Last week we posted about our decision to stop using Royal Mail, we even got some grief over calling Royal Mail – Royal Fail. As far as we are concerned they, being Royal Fail, have failed on their contract, they have failed some of our customers and they have certainly failed to impress us. On the other hand, we have people calling into to pick up their parts and even had a customer arranged courier – all fine with us. Their comments were supportive to us a company. So we have to say to those of you that have supported our (difficult) decision – Thank You. We always knew there would be some fall out what ever decision we made, as we clearly can’t please everybody. At the end of the day we have to run a business and we are not owned by shareholders that we have to answer too. What Adam says is to happen – is what happens. We will not dwell on the decision that has been made going forward. We even had to remove a few angry, and a couple of abusive comments on this blog and social media keeping our social media team busy. We will continue to do the same when we spot similar comments.

We have finished up replacing a customer’s car that had previously had a ‘custom’ made exhaust for their car, which was held together by clamps and silicon. It was a bespoke alright – as silicon on an exhaust was a new one on us. Yogi has also been busy with our Falcon, getting back to bare metal.

Customer Cars

The old exhaust boxes were removed so that we could start our own fabrication. These boxes had some botch job to weld some sort of hangers on them. The welding was pretty bad, not what you would expect from a bespoke exhaust.

Our replacement boxes and pipe work ready for fitting.

Yogi was able to salvage the H-pipe and reintegrate that back into the system. We clamped up first, then we were able to remove it as a section in order to weld together properly.

The pipes now sit even and routed where they should be. We even gained back the ground clearance that had been compromised a little with the custom made exhaust.

The mufflers came straight of the shelf from our WebShop stock along with the correct hanger kit, they look neater and will allow for any movement if needed. The hangers are also designed to stop vibration and drone inside the cabin along with allowing for some adjustments of course.

With everything in place the final tightening and alignment could be made, then we were off for a road test. We have said this many times before; feel free to use your own mechanics, but check their previous work! This will save paying for their work, being disappointed with their results and then having to get it fixed properly costing you even more money. We like to think this situation is a rare occurrence, but it’s not. Sometimes we just repair other peoples work for a few days of the week. Understandably, those customers don’t want their car on our blog which we respect.

Our Cars

Panel work on our Ranchero has started and it’s not the cleanest of jobs to put it mildly. But, we need to see bare metal to see what we have to work with. We’re pleased with the hood and only a could of minor bits to correct.

The fenders looking pretty tired but again, back to bare metal and we had solid base to work from.

Next week we have a little video to show what a small split in gasket does to your engine.

Stay Safe and Take Care!