In addition to website links to businesses offering Goods and Services which may be of benefit to Singer owners, there are telephone contact details and/or e-mail addresses for firms which do not have a website. The Website, E-mail links and Contact Numbers provided are included for information only, and SMC can take no responsibility for the quality of goods and services offered, nor can we intercede in any dispute which may arise from their use. If you know of any further commercial sites which could be usefully be added to these lists or if you find any of these links do not work, or you have any comments or suggestions, please use the message form on the ‘Contact Us‘ page.
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Spares, Specialist Repairs and Manufacture
1. Mechanical & Electrical
Paul Beck VINTAGE SUPPLIES Ltd, are specialist suppliers of classic car parts, fittings and accessories for the restoration and maintenance of classic vehicles, offering a wide range of products, many commissioned especially for them, for all classic, antique, and old-timer cars, with particular emphasis towards veteran and vintage car parts, quality coach fittings and body parts, trimming and upholstery, cloths and beadings, together with many specialised rubber, mouldings, electrical, lamps, switches, wipers and cable, and period style re-manufactured accessories.
Tel +44 (0)1684 212 882 e -Mail: info@vintagecarparts.co.uk
Bill Tull’s Workshop – From minor repairs to full restoration on all makes of Historic motor vehicles. Tel: 01469 530991 or e-mail: billtull1954 @ hotmail.co.uk
The Nut and Bolt Store – the widest range of fasteners for Classic vehicles available by mail order – incl BSF, BSW , studding and thread repair kits. Tel: 1273 726708, Namrick Ltd, 124 Portland Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 5QL
Past Parts Ltd. Unit 4 Chase Road, Northern Way Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6NT who specialise in reconditioning clutch & brake cylinders incl. sleeving with stainless steel plus other brake, clutch and steering components.
Tel: +44 (0) 1284 750729. E-mail restore@pastparts.co.uk
The Green Spark Plug Co. is the only company in the world that specialises in Spark Plugs & Accessories for Veteran vintage and Classic engines, and has vast stocks of period plugs and/or their modem equivalents. Ph: 01477 532 317
Electronic/Breakerless Ignition Conversions, Dynamo to Alternator conversion kits. Also: Sealers for cracks in blocks and heads, etc. Jolley Engineering. Unit 4, Milibank, Storridge. Nr Malvern Worcs. WR13 5EN. Tel: 01886 880101. E-mail sales@classicheads.com
Jonnie Jumble is a UK supplier of quality autojumble spare car parts for classic, vintage and veteran vehicles. Te, 01656786591, or E-mail: enquiries@jonniejumble.co.uk
Auto-Electrical Supplies – 71 Teme Street. Tenbury Wells. Worcs. WR15 8AQ. Pretty well everything for your auto-electricaL needs – Tel 01584 819552 E-mail info@autoelectricsupplies.co.uk
Carburettor and Spares Specialists Gower & Lee All British & European carburettor work undertaken, plus large stock of spares available via mail order. Tel: +44 (0)1923 247300
SU Carburetters – BurIen Fuel Systems – The world’s sole manufacturer of genuine SU Carburetters, Fuel Pumps and spares. Also a Technical Help section and Restoration service Phone: 01722 412500. E-Mail : info@sucarb.co.uk
Solex Carburetter Sales & Service – Burlen Fuel Systems Ltd. Retailer of classic SU and Zenith carburetters, fuel pumps and components. Located in Spitfire House, Castle Road Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SA, Tel: 01722 412500
Vintage Car Spares ~ Parts for Engines, gaskets, pistons, valves, shells etc). Steering & Suspension parts from 1920 to 1986 – John Davis 01724 784230 E-mail johndavis.vintage@btinternet.com
Owen Springs. Aldwarke Road. Parkgate. Rotherham. S62 6BX. Manufacturer of a wide range of springs. U-Bolts, Shackle Pins etc, and able to produce springs to your exact requirements. E- mail: sales@owensprings.co.uk Tel. +44(0)1709 710700
The Distributor Doctor for top quality, accurately calibrated reconditioned Lucas distributors. Distributor Doctor offers “Reconstructive Surgery” for worn and inaccurate Lucas distributors. Re- building, reconditioning and re-curving are all catered for either to “Clinically Accurate” original factory specifications, or modified to suit developed engines. Spare Parts are also available. Phone Martin Jay on 01984 629 540 or Email: martin@distributordoctor.com
Tyre-Finder – Tyres for your Classic Vehicle, incl. 4.00×19 HO2s for your Junior. E-mail: info@tyre-finder.co.uk, Tel: Mick at Portsmouth – 0845 230 1966 or 07796 188283
Rootes Post Vintage Parts Service – Based in Holland. Supply of parts for all types of Rootes group cars from 1936 onwards. New lines of parts added recently and some others extended. Please check out this website regularly, or e-mail: sunbeamparts@hotmail.com
Rootes Vehicles Spares – Speedy Spares Services Ltd Tel : 01273 417889 or 01273 417889.
