RetroMarques
is pleased to retain the Tony Williams name for the bodyshop part of the business, indeed, Tony has been retained in a specialist consultancy role. The core team, Keith, the manager, Larry and Roy have between them close to 100 years of experience in the field – a small, but highly specialised workforce.
Bodywork repairs are everyday business for the bodyshop with a wide range of accident repairs routinely carried out even where extensive tooling and a hydraulic lift is required. Usually the damaged or rotten area is cut out and then a repair panel is fitted in. Quite often, especially for classic cars, a repair panel is not available or we deem it to be of a sub-standard quality so we will fabricate our own repair panel to fit and then weld it in to place and profile.
Modern cars are increasingly utilising plastics in their construction and repairs to bumpers and other plastic components is work we are regularly carrying out, so too repairs and paintwork to glass-fibre panels or even whole body tubs e.g. a replica Cobra bodyshell.
Lastly, ‘prevention is better (and cheaper!) than cure’ and so we are pleased to offer an anti-corrosion coating application service (waxoyling). For a few hundred pounds, the life of a classic (or modern) vehicle can be extended by many years.
Machine polishing with a variety of cutting and polishing compounds is routine business in the bodyshop. Putting a car through a machine polish can transform ‘tired’ paintwork or indeed improve an earlier, poorer quality respray. The cutting and polishing process removes oxidisation, blemishes, scratches and other defects putting a high-gloss finish back into the car! To complete a top-quality finish to the car, you may wish to have a full, professional valet carried out and we also re-colour and renovate soft-tops and tonneau covers.
We hope you will already have noticed that the bodyshop is owned and operated by RetroMarques Ltd. We are first and foremost classic car specialists, indeed Rob and Mark, the 2 directors, are owner-enthusiasts so caring for your classic car is at the very heart of the business.
We aim to provide a hassle-free insurance repair which goes forward quickly and inconveniences you to the absolute minimum. We have a courtesy car available and will gladly drop you at a local address or nearby railway station.
