Resto wagen

30/12/2025

14/09/2025

Had this little looney Lupo in for a revamp.
It already had the 5 cylinder O7K engine and O2M gearbox fitted by someone else but the radiator clashed with the front engine mount so the front panel wouldn’t fit and so on.
So took it all out and started again. This time we started with a O2Q gearbox and chassis mounted the gearbox mount. Cut the old mounts off the subframe and notched it a bit for gearbox.
Then strengthen the chassis rails and remade new engine and gearbox mounts into the chassis rails. Then made a new mount for bottom of gearbox to meet the dogbone mount.
Now the engine is all mounted we welded up some holes in the bay that aren’t needed anymore and then we bent up some tube for the inner wings and round the bottom of the front panel to give it a bit more strength.
Now it’s all mounted properly the front panel now fits.
This thing is going to be lively when it’s done.

09/02/2025

Another challenge from Junior Olokodana @ Jaaatt Engineering. Lancia Delta intergrale bonnet grafted into a mk2 Golf bonnet. Before I’ve finished one another one turns up. Challenge completed.

22/09/2024

Audi a4 s line 2021 in for a new rear quarter panel and rear door. It’s the newest car I’ve had in the shop and no rust to deal with which makes a change.

13/07/2024

Looks like the fords are taking over the workshop.

26/05/2024

Well here we go again. Number 5 just been built. Had to build another one for Glen as his last one was in a fire and it wasn’t going to see the road again. So had no choice but to build another one. This time we started with a good shell that needed one small repair and a sierra cossie floor pan that I had for another job that didn’t happen. Had the floor pan blasted and needed a couple of repairs and 7 weeks later it’s done.