Hidden Away

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we have been moving some stock around (again) as we have gain some more storage space. We can give you a sneak peak of some of the little (well not so little as it happens) gems that aren’t on the website, they have already been earmarked for other little ‘projects’. Adam has completed another little deal with a well known supplier, which we will literally shed some light on later!

Important Announcement to our drop in customers.

As from the first of November we are NO longer taking card payments over the counter at the offices as drop in purchases. We will be taking PayPal and Bacs transfers as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience cause at this time. We are monitoring the situation closely and may reinstate card payments over the counter in the future.

We have some of the best, amazing loyal customers who surprise us every so often. We have been blown away by the kindness of one such loyal customer who sent us this amazing hamper. We would like to say a very big thank you for his gift which is very much appreciated. Thank You!

Customer Cars

A power steering valve was causing some issues and needed to be replaced. A messy job, but it can make quite a difference to the handling and feel of the car. Also save you topping up fluids on a regular basis too. Replacing the valve assembly is straightforward with the right tools, replacing the fluids is never a bad thing at the same time. Don’t be like some people who drain the fluid and reuse it!

Side by the old and new valves which we have in stock here. They’re not cheap, but there is a lot going on inside. We also sell the repair kits here which is much more cost effective way to repair the valve, but considerably more time consuming. When time is money, or you want the job done properly it’s best to go for a new part. Two things you never mess with if you’re not sure or doubt your own skills, that’s the brakes and steering.

Once replaced a quick going over with the grease gun, top up the fluids. The hoses to the steering ram were in pretty good condition and didn’t need replacing. But, if you do need the replacements we sell them here. Once everything is refitted and swapped over, it’s time for a test drive. Such replacements are immediately noticeable and much nicer to drive. After the car is driven back it’s rechecked for leaks, just to be sure.

Our Cars

Yogi has been busy getting the ’65 Falcon beloved shop truck ready for some paint. The rear tailgate and skin have been reunited and fitted properly to the back of the truck.

The bed of the truck has been fitted together and looks amazing after the sheet metal repairs, as good as new.

The cabin floor area has been treated with some generous coats of red oxide.

Next up was the biggest fitting, the hood. A heavy piece of sheet metal which is a two man job to lift into place. Yogi can usually adjust them on his own, once lifted into place, but it’s always easier with two. The hood hinge fasteners needed a little tap work for the bolts due to our special blend undercoat that had gotten into a couple of threads.

Once the hinges were bolted into place the hood was lifted into position.

At this stage of fitting there is no proper alignment so you close the hood very slowly and carefully to see what needs to be adjusted. Lift up the hood, adjust and recheck. Height, front to back and side to side all need to be adjusted and aligned correctly. The thing to remember here is that a very small adjustment at the hinges is quite a lot by the time you get to the leading edge of the hood.

The gaps are critical to get right at this point so you know that the adjustment will be there once the hood has been taken of for painting. Failure to make sure there is enough adjustment will lead to all sorts of problems when refitting, possibly ruining some paintwork. It’s a lot of messing around now, but, you know it will adjust correctly once painted.

WebShop

We said that we would shed a little light on a partnership Adam has completed, and it’s with Wipac. Their 7″ lights are perfect for the Mustangs and we have everything from the budget price point plastic back reflector lenses to the ultimate kits with daytime running lights, high and low beam and integral indicators.

The Quadoptic Halogen Metal Reflector Conversion UK (RHD) Headlamp Kit here.

Freeform Headlamp Unit UK (RHD) here

Chrome LED (RHD) headlamp with integral indicator and Daytime Running Lights here.

We received another delivery of Motorcraft parts featuring some sundries various oils, pipes and radiator safety caps. We have had a couple of special orders for these radiator caps so we decided to stock them going forward.

The Sneak Peak…..

Stored away is a ready to go full Elanor kit. Did you know that Mustang Maniac owns their very own moulds to make these kits? It’s true, they have them stored somewhere very safe.

To have a car like Eleanor you need a something special at the heart of it, something like these maybe?

As we took these pictures Adam was adding two new engines to his stockpile, one will need rebuild, one wont.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Cut It Out

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

A couple of services on customer cars this week along with a C4 swap out and intermittent fault. The work levels are coming back to manageable levels again now the majority of this year’s car shows have all but finished. A big fix and a minor fix, both which can leave the car going nowhere. One of the parts is one of the biggest a gearbox, the other is a no bigger than the tip of your thumb, an electronic ignition module.

