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Thought you guys might like to see some photos I've taken during my visits to the shop. I never know what I'm going to see there.

Trip to the shop

The 1923 RR has been about a 1.5 yr project for them so far. Even the instruments were disassembled and the crystals repolished. They tell me the plating alone cost about 5 times the bill for my new bottom end. It's a stunning piece of work.

Everything in the show room is the shop owners private collection. It's a Healey heaven. The number 22 is an exact reproduction of a famous racer. (I'm sure some of you will probably know more about it than I) They even had someone from the original crew supervise, certify, and document the construction. The Chevy was recently completed.

The cars in the service bay are customer's cars. The DB6 pays them an occasional visit they tell me. The TD was gorgeous.

The Elva just came back from having a new frame built. It's one of the many cars in the race shop.

The white Supra was quite impressive on the dyno. It was putting down 450 to the wheels.
 
Hi Allen,
Thanks for sharing. The Rolls engine is simply a work of art. You’re right, there are quite a few Healeys there. The original NOJ391 just sold for $400,000. I must say, the reproduction looks nothing like it. NOJ391
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That's not a shop! It's a museum!!
Mini - "Prepared by 'Bridger' Garage Services", very nice touch.
Aston at the end is gorgeous.
 
The owner of the Mini lives near me - took my car up to the shop for me on his transporter - a converted motor home with a ramp and platfrom built onto the back.

He told me about the "Bridger Garage" lettering on the car. I'm not entirely sure about this, but if I remember correctly, this car indeed is a rally car from England. And there is such a garage (I found one reference to it using Google just now) that worked on the car. I think he even mentioned that most people think it has to do with the movie.
 
GregW said:
Hi Allen,
The original NOJ391 just sold for $400,000. I must say, the reproduction looks nothing like it. NOJ391
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I don't think that's the same car they intended on reproducing. The shape of the grill is completely different. They have photos there of the car that they were copying - and it looks exactly like this one. Again, if I remember correctly, this one was hand built - I think the sheet metal was fabricated from aluminum by hand. And it looks exactly like the photos they had of the original car.
 
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