Lakes & Dales Classic Car Hire - News

After much careful trimming, shaping and tailoring both front wings now fit the align with the car!  Tape measure in bin as true craftmanship is done by eye and gut feel (at least that's what Keith at Brands Hatch Morgan told us!!).

Wings now back off with the filling and paint prep now well underway - hours of fun!!

All looking good for being back ready for the hire season soon .......

With a few rust patches appearing on the Morgan front wings (we replaced the rear wings a couple of years ago) we decide to take the plunge and replace the front ones this winter - and they arrived just in time for Christmas! 

So old wings off, engine out and doing some minor repairs to get ready for fitting the new wings - there is not much to the front end of a Morgan when stripped!

So Simon's 50th birthday weekend turned out a little differently than planned when the Stag decided to snap (yes snap!) a camshaft coming back to into us from the top of Shap - not a good place when the wind is whistling around!

So Simon had a day out in the TR4A the next day ( a very acceptable substitute!) and we started trying to work out what had happened.  Engine out and heads off and seems that the water pump had jammed and locked everything up causing shaft to break.

The heads have been checked and are all OK and the car will be back together over the next few weeks as all the new bits arrive...... what a way to end the season?!

Well its 12 months since we added the Healey 3000 to the fleet so this is a sneak preview of the new addition - just doing a few bits of tidying up and running ourselves (what a hardship!) and will be ready for hire over the next week or two.

A 1998 car and becoming a classic, this Lotus Elise S1 is a great car to drive and  defines what Lotus cars are about - a back to basics sports car with superb handling and a fantastic driving experience.

Be warned - this is the most difficult car to get in and out of that we've come across! Especially with the roof on ..... !

Good news!  Our new insurers will now automatically cover drivers aged up to 75 - the minimum age is still 25.  See the Terms and Conditions tab under Car hire for more details.  Any questions then please call.