Customer Cars

Convertible Gearbox

The transmission on the car had poor shifting and was basically worn. We made some diagnostics and confirmed the initial thoughts. We were given the go ahead to swap the the gearbox over. We took one from stock and started to remove the old box.

The new gearbox brought into the workshop and being lifted into place.

Random Cut Out

The cut out could be while driving, at idle or just not starting. Intermittent problems are always difficult to track down. The issue was reported as getting more common over time. The only way to get to the bottom of it is to try and replicate the customers last event. Things like how where they driving, speeds, hot or cold, even weather sometimes have an effect. While the car was with us it started fine. We took the car for a couple of runs and we eventually got what we were looking for on the third run; a complete cut out as if the ignition had been turned off. No warning, one second it was fine then nothing, it was dead. The car was pulled over to safe place in order to investigate under the hood.

There was power everywhere we were expecting it to be, but no ignition spark. There was no pre cut out coughing, spluttering or misfire, which would point to a fuel issue. There was fuel in the lines to the clear filter which was full, and the carb had fuel. We had pre-empted a couple of scenarios with us a few parts we use for trouble shooting, distributor cap, rotor arm, ignition coil, a couple of spare HT leads, remote starter, spare fuel, a length of rubber fuel line, in case of leak. All things we know to be working fine. We have some basic tools and some electrical diagnostic equipment.

We swapped the coil over and still nothing, the cap and rotor arm were also fine. We took out a spark plug earthed it and spun the car over no spark, we tried with a spare spark plug, same result there was no spark which pointed to some sort of electrical issue. Under the distributor cap was a Pertronix I electronic ignition set up. We checked the gap was correct by eye, which it was. We adjusted the gap smaller and then bigger just to be sure, again nothing as the car just turned over. We put everything back to defaults and refitted the spark plug (which was in good condition), suggesting the combustion was running fine before. We were about to call LAR recovery to come and pick the car up when we had one last try. This was about 10 minutes after a the initial cut out, the car fired up reluctantly. We quickly drove the car back to the yard and let the car cool down. The first job was to swap out the Pertronix module with a replacement like for like which we sell here. The car fired up straight away and was running stable. We repeated the initial test run, all was fine. Once we were comfortable we gave the car an enthusiastic hot run on dual carriageway, sitting in traffic conditions, hot starts, cold overnight starts, repeated short trips, everything was exactly as it should be. The problem was the Pertronix ignition module itself. A quick fifteen minute replacement and setup, but it took a couple of hours to trace and re-test after fitting. Since the car has gone back to the customer, he has reported the car hasn’t missed a beat since. If you have a Pertronix (which are usually very reliable), and you start to have a random cut out while driving check the module.

Our Cars

Yogi has been working on our much loved shop truck the ’65 Falcon Ranchero. The front fenders needed a couple of little patches to get rid of some thin rusty metal. Yes we have the full sheet metal but in this case the work was minimal and cost effective.

The old undercoat, what was left of it was removed so we get a good covering with the red oxide and underseal.

We then applied a couple of good coats of our very own underseal. We are not going concourse, as this is a used working truck for us. So protection from the elements is better than looking right.

the fenders were put back on the car being prepped ready for some paint.

There is still plenty to do yet, and we will bring you the progress as we go along.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Prime Time

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

A customer brought us in his ’67 which had a worn out tilt column which was fairly rare option at the time. After fifty odd years it’s not surprising the original column has given it’s last tilt. We had a one Ididit tilt column ready for the customer and set about swapping the columns over. The old style were quite bulky with the additional plumbing and canister. The new style column is much neater with the added bonus of having new wiring as well.

The new column getting ready for fitting and in place.

We also changed out the usual rag joint fixing to the steering box to a universal joint coupling which will give a much nicer feel to the car’s handling.

The other issue was there was a an annoying ‘ticking’ under the hood. After listening and tracking it back we established it was coming from the header. We removed it and found a small hole which Yogi welded up. Here is the image before the weld was ground before refitting the header.

Once the header was refitted the tick had gone and all was good again.

Our Cars

We have been working on our R’65 Ranchero where the rear quarters have needed some attention should we say. Yogi started the sanding down to find the multitude of sins need to be sorted out. The problem looks to have been a minor fender bender and has been straightened out with a holes drilled, then screws inserted in order to pull the metal back out again.

These holes will cause problems going forward with the dreaded rust worm having a field day on the surrounding good metal. So the best option is a for new rear quarter if the rust is that bad, or a new patch fabrication. The fabrication was the option for us, not because of cost or availability of sheet metal. It’s more to do with the fact the rest of the fender was fine. Out came the cutting tools and Yogi does his thing.

