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by Dominic » Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:26 am
Well my trusty old S1 was about to reach the 100K mile mark and the dreaded head gasket symptoms started to appear. I had a bit of a wait to get it booked into Kenneth Brown's garage as he was snowed under with several big projects (including the original Le Mans GT40 mentioned above). I decided it would be worth the wait, so the car went in a few months ago. Kenneth and his son David worked wonders with the car. Initially it looked like the head was for the bin, however they decided that as it was a sport135 head the would see if it could be saved. They did indeed manage to save the head, and put a load of work into getting it to a very sweet place. The car managed to throw up quite a few issues for them, which they worked their way through. One of the biggest headaches was the immobilizer that would not switch off after the re-build, (I will save that for another story in the technical section), but they persevered and I now have a fully functioning car! I am in the process of running it in now, but first impressions seem very good. It is very responsive and pulls strongly from lower revs.
As ever, Kenneth and David have done a load of other jobs over and above what was required. All those little jobs seem to disappear when he produces the invoice. Speaking of which... I was somewhat dreading the bill for the work on the car. They put a lot of hours into it, however the bill was remarkably good. I am very pleased in the knowledge that the car has been repaired properly, with great attention to detail, and the bonus that the bill was not scary was the icing on the cake.
Kenneth Brown's services are very much in demand, but I really appreciate that he does not rush stuff through and that things are done properly, so sometimes it is worth the wait. I am always cautious to recommend businesses too quickly, however I would not hesitate in recommending Kenneth Brown - in my opinion, by some margin the best place to get lotus work done in Scotland. I have also noticed more and more lotus owners using his services whenever I am at his garage.
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