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From time to time we are asked to re make the wood works to classic and historic cars,as we have the machinery and materials to do this and if time allows,we normally get invloved.This can be a simple as a re spray of the wood trims to Jaguar,Singer Chamois,Sunbeam,Truimph or Mercedes interiors,for this we use special UV stablised twin pack laquers and produce a really high gloss finish.

The most normal works we do, are wood parts to historic cars,MGs,Riley,Sunbeam,etc one such car was a 1934 Riley sports saloon,it was found bricked up in a Cape Town garage,complete but a mess,it needed a new White Ash timber frame work making.We did that part in due time,two months plus I seem to remember,the car then went off to an assembly specialist and is now complete and in Germany.

At this time we have a very original 1928 Sunbeam series 20, 3 ltr in our factory,the last three weeks have seen us making it new marine ply floors,plus a whole host of stablisation of its quite original timbers,we use epoxy to do this,its a clean method and easily soaks into loose joints making them sound once more,the car will soon be off to the motor trimmers for the next stage of its restoration,now into year eight I believe,while it was driven with a bare chassis in 2006,it has not driven on the road with its saloon body in fifty years!

Only yesterday I was contacted re a very sad looking 1911Sunbeam,its a chassis and a set of wheels,we think the engine and gearbox were close by,its been lying in the open this past couple of decades but given its close to 100 years old,maybe this is in order,watch this space for further news on this car.

Note,we now have expert advice that the rusting chassis in the picture may be a later model than the 1911 version,we will know more when we take the road trailer out and bring it back to the factory?

24,04,2008 its confirmed to be a 1922 Sunbeam 14hp chassis and is now cleared from the bush and loaded on a road trailer to Cape Town,a trip of some 2389 kms,

SUNBEAM CAR BODY KITS,

We also have a program to design and build,a Sports Tourer open top Sunbeam body on an existing circa 1928 Sunbeam 20 spare chasis,this will follow the lines of other similar period Sunbeams and Bentley sports,it will be a CNC cut plywood space frame construction,all scaled direct from pictures of original and existing cars,the body frame we produce can be either skinned in light alloy sheet or using our specialist water proof Superform exterior bendable plywoods,once on our computer the body will be available as one of our CNC kits for either proffesional or home assembly.

Watch this space or contact me for progress.

phone 021 5107206
Cape Town

Roy