Daire Flock delivered an impressive performance at the Magny Cours circuit, finishing 7th overall and securing a win in the juniors category. This achievement highlights his talent and determination, marking a significant milestone in his racing career. As a sponsored driver, Daire’s results at this challenging track demonstrate his growing skill and potential in competitive motorsport.

Been working on various vehicle projects this week, from restoring a classic Mercedes G Wagon, finalizing work on a Mini Pajero, welding a section of a Mercedes SL 350 floor, and completing various repairs to a camper van. The coming week will be challenging as we have many NCTs & CVRTs as we come to the end of the month. Mercedes 350 SL rear floor repair

Restoring vehicles is a rewarding challenge that combines skill, patience, and attention to detail. This past week, we worked on several projects that tested these qualities: a Toyota Hi Ace inner and outer sill replacements, a Mini Pajero,with similar issues and a classic Beetle. Each vehicle brought its own unique set of challenges, especially with multiple NCT and CVRT failures to address. Alongside these repairs, I continued the restoration of a Beetle, focusing on replac

We are currently working on a Mini Pajero, replacing the inner and outer sills and small repairs to the the rear arches.

We had a Nissan Patrol in as a NCT failure that required some chassis, sill and rear wheel arch repairs. We contined the week with smaller NCT failures and our rebuild to the Escort MK 2 is starting to take shape.

The diary is full and the stand out vehicles last week before the bank hoilday was a Ford Transit van 140 Sport with chassis repairs to the bump stops a very common issue and on the inners arches, and a Toyota Celica. This week with have a Mini Pajero and a few camper vans.

Great example of a VW T4 came into the workshop, unfortunately it needed a new N/S inner and outer sill under the passenger door, it also required a small patch on the step that connected to the front rearmost section of the arch. That was after an extremely busy week in the workshop.

After the Bank Holiday, we had a productive week, energized and focused. We tackled a packed schedule, addressing CVRT and NCT failures that required our expertise. Each failure presented unique challenges, testing our problem-solving skills. We also worked on various classic vehicles, includimng our long term project an Escort Mk 2. By week's end, we resolved the CVRT and NCT issues and made progress on the classic cars, taking pride in our accomplishments and looking forwar

We had a customer that have a front left strut issue that was presented to us with the strunt mounting had corroded away and had come through the body into the vehicle. The customer fould us after contacting many other companies that were not able to help. The customer delivered the vehicle to us and we set to work obtaining a new strut mount and re-welding. Ford Transit Top Mount Repair

We had an enquiry from a customer that could not find a company prepared to repaired there issue on the Iveco camper that show movment on the chassis due to not being connected to the body and chassis corrected. After information presented to us from the CVRT tester we were able to repair the area of concern.

With a flurish of NCT & CVRT work, April became very busy with a few late evenings to meet the deadlines for retests. Had a good example of a 1990s Subaru Forester that need so repair work to its sills, as well as a 2000 Toyota Celica. We now look forward to May with the diary highlights with 911, Patrol and our continuing work on the Escort Mk2 and 1970s Beetle. Subaru Forester and Toyota Celica

Reactive Welding are proud to be continuing their support of Daire Flock in the 2026 European Clio Cup. With the first round at Nogaro in the South West of of France, Daire has had an impressive start finishing 2nd in the Juniors and 5th overall. Now he moves on to the next round in 2 weeks to the famous F1 track Paul Ricard in the South of France.

With only 4 working days after the Easter break we had a full diary of NCT and CVRT welding jobs in. We started with a DAF Truck that need work to the cab, followed by several Toyota Landcruisers, Hi Ace and a converted Ford Transit camper van. Not to mention various sill repairs to NCT failures and the odd shalfs needing to be repaired for a local company.

As we were waiting for variuos panels to arrive for the MK 2 Escort and Beetle, we made further in roads to the MK1 Feista and Citreon SM. Feista MK1 sill repair Feista MK1 floor repair Feista MK1 rear floor repair

Waiting for panels to arrive for the Escort and Beetle has allowed us to work on another long term project the Citreon SM. We had the normal NCT and CVRT repairs in to fill the week. Not a normal work we had to repair a gate after being damaged on the estate. The coming week we have to check through a 911 Targa continue our long term projects and many NCT and CVRT failures it will be extremely busy as we enter April and Easter! 911

In addition to the VW Beetle we have been working on a Escort MK2 and after stripping the car down we found many issues from previous repairs from well known and respected companies. As a company its our policy to keep our clients informed of the process of the welding restoration to there vehicle with photographic evidence and inviting out clients to come in at any time during the welding process. The photos show how panels have been welded on to excisiting corroded areas wi

With Paddys Day it was a short week, there was no let up on the the NCT and CRVT failures. We started a new project on a VW Beetle, after removing the filler on the outer panels we found that the Beetle had many repairs making look similar to a patch work quilt. So we have now order the repair panels to remove all the repairs and replace with new complete panel sections, this is in addition the the replacement floors and heater channels! VW Beetle Restoration

We started March as we finished Febuary with a fully booked diary, we have some interesting welding jobs and new projects. The week started with inner & outer sill replacements on a Nissan Figaro, then moving onto Ranage Rover HSE. After doing some work on a long term project we took delivery of a Escort Mk2. The coming week we have a couple camper vans to, NCT and CVRT failures and we take delivery of a 911 and a 1970s VW Beetle. Nissan Figaro sill replacement 2007 Range Ro

We have a few 4 x 4s in ranging from Mitsubishi Pajero, Toyota Landcrusier and the highlight a 1998 Mercedes G Wagon. Not to mention our normal NCT and CVRT failures, we also continued with our long term project a Citroen SM. With March starting we have some exciting projects starting and the month starting with a full diary very busy times ahead!! Mercedes G Wagon Mitsubishi Pajero

As the week started we had a full diary with CVRT and NCT repairs, we finished another long term job as we moved on to a E30 325i with bulkhead issues. One CVRT failure was a VW transporter T4 with inner and outer sill issues, this has been a common issue in recent months. We now look forward to this week with a pathfinder requiring chassis work, a Pajaro with inner arch repairs and more NCT failures to get through!!