Re: Faversham Classics

[Stan Barnett <S.A.Barnett@domain.elided>]

  Very interesting to hear of your experience with
Faversham Classics and thanks for the lead on
Fullbridge Restorations.
                        Stan Barnett.


On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:02:02 +0100 David Horsnell 
<david@domain.elided> wrote:
>Having read about peoples experience with Faversham Classics, I 
thought
>I would add my "two pennies worth"
>
>I had Faversham Classics carry out a complete suspension and brake 
over
>haul back in 1996. Prior to agreeing to have the work and taking the car
>there myself, I had not seen their workshop.  If I had, I proberly would
>not have let them do the work, the work shop is not what you would call
>pretty.
>
>After the work was done, I put the car into storage, I run The Classic
>Reserve, a storage company based in Essex.  When I started using 
the
>car, the nearside wheel bearing/brake was extremely noisy, the new 
brake
>pipes broke free from the plastic clips and fouled the propshaft, the
>steering wheel and column was mis-aligned and the plastic shroud
>underneath the column has cracked and broken.
>
>I informed Trevor and Kevin who duly travelled to me and correvted all
>faults except the wheel noise which I eventually got Fullbridge
>Restorations to sort when they (Fullbridge) had the car for some paint
>repairs earlier this year.
>
>If you ever want body work or trim work done, I would strongly 
recommend
>Fullbridge Restorations. Based in Maldon Essex, they specialise in
>Jaquars ( they used to own a museum dedicated to the Jaguar marque) 
and
>their reputation for perfection is such that Jaguar Cars use them to
>restore the cars in the factory museum.  If you need them, tel
>01621-852320.  The people to talk to are Daryl or Rick.
>
>Hope this is of interest to any one thinking of using Favarsham
>Classics.
>
>-- 
>David Horsnell
>1975 Mk II
>HUE 888N


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