Servicing, repairs and MOT prep, performance and tuning, recommissioning and restoration, and pre-purchase inspections — on classic, American and modern cars. Frank’s a 40-year ex-drag-racer who handles the everyday and the hard-to-source alike: LHD big-block V8 Americana, rare classics, parts sourcing and fabrication. One master, hands-on — the car you book in is the car Frank works on.
Routine and manufacturer-schedule servicing, MOT preparation, fault diagnosis and repair — engines, gearboxes, brakes, clutches, suspension, exhausts and electrics. Carburettors to modern ECUs, classic to current. The bread-and-butter, done properly.
The everyday work a good independent garage should do well. Routine and manufacturer-schedule servicing, MOT preparation, fault diagnosis and repair across every system — on all makes, classic, American and modern. Over four decades on the tools means a problem gets found and fixed, not guessed at.
Frank raced the quarter mile at Santa Pod in the late ’70s, and the tuning bench is where that heritage earns its keep. Fast-road and track builds, rolling-road and dyno tuning, and sensible upgrades — set up properly and proven on the rollers, not promised on paper.
Barn-finds and long-SORN cars brought back to the road — bodywork, welding and mechanical rebuilds as the car needs them. This is honest, drivable restoration, not show-only concours. You get a car you can use and trust, with the work explained and priced for what it actually needed.
The deep-end work most local garages turn away. Left-hand-drive, big-block V8 American cars are a specialism, and so are rare and hard-to-source classics. Where the part doesn’t exist off the shelf, Frank sources it — or fabricates it.
Before you wire the deposit and book the transporter, Frank inspects the car in person — a thorough, honest assessment of structure, mechanicals, bodywork and paperwork. He travels to the car anywhere in the UK. You get a straight answer: walk away, or buy with confidence.
“The car you book in is the car I work on. Done properly, explained plainly, priced for the work it actually needed.”
A service or MOT, a tuning job, recommissioning a project, an American import, or an inspection before you buy — classic, American or modern. Tell Frank what you’re after and he’ll call you back himself.