Continuation of work on Carl’s Firenza. Basically remove as much rot as possible and still try and keep to budget so he can have the car for the summer months. As always with old cars, the more you poke the more you find. We can rebuild as much as we can in house, but thankfully some VVOC club member Mike Edwards has been making bespoke hand made floorpans for these old cars for a few years and the fit is perfect so it was a no brainer to use these on this restoration. Another step closer to being back with it’s owner and being enjoyed 😎👍 #moneypit #classicvauxhall #HandsOnSkills #anothersaved #classiccars #retrovauxhall #carrestoration #customfabrication #custommade #classiccar #vauxhallfirenza #happycustomer #vauxhallvivaownersclub

Continuation of the rebuild of a rare LC engine for a future project. Since the last update the engine has been dry stored whilst amassing parts for the rebuild (Again thanks to Billy Tarr for his invaluable help). Refurbishment of parts and prepping ready for rebuild 😎 #anothersaved #HandsOnSkills #moneypit #retrovauxhall #classicvauxhall #lotuscarlton #classiccars #autobahnstormers #vauxhallbigsix #classicopel #VauxhallCresta #pacresta

Working on the old Fergie in between other jobs, slowly chipping away at the restoration of what was left after removing it from the beet harvester. The steering box is like brand new, never been used, the fuel tank was well preserved being full of old diesel, the radiator still full of antifreeze rich water. Sourcing bits to rebuild it was taking some time over evenings trawling the web and the ‘bay of E’! Some old parts and some new. One of which was a second hand bonnet all the way from Aberdeen! (I was in Scotland anyway so was rude not to buy tractor bits 😜 ) Slowly and gradually the tractor is emerging from the scrap 😍 #anothersaved #HandsOnSkills #oldtractor #masseyferguson135 #masseyferguson #TractorRestoration

Since the C10 has been ‘allocated’ a Cummins 6BT as it’s powerplant and the fact that the original dash was a bit beaten up and had been butchered in the past the choice was made to make one that was useful for the new powerplant and had everything else needed to control the various pieces of equipment on the truck. Using the very best ‘Cardboard Aided design’ a template was made and refined until I could make a proper CAD file and have the blank cut from steel. Aftermarket gauges & switches were sourced from that popular river in Brazil and duly test fitted before the steelwork was coated in some crackle finish paint. $1000+ dollar dashboard for a fraction of the price 😎 #carrestoration #anothersaved #customfabrication #restomod #americanpickup #classictruck #HandsOnSkills #custommade #recoverytruck #cummins #repotruck #chevyc10 #minutemanlift #chevytrucks

Folie off back to Shaun for him to get the subframe C/W engine & gearbox combo fitted, rear axle re-fitted. GRP flip front glassed up and prepped so that the next phase of tinwork can be designed, fabricated and fitted at a later stage 👍 #musclecar #customfabrication #classiccar #restomod #carrestoration #happycustomer #classicvauxhall #retrovauxhall #moneypit #anothersaved #vauxhallvivaownersclub #vauxhallfirenza #friendship #customcars #v8viva

Part of the requested work on the GMC was to change the rear silencers and install some AMG exhaust tips if possible. Well with a little bit of pipework and some bracketry it all went very smoothly 😎 #classiccar #carrestoration #musclecar #HandsOnSkills #classiccars #customfabrication #restomod #custommade #americanpickup #classictruck #showtruck #gmctruck #happycustomer