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 engine with 4 speed gearbox. The transformation was then completed with 10″ alloy rims.
This 1979 Vespa Primavera was bought in to the workshop for a few small jobs to be carried out followed by an mot. The scooter had been painted to look rusty but the decision was soon made to give the smallframe a total make over. The Vespa was stripped to a bare frame, sandblasted and…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…