Stewart H
New member
Having done quite a few things to the car this winter, I thought I'd share my experiences with you all.
Had the leather seats re-finished. This involved stiching a new strip in along the bolster of the driver's seat where it had been worn through. Also re-colouring the leather which is 3 different colours of grey plus the black for the seat shell cover. I used Benchmark Leather Renovation - based in Crystal Palace. Mark Slade did a fantastic job on them and turned them round in less than a week.
Had the instruments re-covered. Reap Automotive Designs did a great job on them. Reasonable turn around time after they eventually collected them from the post office but ignored my request for them to be delivered to my office and no invoice/receipt for the cheque I had to send with the order - so nothing to add to the car's file.
Replaced all of the missing nuts, bolts and washers the car had lost over the last 15 years having gone over the car with a fine tooth comb and an inspection by GT One when they serviced it. OPC Tonbridge served up all of the goodies in 3 days - Dan in the parts dept. is a top man.
New wheels (replicas) and tyres from a well known midlands parts dealer and club partner. A painful experience as they missed their delivery dates twice without having the courtesy to let me know in until I phoned them both times at about 5pm after waiting at home all day. I wont be using them again in a hurry unless nobody else in the country sells what I am after especially as they persuaded me to spend an extra £95 + VAT on the wheels because their preferred supplier didn't have any in stock - it was eventually 3 weeks later when they turned up so that was money well spent - not.
Had mounts welded into the rear shelf for harnesses, a new driver's seat mount fabricated and the rust at the base of the rear windscreen sorted. Where else would I have gone but GT One? Top job as always and good communication. With guys like Craig and Peter in the game, it makes owning an older car much more of a pleasure, they are real enthusiasts.
The new harnesses came from GPR Direct. Hmmm, You need to keep in contact with them if they don't have what you're after in stock. Net result, I ended up with one harness with a FIA expiry date of 2012 and one of 2013 and if they cared that much about the customer, they would have said that "you don't need to order the eye bolts because they are included with the harnesses." Only a few £ so not catastrophic. It would have shown they cared if the did rather than just sending an e-mail saying that they only had one harness in stock - end of message.
All of the bits that I did without needing to spend money - thanks to Rennlist and for the heating servo fix, John's 964 website.
If anybody wants any contact numbers, please just PM me.
Had the leather seats re-finished. This involved stiching a new strip in along the bolster of the driver's seat where it had been worn through. Also re-colouring the leather which is 3 different colours of grey plus the black for the seat shell cover. I used Benchmark Leather Renovation - based in Crystal Palace. Mark Slade did a fantastic job on them and turned them round in less than a week.
Had the instruments re-covered. Reap Automotive Designs did a great job on them. Reasonable turn around time after they eventually collected them from the post office but ignored my request for them to be delivered to my office and no invoice/receipt for the cheque I had to send with the order - so nothing to add to the car's file.
Replaced all of the missing nuts, bolts and washers the car had lost over the last 15 years having gone over the car with a fine tooth comb and an inspection by GT One when they serviced it. OPC Tonbridge served up all of the goodies in 3 days - Dan in the parts dept. is a top man.
New wheels (replicas) and tyres from a well known midlands parts dealer and club partner. A painful experience as they missed their delivery dates twice without having the courtesy to let me know in until I phoned them both times at about 5pm after waiting at home all day. I wont be using them again in a hurry unless nobody else in the country sells what I am after especially as they persuaded me to spend an extra £95 + VAT on the wheels because their preferred supplier didn't have any in stock - it was eventually 3 weeks later when they turned up so that was money well spent - not.
Had mounts welded into the rear shelf for harnesses, a new driver's seat mount fabricated and the rust at the base of the rear windscreen sorted. Where else would I have gone but GT One? Top job as always and good communication. With guys like Craig and Peter in the game, it makes owning an older car much more of a pleasure, they are real enthusiasts.
The new harnesses came from GPR Direct. Hmmm, You need to keep in contact with them if they don't have what you're after in stock. Net result, I ended up with one harness with a FIA expiry date of 2012 and one of 2013 and if they cared that much about the customer, they would have said that "you don't need to order the eye bolts because they are included with the harnesses." Only a few £ so not catastrophic. It would have shown they cared if the did rather than just sending an e-mail saying that they only had one harness in stock - end of message.
All of the bits that I did without needing to spend money - thanks to Rennlist and for the heating servo fix, John's 964 website.
If anybody wants any contact numbers, please just PM me.
