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.
This 1964 970cc Cooper S was bought in to the workshop for a total restoration. The first job was to strip the car to a bare shell. The shell was then sandblasted so we could see what repairs were needed. With new wings, inner and outer A panels, door steps, inner and outer sills, complete…
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…
This lovely little TVR Vixen was bought to McNair Motorsport by a long term TVR owner and racer Pete Reeve. After racing high powered more modern TVRs Pete decided that he wanted a change so purchased the Vixen and commissioned us to convert it from a road car to a post historic racing car. The…
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…
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…
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…