1998 Land Rover 90 Tdi, 300 series – NAS* style Heritage conversion. Polar Auto Refurb were asked to bring life back to what can only be described, as a tired old Land Rover. It was mechanically sound, but a bit of a mess, with rotten carpets, torn seats, and body work which must have touched every granite wall in Jersey. But with a sound chassis and mechanicals and a great platform to create a soft top with a classic Land Rover Heritage look. The car was completely stripped and
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We don’t just take in restoration jobs, sometimes we work with private restorers to prepare parts, authentic original materials, authentic paint colours etc. to hand back to them for their project. In this case we had to research paint colours from original 1949 MG manufacturer swatches to get the perfect match…res
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A recent MG full restoration project with considerable body work repairs and fabrication, and quite some time spent on researching correct original paint colours and technique to give a completely authentic finish.
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We don’t only paint and refurbish cars ! Surf boards – Le Braye! Office furniture (look at our reception counter!) Our most recent bodywork project, painting a new biplane being built here in Jersey.
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We’ve invested in a new company van. It needs a little work but once completed will nicely demonstrate our work whilst being a handy runaround. And by handy, we mean VERY handy, as we’re putting a 200bhp engine in it, to make sure we can get it up the hills and stuff. Read more about the van’s history on wikipedia
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We are currently working on the restoration of apparently one of only seven remaining of this type 1930s Austin Seven Nippys in the world. Shots here show the body as it was when it arrived, then after the body had been repaired being painted. It is often quite amazing just how quickly a restoration like this can come together with a team of specialists working on it. In just days this Nippy has been transformed.
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Mini restoration 2011 This mini was in really bad shape, with bad rust in key areas of the chassis so our first challenge was to strip it completely and replace all of the corroded sections with new metal.
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