
Beauty Prize
The special trophy awarded to the most attractive car and lady entrant in the Concours d'Elegance, which completed the M.C.C. National Motor Rally, was won by Mrs. Lorna D. Snow…
Restoration of a Colorado red Mark I BT7 has just been completed by Murray Scott-Nelson. The car originally came into its Scarborough workshops for a rear-end repair but has emerged from them, says Jonny Scott-Nelson, “as a car people are drooling over”.
“It came in needing a new rear shroud and a boot lid, but when you take those parts off, you are opening a can of worms,” says Scott-Nelson. “Part of the chassis had previously been plated and the doors that had been put on weren’t quite right. It had obviously had a lot of what I would call ‘MOT repairs’ to keep it on the road. The job grew. This is a rare UK right-hand-drive car, so it needed to be done correctly. It would have been a shame to skimp on the car.
“It ended up as a full restoration, including a new loom and electronics. When you take it down to the metal, you have what I call a free fit when you are putting it back together.”
A set of original doors were sourced. Scott-Nelson’s rebuild also included powder-coating the suspension and fitting touring-style poly bushes, which are harder wearing than the original rubber. The gearbox was rebuilt and the engine just honed after a head-off inspection.
“It was a bigger job than our client originally envisaged, but he’s chuffed with what he’s ended up with,” says Scott-Nelson. “We had a tight deadline on this car to get it ready for his son’s wedding, where it stole the show.”
Murray Scott-Nelson, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Tel: 01723 361227, murrayscott-nelson.com