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We build engines for performance and street cars. We have a TR 1500, MGB 1800, AH Sprite 948, AH3000 and MGC in the engine room now. Need an engine but want to do the work on the car your self………no problem! Call us for estimates. Our association with "Motion Machine" allows us to deliver well built engines with precision and performance features well above the norm.
In the past several months we acquired several parts cars that are now disassembled and ready to be sold. See our "For Sale" page for specifics. We have a few cars for sale and new offers are coming our way all the time. Call us if you are looking for something specific in the British Car realm.
- Race preparation for Spring race season
- Total restoration services
- Power and performance tuning
- Reliability upgrades
- Vintage race builds, preparation and support
- Dealer for Moss Motors, Victoria British, Pertronix, Mini-Mania and more!
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The Southside British Cars Crew: From left to right: Tony Dix, Jim Allen, Mike Allen
Floor Sweepings
Someone asked me the other day "when are you going to update the web site?" And it then occurred to me that it had been way to long since I gave my attention to this task. Being the sole caretaker of this site comes with certain responsibilities, the least of which is keeping things fresh. I have been trying to make this process a bi-monthly obligation and that seems easy enough when you think about it. So when I went back and looked at my last postings I was surprised to see it showing March and April updates!
It's not that the shop isn't busy or that I wonder what we will be doing each day that is the distraction. There are lots of things going on to write about and many project cars to profile. And maybe this is the underlying problem. I come in with the best intentions of recording observations and collecting pictures for the site and then get wrapped up in the actual work and before you know it three months have passed without sitting down to address the changes to our site.
So let's start there……May, June and July have been great. Just quickly, we have been working on several restorations and squeezing day work in as we could. We had two TR3's on the floor at the same time, both at the same level of completion in the build process……..frame up restorations, engines and drive trains in place, suspensions complete. We built the engine for one, but not the frame and the frame for the other and not the engine (long story). But we literally had both running at the same time. That was a trip; two beefy TR3 engines running up at full chat!
Our engine shop has turned out six engines since the last update to this posting. In the mix were MGB 1800's, AH Sprites 948 / 1098, TR3 and TR6 and a Spitfire 1500. One thing we like to do is run in the engines before we let them go. This sorting process allows us to see any spurious leaks, set the timing, adjust the valves, etc. We also have access to a dynamometer should the need arise.
There are several exciting total restorations on going here that require the assistance of outside contractors. We have enlisted the help of a "new" paint and body shop near us to do the finish work. You can see a profile of the body shop at "Rocky's Body Shop" on the web. Our outside machine shop has added new, state of the art CNC equipment to handle the engine work. This brings a whole new level to the precision, quality and throughput time. Good for him and good for us. We will be adding both these sites as links to our site soon.
You can see pictures of the ongoing projects by going to "In the Shop" and paging through the progress pictures or check out the Feature Car segment for a more detailed example of the work.
