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14th May
Hi All, a few changes here at Pauls Place. I am no longer selling parts online or over the phone due to the amount of engine work i am doing. The work level for myself was very high and so i am concentrating on the engine building/tuning side of things. I am sorry if this causes any inconvenience but i cant do it all. There are plenty of suppliers of parts so nothing to worry about too much. I can still fit parts that i order in and carry out modifications and upgrades aswell as full re-builds. The paint shop is still running but it is now managed by someone else. The paint work can still come through me and i see the job through i just wont be doing it myself. If i find a suitable person with knowledge of engine parts then i will carry on supplying parts.

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09th Feb 2012
COLD OR WHAT !! When the taps are frozen in the mornings you know its going to be a long day ! Hi folks, after a quite xmas and Jan things are moving fast here. Cars are coming out the wood work ready for the new season, lets hope its a nice long hot one! A quite Jan gave me chance to catch up on things as last year was busy and work came in thick and fast. the paint shop is doing well, the galaxy is almost ready for paint prep, and now have a trans am and a range rover in for full paint so full steam ahead. Due to the amount of work i will increasing my staff by one as i need a good experienced panel beater and welder. So if you fit the bill and fancy working on a variety of different cars let me know. I havent got the time to train anyone so really need someone who can jump straight in. I have put some more pictures in the paint gallery of a pair of camaros painted over xmas period. Tried our hands at Kandy and they came out really nice.Got to go as finishing the ford 400M today, pictures will go on website in a day or two. Chow

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18th January 2012
ENGINE TRAINING COURSE Hi All, what a nasty time of year. Weather is not pleasant and the bills come in thick and fast....but soon be spring and the start of the new season! Just thought i would let you all know that i am holding an engine building course here in my workshop in february over 4 saturdays. Details are in the special offers section, i will be building a 350ci chevy from bare block to running engine giving instruction on everything you need to know about the parts,the process and usefull information on how to build and tune your engine. It will be heald on 4th,11th/18th/25th of Feb on saturday afternoons. The last one i did was a huge success and have been asked to do another one, there will be more later in the year also.just email me if you are interested with your contact details and i will give you all the info. Things are pretty busy here with engines coming in from all over, just had a pair of supercharged 572ci engines in for full rebuild going in a boat. Also got the 307 olds on the go, parts arrived now and so have the balanced parts for the 400M. So lots to do, paintshop has been steady, got a range rover coming in in feb, and looking at an old Lotus elan on saturday for a full paint. My own 3rd gen camaro was painted over christmas in Kandy Brandy wine and come out great, pictures are in the gallery and on face book. Just painting a 95 camaro convertible in the same colour at the moment, the owner saw my car and wanted the same. I have found a way of doing Kandy paint jobs for not alot more than a std paint colour so if its something your interested in call me for a chat.

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7th December 2011
Well we are getting close to that time of year when the cars get put away and money gets spent on other things! Some of us anyway!! Things here are still busy with lots going on and plenty booked in for the new year. Engine wise i have almost finished the 2 540 strokers for an offshore power boat. They will be put on the dyno very soon so i will give figures at the end. Got an unusual 307ci olds engine which came out of the caprice station wagon we painted recently, she is pretty messy inside but is a good runner so just a fresheh up required. Also have a ford 250ci V8 out of a 1962 pickup, quite unusual. Again on the rarety list is a 400M engine, this has Australian heads on it running flat top pistons so is quite a nice beast. She was raced hard and there is wear in the small end bushes so they are being replaced. She also ran floating pins with ally ends which have made a nice groove in a couple of the bores so going +0.040" to rid of those. The galaxy in the paint shop has come to a halt as the rear quarters we ordered have arrived and are nothing like !!! The front end is almost ready for paint so a bit annoying when this happens. I have got my camaro RS in for a Kandy brandy wine paint job at the moment so pictures will hit the gallery shortly. I have a couple of jenson intercepters and an overfinch range rover booked in for the new year for full paint jobs, so looking forward to doing those. I havent had much feedback on the training course, maybe its time of year? so if not enough interest then i will do it in the new year. I now have a face book page which you can all go on and pass comment..nice ones please! Will post more info on here before xmas.

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