Removing a slightly larger section than we normally would allows us to get in and treat the rust on the inside out.

The sheet metal for the tailgate, bed and a couple of other bits have been undercoated, primed and ready for a little a colour.

The rear quarters now back to bare metal in order to see what we have before the replacement metal patch is to be welded into place.

The fenders have been temporarily bolted to the car with the minimum of fasteners used, mostly to protect them from being damaged and keep them out the way.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Back To Bed

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

All good things come to those who wait or so we are told, and that was the case with our ’67 with the new rear now been painted. Some eagle eyed reader asked us if this was a right hand drive model. We can confirm yes it and there certainly aren’t may of them around for this year. We’re not sure exactly when the conversion was done, but it was done to high standard and not some of the butchered efforts we have seen in the past that have been past off as even being close to good.

Yogi has started to put some more of the external trim and fittings back.

The fuel lines have been plumbed back onto the new fuel tank and some of electrics reconnected.

With the exterior trims bolted into place we can then start to put the interior trim back together.

Under the rear quarters the chassis has been properly protected from the British weather, and will probably outlast most of us now.

Our Cars

We have been working on our own ’65 Ranchero shop truck which is going to get a full fresh body paint once we have the body back to together. We knew there was some filler used on the car but to what extent we needed to find out. We started the panel with the rear tailgate, always made difficult due to the raised sections which matches the bed of the truck.

The bed panel bare metal process is a difficult one and takes considerable time and effort to get a bare metal base which is in great condition.

The first fender removed the paint to the filler.

Once the filler was removed the full extent of the rust worm was evident.

We quickly decided that we could have welded up the problem areas, but the metal was very thin and would certainly cause problems in the future. We could weld new metal in and fabricate the metal, but the time and effort would easily negate the cost of the new panel.

The first of the doors is in much better shape than we expected, a couple of little bits needed a little Yogi TLC in the form of a welder, certainly nothing major.

We apply some protection to the bare metal while being stored in the workshops. This prevents any surface rust from making an unwanted appearance. We will bring you more as we go along.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Mustang Owners Club Show 2023

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

Once a year there is a Mustang Owners Club Of Great Britain host a show and this year it was held south of Cambridge. The weather was overcast but a nice day for a car show. We of course had many of our customers there along with our own cars from Adam, Yogi, Lance, Paul, Spence. Lance managed to bag himself the coveted ‘Best in Show’ and Spence bagged the ‘Best Modified’.

This post is going to be dedicated just to that show;

There was some gate crashers there as well, but it made for a little variation.

Our special thanks to Chris Tilley @cortinachris for allowing us to use some of his photos.

It was a great day out, we caught up with some friends and got to see many great cars. Thanks to Roy for great organisational skills and here’s to the next show.

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International Rescue

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

We have an old friend back with us this week for a little TLC and a car back from paint ready to be put back together again. We have also done our little bit for some Armed Services coming to the rescue to help them out, not quite Thunderbirds, just a little ol’ parts supplier in UK. They just about made it here, but they rolled out fine, as happy unexpected customers.

Park & Pic

There are three Mustangs that are recognised all over the world each from different generations. The first being the classic Bullitt, then came Eleanor, the latest being John Wick. We have the latest of those cars back with us for a once over TLC and a check up.

Such a great car which drives as good as it looks.

Customer Cars

We have the ’67 back from paint with the rear end now blended with the rest of the black paint. Yogi is now starting to put the car back together and rewire the rear end.

There are minor adjustments for door gaps and the trunk to be correct all round. those that say the aftermarket panels don’t fit, then we suspect you are doing something wrong.

The glass needs to go back in, a little more trim work, lettering and rubber weather strips and then it will be ready for the fuel and road test.

Driven enthusiastically!

This car needs a new clutch kit as it gets driven ‘enthusiastically’ as Adam described it.

For many this can be a painful process to change a clutch, but we are fully geared up for it and doesn’t take us to long.

The interior has also had an upgrade with new seats sporting some Alcantara finish.

Mustang Maniac To The Rescue

This army truck had come from the Netherlands to the UK for a show, so far so good. The only is that the truck only ran on LPG. They were unable to get any here as there are virtually none now in the UK. AS last ditched hope they called into us asking for help.

Most people know that we have a huge variety of stock on the shelves and we managed to sort the guys out with a universal electric fuel pump so the truck could then run on standard fuel and not the LPG. Rather than wreck what they had and make a full conversion we managed to get them back on the road and on their way to the show.

