McGregor Workshop
It was great to be met by Scott at the airport then head off on our “to do list” of sub-contractors. I really wanted to use the same people as my first build, staying with them ensured the high quality and continued friendships. The upholstery of a Lotus 7 is always a challenge and given my 30,000km’s of driving I had several major changes that I needed to be made. Brendon Marshall of Canterbury Upholstery was fully on-board with the new changes and certainly enjoys such projects. The plan is to leave the car for a week; this will depend upon the door options. I looked at several cloth samples and settled upon a deep charcoal flat cloth that will add to the new look design.
Paint, Wayne is again the painter and now works at UPPER CLASSICS in Christchurch. We were extremely lucky that when we came to look at the paint sample Wayne gave us a tour of the numerous departments of classic car restorations – very jaw dropping seeing the quality of their work and vast array of vehicles in all stages of restoration. The color is exactly what I wanted; the depth is perfect and reacts to sunlight as designed.