£10,000 Service Work for My V8 Vantage Roadster! | RESTORATION PART 4
My V8 Vantage Roadster is back from a full £10,000 restoration at McGurk's! Thanks to Revolut for sponsoring this video. Download Revolut for free now and get £20 after you order a card and complete 3 purchases. (T&Cs apply)
We dropped off the car a few weeks ago, I saw the Midnight Blue DBS that is now in my collection, and more recently Tom and Brad went to check up on the latest stages of the inspection and what had been found by the McGurk Performance Cars team while carrying out their work. Along the way, we've replaced and upgraded quite a few components including the timing cover that was the source of the leak, the thermostat and oil cooler, plus replaced the control arms after the bushes had seized. Cosmetically it also had some improvements including painting the corroded mirror arms, restoring the leather of the seat, and at great cost replacing the frayed driver's seatbelt.
This isn't everything that the car needs, but certainly makes a great first step. On a car of this age, there are choices about how to maintain it but considering the patchy history since I sold it nearly 10 years ago I was keen to get the experts at McGurk's to go over it in detail and ensure despite driving few miles a year going forwards that it will be in good shape. With the sheer volume of work involved, an independent can offer more affordable labour rates while using a team that originally worked on these cars, hence my choice for all of these fixes.
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