Garage recommendation needed - american vehicle

[alteredracer]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a decent garage in the Northants area (or within approx 20-30 miles of Daventry) who are either American specialists or have known experience with yank motors.

The only one I've come across through a quick search is Anglo American in Brixworth - does anyone know if these guys are any good.

Regular servicing/maintenance will be done at home, but the vehicle has an intermittent engine fault we want someone to look at.

Thanks!

[na]

I'd have thought you'd be looking Rushden/ Higham way with your name

could it be a set/tuning issue rather than engine

there's a place down Letts Road, Northampton that has Yanks stuff outside everytime I go passed

when I had an Holley carb problem I was recommended a chap who had the car for a week and couldn't find the cause but stilled charged me - if I see his name mentioned I'll tip you the wink - I took it elsewhere and 20 mins later it was running fine and the chap didn't want to charge me at all, unfortuneately he's dead now (Trevor Shaw of Shaw & Upton, Daventry)

[scovette]

Paragon on the Rothersthorpe Industrial Estate in Northampton look after mine.

[alteredracer]

Thanks na.

We're just outside Daventry, but have spent quite a bit of time at Santa Pod though, with hindsight we should have bought a house nearer to there, or Shakey!

Yes, it could be a set up issue - it's hesitating/popping on acceleration from cold - it 'feels' like it could be overfuelling but the plug colour disagrees with our thoughts on that. Would rather get it checked out as it could be a multitude of electrical things causing the issue too. It's not the car in my profile pic BTW - OH has a Dodge Ram.

I'll see if I can track down the place on Letts Road. I remember Shaw & Upton in Dav - didn't realise Trevor Shaw had passed away though

[alteredracer]

And in the time it took me to type that - there's another reply!

Thanks scovette (lovely car!!) - will check Paragon out, they're not too far away at all.

[na]

alteredracer said:

Yes, it could be a set up issue - it's hesitating/popping on acceleration from cold - it 'feels' like it could be overfuelling but the plug colour disagrees with our thoughts on that. Would rather get it checked out as it could be a multitude of electrical things causing the issue too.

yes if you put any new parts on recently suspect those too, anything with rubber, electric ignition parts - rotors, condensors(?), caps, points(?) - if you need a new set of leads these are very good, their own but they make for other known mames - http://www.performanceleads.co.uk/ they also made to length/ends

alteredracer said:

It's not the car in my profile pic BTW - OH has a Dodge Ram.

yes I thought it might not be that one, I remember those running when I use to spectate at the Pod late 70s early 80s

alteredracer said:

I'll see if I can track down the place on Letts Road.

unless it's a paint place but the Yank cars didn't look freshly painted (unless it's accident repair)

alteredracer said:

I remember Shaw & Upton in Dav - didn't realise Trevor Shaw had passed away though

a few years back now (well before the business closed), he was a great chap to be a customer of, fag and long screwdriver only required to make adjustments

[firesafetydave]

What about Hauser racing in Finedon ??

[na]

get a lot of your business does he Dave

see my first post - you're begining to think like me now Dave

will miss you at Brunters, well your car anyway, beware of the wine

[mrloudly]

Surely there's only one guy for yanks in Daventry

http://www.knightracingservices.co.uk/

[456lbft]

mrloudly said:

Surely there's only one guy for yanks in Daventry

http://www.knightracingservices.co.uk/

Seconded, and also there's http://www.paragonauto.co.uk/ that Evo magazine uses.

[ian_uk1975]

mrloudly said:

Surely there's only one guy for yanks in Daventry

http://www.knightracingservices.co.uk/

Pete's an engine builder... he won't be interested in working on an engine while it's installed in a car; his facilities are not geared-up for that.

I'd recommend Hauser Racing... had occasion to use them just recently and found them to be very fair and a good labour rate to boot (less than Paragon's).

[mrloudly]

ian_uk1975 said:

mrloudly said:

Surely there's only one guy for yanks in Daventry

http://www.knightracingservices.co.uk/

Pete's an engine builder... he won't be interested in working on an engine while it's installed in a car; his facilities are not geared-up for that.

I'd recommend Hauser Racing... had occasion to use them just recently and found them to be very fair and a good labour rate to boot (less than Paragon's).

He sorted my big block Ultima and from what I remember it was screwed to the car at the time...

[ian_uk1975]

mrloudly said:

He sorted my big block Ultima and from what I remember it was screwed to the car at the time...

That would definitely be an exception to the rule then... I've never known him to work on an engine unless it's on a stand in his engine build room. You must've caught him on a very good day, or be a long-standing and very good customer.

[iancamaro]

Can Reccomend Paragon in northampton. Nathon is a top guy and have used them for the last 5 yrs with all my Yanks.