Over the past several years, we've had a chance to meet and deal with a number of folks that provide services that can help get your Isetta back on the road. The following is a list of competent vendors that have the expertise to...
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Over the past several years, we've had a chance to meet and deal with a number of folks that provide services that can help get your Isetta back on the road. The following is a list of competent vendors that have the expertise to help you out. If you have a vendor that you'd like to recommend, please let us know via our Feedback link so we can pass it along. Revised July 2009 CLASSIC AUTO WORKS: Mike Shambarger has been at it a long time. He's done everything from classic cars to street rods to pro street machines to Isettas. He never expected to have not one, but two, Isettas get layed on him at the same time ... ours and Robert Mace's. CAW did everything ranging from minor patch panel work on our car to major patch panel work and scratch fabrication all the way around on Robert's car on top of a whole new floor board. The finished products were a knockout! Mike and his guys shoot Glasurit paints and epoxy sealers. He also uses 3M RockerSchutz undercoating and sound deadener upon request. Check out their site at www.ClassicAutoWorks.biz Yep, that's Robert's green Isetta body at the top right corner of the home page. More pix in the "Album" section. Perry's Motorcycles and Sidecars: Perry Bushong runs an interesting motorcycle dealership here. Sure, you can buy a new bike but you can also take advantage of their vintage restoration services. This is where we had our Isetta motor rebuilt. It went from sitting silent in a cardboard box to looking and sounding like this. (Note: This is an 8 MB audio/video download. A subwoofer and plenty of volume makes it extra special!) Perry has completely restored an Isetta, worked on many others and knows the R/25/26/27 series motors like the back of his hand. Perry's rates are very reasonable to boot. Give Perry a call at (817) 429-9922. The physical address is 816 South Sylvania, Fort Worth, Texas, 76111. Be sure to check out the museum while you're there, too. Bing Agency: Need that Isetta carb tweaked? You can go straight to the source on this one. Bing can completely rebuild your 1/22/98 carb right down to bead blasting it and spiffing it up with a new appearance kit or just sell you the parts and manuals if you want to do it yourself. Their Web site is bingcarburetor.com. They do great work and are a pleasure to deal with. John Wetzel: Isetta John can not only supply you with parts of all kinds, he also offers rebuilding services for your engine, transmission, chain drive and shocks. He's been at this a long time, folks. John has a Web site as of now or can be reached by phone at (201) 939-2208, email at isettajohn@aol.com or by Pony Express at 419 Union Avenue, Rutherford, New Jersey, 07070 *note as of July 2009, John is no longer supplying "trim items" or "new" parts, only rebuilding services and used parts Speed & Sport Chrome Plating: This Houston-based company provides triple show chrome services for folks all over the United States. They can provide restoration work on dinged parts as well. They don't have a Web site but you can call them at (713) 921-0235 with any questions concerning cost and turn around time. Be sure to take a thorough inventory of your parts, including snapshots, before you ship them off. You'll save them some time and effort if you include a copy of that inventory and your pix with your parts shipment. Jet Hot Coatings: The Jet Hot folks started out coating high temperature components for the US Space Program and run a first class organization. Their Jet Hot 1300 Sterling coating looks like a cross between polished aluminum and chrome. It holds up under high temperature use and looks outstanding. Check 'em out here or give them a call at (800) 432-3379. You can submit a request for quote for your exhaust header, valve covers, oil pan, blower housing and whatever else you can dream up. The quotes they gave us were right on when time came to have the work done. Fast turn around and great customer service! Metal Rehab Technologies: These guys are located in Fort Worth, Texas. It may not be convenient for everyone but they do work for people from all over
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