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Alfa Romeo Spider sill repair

Monday, 19 May 2025 by Julian
alfa romeo spider 1993
The original Alfa Romeo Spider was made famous in the film “Mrs Robinson”. This version we have in is the last of the breed from 1993. This sadly means it loses the twin twinchoke carburettors, and instead has fuel injection. This softens the appeal of the engine but it’s still a lovely looking car. Well
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Honda S2000 – wheel refurbishment, welding and Lanoguard

Thursday, 24 October 2024 by Julian
s2000 front wing
I’m not sure why the S2000 isn’t more popular among motoring journalists. With an engine and gearbox as good as this, and dry limits being very high, these are a great steer. I will admit though, not confidence inspiring in the wet, and OK it doesn’t connect you to the road in the way an
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Classic Car Inspection Service

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 by Julian
Fiat X1/9
IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING A CLASSIC CAR AND ARE BASED IN WEST SUSSEX OR SURREY PLEASE HIRE US TO INSPECT THE CAR BEFORE YOU BUY. WE COULD SAVE YOU A SMALL FORTUNE! * *This assumes the car will be brought to our workshop for a thorough inspection * * We’ve decided to offer
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Audi TTS Restoration – can a 2010 car really be this rusty?

Friday, 29 September 2023 by Julian
Audi TTS 2010
The original Audi TT (8N 1998-2006) caused a sensation in 1998 with its bold and quirky styling. The TT Mk2 (Type 8J, 2006–2014) was a substantial upgrade on the original, with aluminium front bodypanels, and steel in the rear, to enhance its near-neutral front-to-rear weight distribution. Available in front-wheel drive or “quattro” four-wheel drive layout,
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Saving an Old Honda Civic 1.6i VTEC

Thursday, 18 May 2023 by Julian
honda civic mb resto
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 by Julian
BMW E93
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 by Julian
fulvia-such a pretty car
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 by Julian
Fiat 500 1966 and Fiat 500 2007
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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Honda Civic Type-R EP3- rust repair

Friday, 10 February 2023 by Julian
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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Lancia Fulvia Series 3

Friday, 07 October 2022 by Julian
fulvia underbonnet
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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