Another group of happy customers this time 🙂 It was great to meet you all and hope you had a good time at the show.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Counting

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

Just a quick post to say that next weekend, Saturday 9th September the Mustang Maniac offices and sales counter will be closed for the day due to stock taking. In order for us to maintain accurate levels of stock and provide the best possible service that we can, we need to know what we have and where. It’s a huge task as there is a huge amount to count. Everything from a complete body shell to the smallest of washers.

Last time we done this a year or so ago Adam found an engine he forgot he had tucked away in the corner, along with a pallet of wheels under a cover that hadn’t gone on the WebShop. Our finds, your gain!

If you do turn on the day, sadly we won’t be there to help you.

Thanks for your understanding!

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Cracking

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we have a couple of videos for you, we reported last week about an issue with a custom made exhaust that was cobbled together with clamps and mastic of all things. We reused what we could and replaced the rest and all is good with the car again. After that post we had a couple of requests if we could upload a video of what the new system sounds like. Luckily Yogi had taken a recording which we can share with you here. These are bespoke pipes made by us and our standard off the shelf mufflers. The car still sounds nice, has the classic V8 rumble, but without all the shoutyness of some mufflers we offer, unless you want that sort of thing of course.

Customer Cars

A customer called us to say the car was running rather badly and could they bring it in. We made a space for him to bring it in and we could see pretty much straight away what the problem was, the question was just how bad was it?

We knew that there was head gasket that had gone home, so we always replace both gaskets so the top end of the engine was taken apart. If one has gone then the other side won’t be far behind.

With the heads off we soon found the gasket problem. Not much of a crack, but it was enough to cause a whole heap of work.

This type of crack will lead to overheating if you’re not careful and catch it in time. Bad overheating could mean a potential skimming of the block or heads to make them flat again. That alone will be an expensive and timely hobby.

The surfaces were cleaned properly and prepped for the gaskets. With everything back in place the top end started to go back together again. The system was fully drained down of coolant and the oil change that would need to be completed as well once we had flushed everything out.

With the heads back in place we could put the rest of the fuel system back on and fill with the proper fluids. After a couple of heat cycles we rechecked the fluid levels also checked for leaks. Then we took her for a road test.

Another happy customer that their pride and joy was fixed. We strongly recommend buying the very best gaskets you can buy. For the sake of saving a few extra pounds it costs to buy quality, it will save you in the long run having to replace them again when they fail.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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Out With The Old, In With The New

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

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!

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Being Put On Trial

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Mustang Maniac

This week we are going to start of with yet another update on our postage options we offer. We have paid a hefty upfront extortionate fee to Royal Mail, sorry ‘Royal Fail’ to attend our premises every working day of the year at four in the afternoon to collect our orders and deliver them. Not a difficult business model, but it seems that their monopoly, the high costs they have is their their blasé weakness too.

We are now stopping our Royal Fail’s postage offering.

Why?

For the last couple of months we have been getting complaints about deliveries. We as a team have had a few meetings to see if we can improve, or how we can get an improvement to the services offered to us. There has been a few frantic phone calls to Royal Fail with us complaining to them. Nothing has changed so a difficult decision was made.

  • We have no control over their poor service, once it leaves us we – have no control on when it will be delivered.
  • We also have to jump through expensive hoops buying specific size boxes from Royal Fail for different items; small parcel, large parcel, then work out if the item is a large letter or small parcel, tube, then have to weigh them out for different bandings of payments, areas etc etc.
  • There is no consistency of delivery. We have had good reports that items picked up on 4pm on a Friday afternoon and the item has been delivered on a Saturday morning. That is a really great service, we can’t knock that, but that’s an exception. However, the majority of time “First Class” is now [and we quote], “anything from 1 to 10 days”. That’s right we rang up and asked, that is exactly what they told us. That is totally unacceptable for us and our customers.
  • When Royal Fail go on strike which they have done many times over the last year, we haven’t been reimbursed for them not collecting from us as per thhe agreed contract.
  • We have even had the odd job’s-worth employees of Royal Fail stand in our offices measuring the various parcel’s dimensions and checking if it will fit through their plastic guides.
  • They often turn up late and will miss their own last posting times for that day.
  • We don’t always get our expected post from Royal Fail either.
  • We get complaints about Royal Fail’s service, when it has nothing to do with us once we have had the items collected. NOTHING, it’s out of our control. Have we mentioned that already? Are the customers complaining about the products, no. But, they are starting to complain about a service they have chosen from the various options available.

