 / Ford KA rear axle swap
Thursday, 09 March 2023
The 2004 Fiat Trepiùno concept, from which the 500 derives, was introduced at the 74th Geneva Motorshow — designed at Centro Stile Fiat by Roberto Giolito in a style strongly reminiscent of the original Fiat 500. The Mk2 Ford KA also uses the 500 platform. Ford couldn’t work out how Fiat were making such an
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Peugeot 1.6 THP RCZ Coupe – Walnut Blast
Thursday, 23 February 2023
The RCZ debuted in 2007 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It featured a double bubble roof inspired by Zagato. The concept has been a Zagato “trademark” for more than 70 years. The idea is that you can reduce frontal area and improve aerodynamics, but then give back the lost headroom with a double bubble. It
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Honda Civic Type-R EP3- rust repair
Friday, 10 February 2023
The Honda Type-R legend began when they produced a very limited number of NSX Type-R models from 1992 to 1995 for Japan. The NSX Type-R was track oriented and, to reduce weight, lacked sound deadening, audio, electric windows and air conditioning. The first Civic Type-R was based on the EK chassis and weighed just over
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Passat W8
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Here’s a rarity. The Passat W8 4 Motion, effectively using half of a Veyron engine without the turbo chargers, the Passat was oddball for two reasons. One it was a high end luxury car wearing the VW badge. The boss at VW at the time, the late Ferdinand Piëch, decided there was no reason why VW
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Nissan 350Z – sheared bleed nipples and fit sports catalysts
Monday, 19 December 2022
The Nissan 350Z was designed by Diane Allen, the earliest cars were made in Nissan’s Oppama factory in 2002 and then production ran from 2003–2009 at their Kaminokawa plant. The Nissan 350Z saw the debut of their “FM platform”. The name is derived from the “front midships” location of the engine, with its center of
Lancia Fulvia Series 3
Friday, 07 October 2022
We had this Fulvia in for an inspection. There is a lot of work required, but rather than pull the full back to bare metal resto switch, we will instead be working with the customer and his budget to take the project in stages. We agree the first stage would be to get a better
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