Here is some of our latest news, projects, gossip and racing updates…
We are currently in the process of building a series 3 Lambretta in to a street racer the object is to try and get as close to 100mph as we can. The scooter was stripped and sand blasted before the frame had some strengthening and modification carried out to it. To keep the weight down…
We were contacted by Sam who asked if we could carry out some work on her Vespa Smallframe. Sam has owned the Vespa for over 25 years and had taken it off the road to restore it. The little Vespa had been through various workshops and mechanics but after a few years the work on…
David Carters Grey Mini Turbo project (on the website as “late mini cooper“) that we finished building last year has just had a full 8 page feature carried out on it in Februarys edition on Mini Magazine. We are very pleased to hear that the reporter was very impressed by the one of touches that…
This season we have been working with Ian Williamson who was taking his first steps in to the world of motorsport this year. Ian had purchased an already built and run Citroen Saxo stock hatch and bought it to our workshops for a set up and check over. With the car declared all fit and…
We recently had Ken Hunts MBC Racing/ Pirtek Mini in for a suspension set up. We made a few changes to the car and in his second ever race Ken managed to go a second a lap quicker and collected a trophy for 2nd in class. Ken noted that the car felt much more composed…
We were contacted by a thoroughly frustrated mini owner who’s SPI Mini needed a push forward. The company that were restoring it had taken ages to not do very much so McNair Motorsport stepped in and collected the project and took it to our workshops where it was assessed before making a plan of attack….
Our workshops were paid a visit by Rhys and his mini Sonic for a make over. We started by identifying any rust and then fitting new front wings, front panel, windscreen scuttle panel, rear hinge panel and various other small repairs. The mini was shipped to our painters where it was painted in a fetching…
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…
TVR racer Pete Reeve contacted the workshop to ask if our owner/founder Lee would like to share his race car in a 40 minute race at Brands Hatch and naturally Lee jumped at the opportunity. The day dawned bright and sunny and with the TVR checked and cleared to race by the scrutineers Pete headed…
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