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Old 20th April 2018, 18:22   #1
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Need some help please.

Living outside Wisbech and my R75 has been looked after for the last ten years by the local garage that has now closed.

Garages are listed on the forum in Norwich, Soham, Corby and Northampton, but does anybody have experience of any of them? Prepared to travel, so any suggestions would help. Thank you.
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Old 20th April 2018, 19:18   #2
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Need some help please.

Living outside Wisbech and my R75 has been looked after for the last ten years by the local garage that has now closed.

Garages are listed on the forum in Norwich, Soham, Corby and Northampton, but does anybody have experience of any of them? Prepared to travel, so any suggestions would help. Thank you.
A bit of a trip, but British Legends in Southend has always been good to me and is an MG Rover specialist.
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Old 20th April 2018, 19:34   #3
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You could also bring it over to me in Milton Keynes?
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Old 20th April 2018, 19:38   #4
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Thanks for the info. May have to go there if all else fails.
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Old 20th April 2018, 20:14   #5
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I've used a place called Wheels in Huntingdon for the past 15 years or so & he has always been good to me. He isn't a Rover specialist, but unless you have work that is highly specialised, I would strongly recommend him. He also does a lot of work on classics so there is often interesting cars outside.

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Old 20th April 2018, 21:08   #6
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For Rover specialists, you have the follwoing not for from Cambridge.

1. BS Motors, Sandy, just off the A1.

2. Kerridges of Needham Market, about 2 miles from the A14/A140 junction.

3. MGOC workshop, Svavesey near Cambridge.
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Old 21st April 2018, 06:46   #7
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I live in Chatteris. Though I rarely turn to the garage first, I do use the local garage in the centre of town (on the High St, corner of New Road, Chatteris Garage). I've used him for over 15 years, initially just for MoT test, then odd jobs which I decided not to do myself, age creeping on! Always found him helpful, cheap, and trustworthy. The family now have their cars done there always. Well worth a try for you and not too far.
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Old 21st April 2018, 06:47   #8
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Hi,
Knowing we need people with the knowledge to work on our cars ,I had Mike Stafford from MJSAUTOANDMARINE.CO.UK who was recommended to me by another member come to wisbech this week to replace head gasket, cambelt etc, as the car couldn`t be driven as steam and allsorts going on.He is based in sussex but knows his stuff. I know W H Brand at whaplode drove Spalding used to be Rover dealers and I believe they continue to maintain these cars which isn`t too far away,Regards Paul
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I can add who not to use-Brown & Gammons. The workshop doesn’t have a clue and Malcolm Gammons is one of the most unhelpful people on the planet.

My disagreement with them was a few years ago over their lack of ability to diagnose a bent steering rack on my MGF Trophy when doing a geo setup (which I then subsequently diagnosed in 20 minutes-I should have DIY’d in the first place really!) and then more annoyingly Mr Gammons’ refusal to refund the three hours of time they’d charged me for the pleasure of not finding the fault I’d asked them to.

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I can add who not to use-Brown & Gammons. The workshop doesn’t have a clue and Malcolm Gammons is one of the most unhelpful people on the planet.

My disagreement with them was a few years ago over their lack of ability to diagnose a bent steering rack on my MGF Trophy when doing a geo setup (which I then subsequently diagnosed in 20 minutes-I should have DIY’d in the first place really!) and then more annoyingly Mr Gammons’ refusal to refund the three hours of time they’d charged me for the pleasure of not finding the fault I’d asked them to.
Interesting - I was in B&G yesterday to get some parts for my MGB. Not a great experience- the guy on the desk seemed clueless, and even though I came in with a list of six items with all the correct part numbers, it took him 45 minutes to put the order together, and then he forgot two items and had to go back in the stores for another 10 minutes to find them. They did not have a genuine front valance and he bought out a cheaper after market item to try to sell me - it was clearly bent/damaged, so I told him no thanks ! I won't be going back there.

Anyway, to come back to the OPs question, my local garage in Ramsey St. Mary's, Cambs (Auto Attentive) are quite good with MG Rovers - they use to do a lot of work on my first 75 before I got back into spannering. They are honest and I never had a problem with them. One of the mechanics there runs a very tidy MG ZR, and the owner has restored an MG Metro in the past. I know they look after a few 75s local to me.

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