Some advice required

[ccannon19]

Hi everyone, I recently inherited my dads 390SE and would love to get it up and running again as some good memories of the car. Its been sat for the last 12-15 years in his garage and although it seems in reasonable condition I have no doubt it will be a massive job getting it running. I had a quick look underneath and its fair to say I think it needs a new chassis as a start. :-)

Does anyone have anyone have any recommendations for a good restoration place/garage so I can start looking into it. I'd love to do some stuff myself but its way too much for me both mechanically and time wise. Cheers, Chris.

[phillpot]

You could do a lot worse than speak to these guys ........ Southways Automotive

[stainless_steve]

RT Racing in Sheffield

[phillpot]

suggested Southways coz op is in Guildford

[mk1fan]

Engineer1949 would be a good shout to. He collects too! He likes his Wedges.

Might be worth converting to coilovers as part of the chassis refurb.

[Engineer1949]

hi always glad to help pm me and i will send my number etc. if you feel like it you might like to look at my wedge rebuild lots of info and pics will try to dig out the link


john

[mk1fan]

HOWZAT!!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

As an aside John, do you fancy a TD at Mallory or Rockingham?

[Engineer1949]

hi always glad to help pm me and i will send my number etc. if you feel like it you might like to look at my wedge rebuild lots of info and pics will try to dig out the link here you go first one is the most recewnt realy just a recommisioning my orange one is somewhat different.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

john

[Engineer1949]

thanks mk1fan colud be up for it depends when, brands or snett would suit better for me.


john

[mk1fan]

Details here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

hijack over.

[ccannon19]

Wow, thanks for the replies everyone! Am going to ping Southways an email later on, they look pretty solid, lots of positive stuff online and obviously they’re only an hour away from me!

and to Engineer1949 - had a great time looking through your threads on your restorations, thanks for the offer of help. No doubt I’ll ping you a pm with any future questions! Thanks everyone for recommendations, I’ll keep you updated with pics once it all kicks off. Chris.

[Engineer1949]

dont forget i do this stuff commercially as well


john