Vogue and Gazelle spares. Alpine W Midlands Ltd – New and s/hand available. Tel: 01527 401498 or E-mail: alpine.westmids@sunbeam-alpine.co.uk Now part of ‘Sunbeam Spares’.
Rootes and Post War Singer Parts – Macs Factors – e-mail: macs.factors@gmail.com, or call Andrew on 01553 841252
Frank Schoenberger – Vogue Mk l & ll and Mk lll & lV – Front Quarter-Light Rubbers – new manufacture. E-mail: bodgy@live.com.au
Engine Components. Tel: F W Thornton & Son Ltd on 01743 357081, or e-mail: fwt@nbcgroup.co.uk for rings, pistons, bearings etc for Vintage and Classic Vehicles.
Gaskets – Almost any gasket made to pattern – Tel: Johnson’s Gaskets on 01274 682298
Classic Oils Ltd. Morris, Penrite and Shell Classic oils and lubricants for your Singer. 10A Bessemer Crescent, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8TF; Tel 01296-488927;
OPIE Oils – Specialist and Classic oils for your Singer. E-mail or ‘phone your order, request for technical advice, the recommended oil for your car, or a quote, to: sales@opieoils.co.uk. Tel: 01209 215164. Quote SMC and your M/ship Number and the club will receive commission on each sale.
Classic Car Components in Northern Ireland – Complete range of parts for British Classic Cars 1940 -1980. Telephone John Fox from NI &UK on 028 3026 3448 or from Republic of Ireland on 048 3026 3448, or e-mail: john.fox7777@gmail.com.
Classic and Vintage Bulbs, an Australian organisation that produces LED replacements for normal bulbs (much lower current consumption), adaptors to fit twin-filament bulbs in the small Lucas sidelights (for flashing indicators), twin-filament 5w/21w bulbs the same size as a normal 5w sidelight bulb, quartz-halogen bulbs with bayonet caps to fit the bulbholders in old Lucas headlights. E-mail via their website contact form.
Simply Bearings Ltd – Suppliers of Metric and Imperial Bearings; Oil Seals; ‘O’Rings; Vee & Poly-Vee belts; Circlips; Sealants, Adhesives & Thread-locks. Phone 01942 269837 or E-mail via their website contact form.
PowerTrack Ltd – Brake/Clutch Components – Worldwide suppliers of obsolete AP Lockheed, Lucas Girling and Dunlop parts for British Cars and Commercial vehicles 1930-1980. Tel/fax: (01753) 842680 – International: +0044 1753 842680
2. Body and Trim
Leather Care and Repair for your Classic Car – leather repairs and leather restoration LCR, White Farm, White Farm Lane, West Hill, Devon EX11 1GF
Upholstery and Trimming Requirements. Woolies, (I & C Woolstenholmes Ltd) Telephone 01778 347347
Phoenix Supplies, who provide trim seals and rubber extrusion, with a sourcing service that can source from over 1000 different trims. Send a staff to Phoenix Supplies, Unit C1A, Langland’s Business Park, Uffcolmbe, Cullompton, Devon EX15 3DA. Email nigel@phoenixtrim.co.uk Telephone 01884 849294
East Kent Trim Supplies Jubilee Rd, Worth near Deal Kent, CT14 0DT Telephone 01304 611681. Specialists in windscreen rubbers, sponge, rubber seals and general trim materials.
Baines Rubber Extrusions and Mouldings including windscreen rubbers and individual designs as required. C O H Baines limited, Unit 3, Buckingham house, Longfield Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EY. Telephone +44(0)1892 543311 one or email sales@ coh-baines.co.uk
The Vintage Paint Company P.O. Box 1858 Wolverhampton, from traditional coach enamels to latest compliant finishes. Extensive colour library, bespoke colour matching service using latest technology to recreate old colours, full aerosol matching service. Friendly advice and guidance always available. Email mail@vintagepaint.com telephone +44(0)1902 843444
Rootes Vehicle Spares – Speedy Spares Services Ltd. telephone 01273 417889 (Mail Order)
Vogue and Gazelle Spares Alpine West Midlands Ltd. New and second hand available. Telephone 01527 401498 or email alpine.westmids@sunbeam-alpine.co.uk
Repair panels for Gazelle and Vogue wings, floors and sills. Telephone classic car developments 01332 850856
Repair panels for Gazelles and Vogue’s including Arrows, Hadrian Car Panels Ltd. Branches in: North, (Hexham) Telephone 01434 674676 email sales@hadriancarpanels.com, Midlands, (Coventry) Telephone 02476 368010 email sales@hadrianmidlands.com ,South, (Westbury Wilts) Telephone 01373865684 email sales@carpanels.com
Trim Clips and Fasteners Bresco vehicle services – Manufacturers and suppliers of special purpose trim clips and fasteners for classic car restoration email sales@bresco.com telephone +44(0)1509 610834
3. Specialist Repairs and Manufacture
Ash Frame Reconstruction and Restoration on Vintage and Classic Cars – Bespoke ash frame building. Restoration of existing woodwork. Dashboards and door cappings restored, re-veneered, polished and lacquered. E-mail: stephen.sowerby@btopenworld.com or telephone Stephen on 01672 540795, 19, The Butts, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, SN8 2DE
Chronometric Speedos– for repair and restoration of chronometric speedos and rev counters. Email: davidwoods@chronometrics.fsnet.co.uk or call David on 01243 542521.