Our contract with Royal Fail was due to be resigned by the end of the month, with a price increase, which we were going to do as most of the customers liked the service that we re-introduced by customer request, even though we as a company don’t like what they offer or the service they provide. Adam called Royal Fail to say that we were not going to be renewing the contract. The Royal Fail’s customer service person at the end of the phone said, “You can’t stop the contract without filling in a form first”. Adam asked – ‘if I don’t pay then what?’ ‘Well we won’t collect from you’, was the reply. Adam retorted with, ‘well I ain’t paying, so it’s problem solved!” It was a short conversation served up with contempt they deserve which they supply to us regularly, their customers.

How did this all come about?

Adam is tolerant man, (of most things), but a “Mr. L…” has now managed to ruin it for everybody, the final straw has broken the camels back, as the saying goes. Mr L. is now on the “C” list pretty much at the top of said list and will not be buying from us again. It has gotten back to us that he has been giving us a hard time on social media for poor customer service. Is it really poor customer service when we respond to emails late at night? If you do find this person online, you could thank him personally for being instrumental in our decision to phase out the Royal Fail postal option for everybody. If this scenario had been a couple of weeks later then the contracts would have been signed with Royal Fail and we would have carried on. So it seems that fate has brought this to a head for us. The story is quite a simple one as follows:

Mr. L’s order was placed on Friday 28th July 2023 at 22:51, which means it wouldn’t have been processed until Saturday 29th and then collected by Royal Fail.

On Wednesday 3rd August 2023 at 20:34 we get an email from Mr L to ask where the parts were: “Hi there, unfortunately my items have not arrived yet reference MM-4xxxx”. That was it. Adam checked the orders and could tell the order was processed and dispatched. All takes time and well after our office closing hours.

Adam responded by pointing out that he (Mr. L) did not pay for a courier, nor did he ask for a tracking service when he made his purchase, he obviously wanted the cheapest option. We then get another email from him replying to Adam with: ‘So where do I go from here? As I needed these parts this week can you send me proof of posting thanks’. Adam again responded saying he would have to wait as it’s now Royal Fail’s process causing the delay, also pointing out that if the parts were urgent he should have used a courier, but he didn’t want to pay for that, nor for a next day delivery option.

To cut a long story short, and a number of emails were exchanged where Mr L. was asking for Mustang Maniac to prove the item was sent by providing a tracking number, which he didn’t ask for and didn’t want to pay for. We could interrogate our franking machine yes, but that all takes time. We can prove that Royal Fail picked up the packages as we have CCTV to prove it along with the log of the visit from Royal Fail. Mr. L’s short curt emails was basically calling into question Adam’s, thus Mustang Maniac’s integrity. Mr L even hinted that Adam didn’t know how to run a business. Adam is an honest man and will not tolerate that from anybody. His reputation has been built up over many years of outstanding service to the Mustang community.

So, where are we now?

Adam believes the aggravation that recently been coming his way and the potential of ruining his business’ reputation due to Royal Fail is just not worth it for the cost and their ‘services’ provided. Time spent replying to our customers on behalf of Royal Fail has become unacceptable of late. We shall now be phasing out the Royal Fail options again and our customers will now only be able to collect from us or pay for the courier services, or provide their own collection if they want to. This was the reason that Mustang Maniac stopped using Royal Fail a while ago.

We sincerely apologise to those who are understanding and have had no problems with the services. We as a company have to protect our reputation. Where a ‘partnership’ by contract can jeopardise that, difficult decisions have to be made. We have tried all sorts of things to help our customers and we have put up with a lot. Some of the costs we incur are not even passed on to you, our valued customers. Sadly we have made the decision to stop Royal Fail services for the reasons we have stated. A customer bad mouthing us for poor delivery service is not acceptable. However, very small packages link window rollers or a couple of bolts etc could be Royal Fail at our discretion.

We hope you understand our decision, we will probably loose some custom over it, we can’t help that and will be sad to see them go. We dare say that they will of course they will go elsewhere for their parts, paying the import charges and taxes themselves, then waiting for their delivery.

We appreciate this may upset a few people, hopefully most will understand our decision.

Our Cars

Work is continuing on our ’65 Ranchero, we are starting to add some paint to the shell and some running gear. We hope this week we will have a rolling project once the suspension has all been fitted. Inside the engine bay was red oxide, seam sealed and black top coats.

The etch and primer coats always seem to make the the project jump a few steps forward.

OEM engine bay black applied.

The rear axle has also been getting paint.

We will be bringing you more progress next week.

Stay Safe & Take Care!

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