1979 Vespa Primavera

We were contacted by Victoria who’s mini “Pingu” needed restoring after it had seen quite a few bad repairs over the years. The first job was to media blast the shell so we could see all the issues. The shell had seen some ingenious bodges in its life and required a few panels. The list…

McNair Motorsport had a MK2 Cooper S dropped off at our workshop for a full restoration. After the car was stripped back to a bare bodyshell it was evaluated and the necessary body panels were ordered. With new front wings, front panel, rear valence, front and rear floors, inner sills, outer sills and various repair…

This scooter is a part restored project that has been taken over by another owner. We dry assembled the scooter to see what parts were missing, broken and unserviceable before taking it apart again so some of the panels could be painted and the suspension , steering, brakes and engine can be rebuilt.

1980 Lotus Elite – McNair Motorsport were contacted by a Lotus enthusiast from South London and were contracted to re-commission a 1980 2.2ltr Lotus Elite that had not been used for over 7 years. With the car collected and a brief discussion with the owner about the history of the car the first thing that…

The scooter was stripped back to a bare frame. With the frame and panels sand blasted a small amount of welding and repair work was carried out before being painted in 2 tone orange with a gold pearl. The vintage Vespa was then reassembled using new bearings, cables, wiring, brake parts and a later 125cc…

We recently had a customer visit us with a 1965 MK1 Mini for appraisal of its bodywork. After a check over it soon became apparent that it required a full restoration. After the customer stripped the car to a bare shell the major reconstruction work could then be carried out. The bodyshell benifitted from having…