I was born in the 60's and growing up through the 70's and 80's gave me a great love of all things old.  (Except the girlfreind - she's a bit younger!)  Minis, Escorts MkI and MkII, Imps, Avengers, Datsuns, are all cars I've been privaliged to work on. From ground up rebuilds to just some normal go-faster set up work.

If your pride and joy needs some TLC please do get in touch and we can get her back on the road.   

My own mini is a 1961 Austin Seven, with more trick bits than you can shake a stick at.  It has been in the family since it was a year old, so as you can imagine, it has a lot of history.

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The Californian Imp

What to say about this lovely little car.  I picked this up in a garden in Nottingham for £100, as my dear old Dad had wanted one for years.  It came in a very sorry state with some parts just stripped off and thrown inside.  As you can see with a lot of blood, sweat and a few tears, the end result was rather pretty.  Sadly the car is no longer with us due to an act of arson.

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The Datsun Sunny 110B Samuri Sukati or for short The Beast.

This was given to me by a friend who was moving house.  It had lain in his garage for about 4 years and was in need of much TLC.  The car is a genuine Spike Anderson Sukati.  According to Spike's book, a one off car: 6 cylinder, triple webbers, 260 bhp, of sheer lunacy.

To cut a long story short, the car survived the same fire that the Imp was lost in.  It was in a terrible state.  But as you can see, with a lot of hard work, the Beast lives again! 

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Escorts

I have worked on various Mk I Escorts in years gone by, but strangely have no pictures.  They were a huge part of my life in the 80's, so to remedy the situation I have recently bought a peach of an unfinished project.  I will be posting photos as we go so watch this space.

Motorbikes have always been a bit of a passion for me.  Here's one I did up for a friend while living in France.  Over a glass of red wine one night he asked if I would be interested in building his old army bike that he had been carting around in boxes for 18 years.  After the 3rd glass of wine I jumped at the chance!  At the time I was tractor driving for a French farmer friend helping with his plum harvest.  So the bike was a great way of keeping my sanity.  From a frame and about 10 boxes, it took approximately 5 weeks of evening work.  All worth it for the look on Steve's face when he fired it up. 

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This is the horn push which I made from a wine bottle cork.