Classics, and cars a garage has lost interest in
Past a certain age a car stops being a diagnostic socket and starts being a set of judgements about what is worn, what is original and what somebody has bodged before. That is a different skill, and it is one that is getting harder to find.
Carburettors, points and timing, cooling systems, brake and fuel lines made up, and the corrosion that older cars get where you cannot see it. Thirty years in the trade means a lot of these were current cars at the time.
It is worth saying what you have when you ring. Some of it is a driveway job and some of it is not, and you will be told which before anybody sets off.
Kev’s been looking after my 22 year old Vauxhall Astra and it runs like a dream !