28 April 2011

A few shots from the workshop this week

Just a reminder that our open day is this coming Sunday - 1st May at 1200. Lots of free tea and coffee and donuts and stuff!!! We will have a pro photographer and video team here so come and get your bus/car/face in the media. Hope to see you. if you need directions please give us a call

20 April 2011

Just a few pics from the last week or so. Scaffolding coming down later in the week now that the roof has been reskinned and insulated. Busy as ever. Life is good.............

more soon

11 April 2011

Well, we're all moved over to the new unit in Pool. Our new bigger and better unit is starting to come together and will be ideal for our needs for the next few years. I'd like to say thanks to our friends (near and far) for your help and encouragement over the past few weeks - we couldn't have done it without you - cheers. Now that we are going again I'll update this blog on a more regular basis. We have an opening day on 1st may 2011 at 12.00 and all are welcome. Please come along for some free drinks and donuts. We will have a good selction of VWs, other classics, american muscle and more modern VAG cars attending........... Will get some pictures up one here later in the week. In the meantime please pencil May 1st into your diaries; it will be good to see you all here. Shaun

NEW WORKSHOP - ADDRESS AND PICTURES

WITH EFFECT FROM 11 APRIL 2011 50-67 WILL BE OPERATING FROM THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 50-67 UNIT 19, DUCHY BUSINESS PARK, WILSON WAY, REDRUTH, TR15 3SD. Below are a few photos from when we took the unit a week or so ago. We've been working away on it since to make life more comfortable for us when we move. It's a big old place within a very secure compound with 24hr CCTV and a huge fence. We have an external office so customers are not exposed to the hazards within the workshop

The parking and storage area is huge.

The unit is well lit - we have already built booths at the far end of it. This picture shows 2 spans - the building is 4 spans long.

more updates soon

25th March 2011

I'll get some pictures of the new unit up this weekend. We will also publish our new address.

For now though here's a very brief rundown of what's going on.

This split was in for MOT work
We've finished the heavy welding on one side of this bug

..........a couple of regulars in for more work

Terry's bus getting straighter every day

The Gul bus gets a splash of sealing wax red

Deluxe trim and popouts fixed to the '56

Lots of stuff in for routine repairs as well

have a look at our facebook page for a daily picture.

More details here on the weekend about our move.

Enjoy your weekend :-)

Onwards and Upwards

Last week I mentioned we had some important news.................well here it is................

50-67 is relocating to a new workshop in the mid-Cornwall area. I'll publish details of the new location very shortly.

The new unit will provide us with better access, better security, a better working environment and a great deal more parking.

We will be leaving Chacewater on 11 April 2011.

Keep checking back and I will keep you updated

15th March 2011

Another quick update for you. please keep coming back as we have some important news to tell you in the next week.................I'll let you ponder on that!!!!

It's all going on at a pace here and the team are doing well to keep on top of all the work

The '56 is finally starting to look like a bus as the boys bolt on everything they can.
This lovely Ghia is in for some attention to getting it running right

Shannon is working his magic................there's nothing much he can't fix.

Been a long time since I mentioned the GUL bus. Well, after a short delay, it's all go. Matt has got most of the shaping done but we were still left with an interior full of crappy and crusty yellow paint. Poor picture below but you can see the yellow...............

....so it's rolled out into the compound

and we got a spaceman to blast the XXXX out of it

back inside and time for paint

................looking much better. This one is off to the booth for top coats next week.

.........and with all the work done we head home!

more soon