Metal Head Fabrication

02/07/2025

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21/05/2025

Alfa 156 rear inner and outer arches plus a full repaint. All finished off and ready to go back to the customer tomorrow!

17/01/2025

A bit of a tricky one on this VW Transporter this week!

The front strut tower had been very poorly repaired in the past, so the only option was to replace the whole thing.

A jig had to be made that bolted to the bulkhead, chassis leg and strut tower to ensure that when the new one was fitted it would be in the exact same place to keep the suspension geometry as it should be.

The job started with removing the new strut top from a cut that was supplied by the customer from another van. Then the same job then had to be done again to remove the rusty strut tower. Once that was out of the way there were one or two small repairs to do, then all edges and flanges were weld primed ready to fit the new tower.

A bit of wiggling and persuasion later, and the new tower is in ready to be seam sealed.

On to the next job!

08/01/2025

Starting to get the Commer coated with epoxy. Section by section for now, then the real bodywork begins once the whole van has a base layer to work from.

29/12/2024

Jaguar XK8 rear wheel arch/quarter panel/inner arch repair/replacement.

Sent to us by STM Bodyworks and went back to them for paint after our work was complete 😎

09/12/2024

Jag X Type in last week with a very poorly NS sill.

All finished off and ready to head up the road to STM Bodyworks to be painted.

22/11/2024

Mini Cooper S underside restoration well under way this week.

Looking forward to reassembly next week!

01/11/2024

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28/10/2024

This week we're carrying on with the Commer project we've had hiding at the back of the workshop for a while 😎

26/10/2024

Front jacking point replacement, both sides, on a lovely BMW E36 compact.

16/10/2024

Mk6 Fiesta ST rear trailing arm/inner sill/outer sill/ inner arch repair.

This started as "a bit at the back of the sill for MOT" and as you can see it escalated a bit! After having a closer look it was clear I'd have to go a bit further than just repairing the sill. The rear axle was dropped down out of the way so I could get in and replace everything that needed attention.

Another car back on the road safely with a fresh bill of health 😎

15/10/2024

Made this mini monster truck recently!

It's a Little Big Supply kit that we fitted for a long time customer and good friend Griff.

To make the enormous wheels work we had to cut away quite a large amount of body, then refabricate and weld in the sill ends and wheel wells to make it all safe and strong again.

We went a bit further than stated in the instructions (proof I read the instructions in picture 1) and we were able to achieve full steering lock throughout the full range of suspension compression 😎

A very enjoyable project, if you have a Smart that you'd like to do the same thing to get in touch!