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An update on the electric Royal Enfield project – The Charging Bullet

Posted on January 29, 2018April 11, 2019 by Holden News

With the New Year now firmly underway, we called in to Spaven Engineering to see how their electric Royal Enfield project – The Charging Bullet – was coming along. In spite of moving workshops over winter, work has not slowed on the project and the bike is coming together nicely. After a bit of a…

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Fred Spaven’s All-Electric Royal Enfield Bullet

Posted on December 7, 2017April 11, 2019 by Holden News

Having watched the recent rise of electric power with interest, we have decided to get involved in battery vehicle project to see what all the fuss is about. Local engineer Fred Spaven is building an all-electric Royal Enfield Bullet to ride from Land’s End to John O’Groat’s next summer and we are helping sponsor the…

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This Week In The Workshop

Posted on November 2, 2017April 11, 2019 by Holden News

This week, our days in the workshop have been both varied and interesting. The week began with a snagging list on the Dove Grey +4, as our customer had identified a couple of things that required attending to. These being slight misalignment of the rear bumper, the desire for a Moto Lita wood rim steering…

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This Week In The WorkShop

Posted on October 30, 2017April 11, 2019 by Holden News

Inspection of the sad looking 1969 4/4 has now been completed. This car has been involved in a fire within its garage which has burnt the driver’s side front quarter, badly enough to take out things such as brake lines, wiring etc, and melt the aluminium front wing. We have prepared a list of parts…

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This Week In The Workshop

Posted on October 23, 2017April 11, 2019 by Holden News

As ever, a week in the Holden Morgan Workshop is both busy and pleasingly diverse. We started the week with a brand new +4 to do a pre-delivery Inspection on. See the Car Sales pages of our website to view the Dove Grey +4. This is something we, as a main dealer, do with every…

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Are we up to the challenge? Of course we are! Morgan+4 Restoration

Posted on June 13, 2017April 15, 2019 by Holden News

It’s not like the team at Holden Morgan to shy away from a challenge, and this is especially true of their latest venture – a monumental restoration project of a 1955 Morgan +4 currently occupying the new service and restoration bay. We first introduced you to this broken down +4 back in March after Jeremy…

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2CV Rebuild 23

Posted on August 15, 2016April 11, 2019 by Holden News

From this, a matt-coloured and not quite 100% sound, but nonetheless running and driving 2CV, Julian has transformed his Ebay sourced French Classic into a shining example of what can be achieved in the home workshop, with dedication, time and a little effort, plus a small amount of specialist intervention to weld floors, apply a new…

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2CV Rebuild 22

Posted on August 15, 2016April 11, 2019 by Holden News

February seems a long tome ago, and I have being doing stuff, in fact it’s nearly finished. Russel , Pam’s son from work has completed the spray job. Very shiny!!! And the correct original colour. The wiring is almost done, I’ve still to add the heated rear window see 080.109. Most of the interior trim…

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2CV Rebuild 21

Posted on February 11, 2016April 11, 2019 by Holden News

The white plastic brake rod bulkhead fitting First wiring diagram…this is all new toggle switches on the dash with additional functions  The re wrapped original rear wiring loom…note where it has to go down a very narrow channel by the front screen. Getting it down there took a few attempts!    Rear loom where it…

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2CV Rebuild 20

Posted on February 10, 2016April 11, 2019 by Holden News

The Body is now fully fixed to the chassis. Pedals are back in and connected up and working, I bled the brakes through without a hitch….much to my relief, as all new pipework has been installed. The car now needs to be rewired, I’ve kept the rear loom as that was all OK, and the…

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