Pingu Mini Restoration

We were contacted by Victoria who’s mini “Pingu” needed restoring after it had seen quite a few bad repairs over the years.

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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 of panels ended up being quite long with new inner wings, outer wings, windscreen scuttle panel, front panel, A panels, floor pans, outer sills, rear quarter panel repairs, Rear hinge panel, rear valence, boot floor/seat squab panel, door, various little repairs plus making and fitting a carburettor baulk head box.

The shell was then shipped to our painter where it was given a fresh paint job in Arctic white with a black roof.
Once the suspension was overhauled and refitted Pingu was delivered back to its happy owner.

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