Honeycomb Radiator Repairs: Vintage Wings & Radiators, Lord North Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, M40 8HT, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)1612026247 Email: vintagewingsandrads@btconnect.com
Calormeter & Boyce Motometer repairs: Russell Scientific Instruments, Rashes Green Industrial Estate, Norfolk NR191JG. E-Mail through website: www.russell-scientific.co.uk. Tel:01362-693481.
Road Spring Repairs and Re-tempering. Shock-absorbers – Brost Forge Ltd, Unit 7, Roman Way Industrial Estate, London, N7 8XH Tel: 0207 6072311.To find us, Click Here for Googlemap
D P Hughes, Precision Engineering, for White Metalling, In-Line Boring, Gear cutting, Grinding, Milling, Slotting & Turning, specialising in ‘one-offs’ and individual needs. David & Sandra Hughes, Somerton. Somerset TA11 6RL. E-mail: taff@dphengineering.freeserve.co.uk ; 01485 273621
Eurolec Components – (PowerLite) Specialise in replacement lightweight and reconditioned starter motors, alternators, and converting dynamos to alternators. E-mail contact via website – Phone: +44 (0) 1384 261984
Bagshot Radiator Services, Unit 18, Stapeley Manor, Long Lane, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1JE. Tel: 01256 862002 (Mobile: 07811 511606).
Specialists in all types of radiator repairs and testing.
Stitchweld Casting Repairs Ltd, Unit 13, Derby Road Business Park, Derby Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. DE14 1RW. E-mail:info @ stitchweld.co.uk
Tel: 01283 515 144. Specialist stitching repairs to Cracked Cylinder Heads, Damaged Engine Blocks, Gearbox Casings etc
Cast Iron Welding Services Limited, Samson Road, Hermitage Industrial Estate, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3FP, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1530 811308 for Weld repairs to cast iron components including cylinder heads, engine blocks, exhaust manifolds etc. Email: sales@castironwelding.co.uk
Metalock Repairs for castings. Surelock,Unit 3, Pillings Rd Ind Est, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6QF, England. Tel: +44 (0)1572 722051
Chrome Plating and Metal Plating Services. SilvaBronz (incorporating Kingsley Chrome) have been taken over by the Beckworth Group, Unit 16, Caker Stream Road, Alton, Hants. GU34 2QF. Tel: 01420 80880 E-mail: silvabronz@beckworth.net
Instrument Repairs – John Ostick, of JDO Instruments in Keighley, W Yorkshire. Tel: 01535 662701; Fax: 01535 672125; E-mail: john_ostick @ hotmail.com.
Steering Boxes Reconditioned – Steering Services, Unit 1A, Apple Lane, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3PJ. Tel: 0130 6640483. Special Tooling for Singer boxes.
E-Mail: SteeringServices@btinternet.com
Carburetter Exchange – Specialise in the restoration of Carburettors for vintage and classic vehicles. Phone: 01525 371369. Email: sales@carburetterexchange.co.uk
Magneto overhaul, Magneto Repairs, service and spares. Phone John Tanner on 01453 886849 or E-mail: fatspark @ magnetorepairs.com
Bill Tull’s Workshop – From minor repairs to full restoration on all makes of Historic motor vehicles. Tel: 01469 530991 or e-mail: billtull1954 @ hotmail.co.uk
Windscreen Frame Manufacture & Restoration Tel: Brasscraft on 01252 782702 or e-Mail: crisglover@brasscraft.co.uk
Willow Baskets for Historic Vehicles – Paul & Diane Weir Baskets hand-made to measure. Tel: 01525 210834.
Owen Springs, Aldwarke Road, Parkgate, Rotherham, S62 6BX. Manufacturer of a wide range of springs, U-bolts, shackle pins etc, and able to produce springs to your exact requirements. E-mail: sales @ owensprings.co.uk, Tel: +44(0)1709 710700.