Panelshop

The Panel Shop

The latest technology and equipment, together with a blend of new and traditional skills, ensures the best possible repair to your vehicle's bodywork.

Jig

Full jig repair facilities ensure the essential true alignment of the car's fundamental components whether undergoing a major accident repair or restoration.

Welding

Traditional oxy-accetelene is still used for some jobs but with the advent of high strength steel components and the introduction of weld-through primers and sealers, Metal Inert Gas has become the more common method of joining steel body panels. Tungsten Inert Gas welding equipment is used on aluminium and stainless steel panels and components.

Bonding

Like Morgan with the Aero 8 and Audi with their A8, we are not averse to modern methods. Following in-house testing our faith in this technique has grown and we now use it in many situations. Bonding has many advantages over welding in that it does not involve heat and therefore distortion and future corrosion are less of a problem.

Soldering

Some traditional methods continue to have their place in our workshop. Bodysolder is still frequently used on steel panels. It is less porous than polyester fillers and with no shrinkage it is ideal for deep repairs and shaping of jointed areas. A typical use of bodysolder would be around the headlamp pods and joints on Morgan wings. Cars repaired using this method ten years ago still show no signs of blistering or cracking.