We’ve been quiet of late, but that’s only because there’s been a lot happening. But now that my letter to Santa is finished, I can give time over to the garage. Now I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there...
We’ve been quiet of late, but that’s only because there’s been a lot happening. But now that my letter to Santa is finished, I can give time over to the garage.
Now I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there won’t be much ado, we’re going to just dive right in.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 2023 “Almost year-end review with a view towards 2024 and beyond” meeting.
This is also being combined with the 2023 ‘Garage Owner’s Address To Stakeholders’, or ‘Two Thousand and Twenty Three GOATS’ for shortness and ease of use. Having the same acronym as Greatest Of All Time is purely a coincidence.
Thank you all for coming.
2023 has been a very good year so far for Lyons Garages. The bank have called numerous times to say our account is outstanding which really is a testament to our company’s 2D strategy. As a reminder, here are those ‘D’s: Dedication, Design, and David Lyons. The 3rd D is silent, much like the manual labour I put it.
Where were we and what did we do? Always an important part of a review I suppose. Beaulieu was ticked off the list, we visited Bicester a couple of times, the NEC Restoration Show, and we even said hello to the lads in the cars at the F1 in Hungary. Visits to car shows were down about 345% this year, so we’re promising to do more in 2024. More in 2024… there’s definitely a slogan in there we can work on…
Output from the garage continues to go in the good direction – the up one. Despite this, we still get phone calls from people wondering how long more it will take to finish their car. We don’t like to dwell on that negativity, and so we try to look forward towards what we can, and probably will do. Maybe.
We got a new website, remembered the password to our LinkedIn page, and even managed to become influencers on TikTok. Well, more like community influencers. Where the community is around a hundred people. Meh, a win is a win.
The longer-term, full-size projects like the BMW 2002 and Mini Clubman are coming to an end, while earlier in the year saw a convertible Morris Minor, MG B GT, B Roadster, Mini, Boxster, and Pagoda all leave following huge restorations. Not to mention the numerous smaller jobs like servicing and mechanical work on Escorts, Corvettes, Mercedes-Benz, Minis, MGs, Triumphs, Jaguars… I’d be here all day if I kept going!
But enough about me. Let’s hear more about myself.
2024 is just around the corner, if you’d like to get your car booked in for a service, or some mechanical work, or would like to talk to us about a larger project, you know what to do! But for those who don’t, pick up the phone and give us a call, or send an email toinfo@lyonsgarages.com with details of the car and a number that we can contact you on. We’re very sound and will do our best to help you out. We’re not a charity though wink wink.
We have a couple of projects for sale, so where better to tell you than here?
MG B Roadster - We have a rubber bumper B that, as they say in the industry, is an ideal restoration candidate. A Mini shell or two, one of which is de-seamed and in primer Another MG B roadster, but this time it's a shell - great shell with potential for engine transplant or complete restoration Morris Minor VW Beetle Karmann ConvertibleWe also have a lot… like, A LOT of second-hand parts for Minis and MG Bs in particular, so give us a call and we’ll see if we can help!
As is the tradition, we’ll keep treating you to amazing photos of the amazing work carried out by our amazing team. You’ll find said photos on all the social medias. Amazing. Also, Cooper, the cat is doing well, thanks for asking.
Finally, let us say that as the world’s greatest sports car restoration team here in the Malibu of Ireland, we welcome your feedback. We don’t take it, but we welcome it all the same.
Pedal safe, mind yourself, and do me one small favour - save yourself all the time and hassle, and just come to us first. We know what we're doing and have been at this longer than everyone. Probably. But more importantly, you'd make my life easier if we didn't have to clean up the mess left by others. Ok thanks, bye.