Venture Performance , Northamptonshire | ClickMechanic

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(151 ratings)

  • 20 years professional experience

  • 356 completed bookings

  • Active since October 2015

Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 2 Qualified
  • REMIT APPROVED Training Centre

Venture Performance , Northamptonshire | ClickMechanic

Peter R
Brought up around cars and vintage machinery from a young age, My interest in Classic cars was apparent early on, After leaving school early I Started off as a apprentice at Paul Marshall Bodyshop in Beccles at 15 years old and spent around 2 years here as a Bodywork Technician/Paint Sprayer/Panel Beater mainly working on Commercials.

I was then offered a job working for Excalibur Engineering restoring Classic Aston Martin vehicles and was lucky enough to work on several rare examples including some that were used in Bond Films.

At the age of 18 I moved to Great Yarmouth where I worked for Specialist in Design building and fabricating racecars for the Dragstrip working under the legendry Jon Hogarth as my mentor.


3 Years in the Territorial army RLC added to the list of skills in both mechanical and electrical engineering

After leaving SID I set-up my own business called RPP Racing at this point based in Lowestoft.
I traded here for a number of years before moving to Ipswich and still traded as RPP Racing and in 2013
I moved to Northamptonshire where I settled and setup again initially mobile only but after a few months of trading Venture Performance was formed mainly specialising in classic and performance in 2017 we Changed the name of the main garage side of the business to A6 Recovery and Salvage allowing us a bigger spectrum and platform to work from and allowing us to oull in more contract and fleet operational work and support, our main areas of work now are Accident Recovery and Salvage, Roadside Repairs and Vehicle Transport Logistical support and we now offer fully mobile and Garage based services from our workshop base at Sharnbrook Bedfordshire. When not busy with our main lines of work our team specialise in Classic vehicle restoration services, Fabrication of Race and custom vehicle builds and General repairs and servicing on both modern and classic vehicles.

The business caters for all makes and models of cars and will tackle all types of repairs.
Peter does specialise in Classic Aston Martin, alongside Classic Japanese, Ford & Aircooled Volkswagen Vehicles but will tackle any job be it a service or a full restoration or full on race vehicle build or repair
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Gary
7th March 2022
Vauxhall Astra Indicator bulb replacement (front/side/rear)
Combined brake/tail light bulb replacement
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Peter fixed the problem I had with my rear lights, had to do a temp repair until I can get the right part but jobs a good un.

Reply from Peter:

Great news thanks for the kind review
Pete & Alec
Fenland Recovery Ltd

Stacy
5th March 2022
Chrysler Grand Voyager Battery replacement (vehicles without stop/start system)
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Peter arrived within the time frame provided and carried out the work incredibly efficiently. The car is running again and we have no complaints at all. Thank you for your help!

Reply from Peter:

Thanks for the kind words
Pete & Alec
Fenland Recovery Ltd

Harry
1st March 2022
Volvo V50 Alternator replacement
Jumpstart and battery condition check
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Cannot rate highly enough, very smooth with formula 1 speed! I see Peter and his colleague even replaced a 10mm bolt on the battery box, even though it had nothing directly to do with the job they were doing - now that's customer service!

Reply from Peter:

Thanks for your great review, pleasure to meet you and work on your car all the best Peter and Alec
Fenland Recovery Ltd

Luke
18th February 2022
BMW 2 Series Brake pads replacement - rear (both)
DIAGNOSTICS SCAN AND CLEAR OF CODES
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great, fast and friendly, arrived on time and finished in good time , was happy with the work carried out

Reply from Peter:

Great feedback Thankyou

Ophelia
15th February 2022
Suzuki Swift Alternator belt replacement
Jump-start
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Yes- really pleased - hassle free and efficient
Punctual and knowledgeable

Reply from Peter:

Thanks

Paul
15th February 2022
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Brake pads replacement - front (all)
Brake pads replacement - rear (all)
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Excellent promt service. Arrived at the agreed time and charged me for the price I was quoted, top job

Peter
15th February 2022
Citroen C4 Cactus Brake discs and pads replacement - front (both)
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I’ll probably never use a garage again.
Turned up on time, speedy and efficient
Worked in the pouring rain!
Great value
Took half an hour and normally I’d be without my car for a full day!
Brilliant service

Antony
7th February 2022
Hyundai i10 Clutch replacement
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Good job ,good service, and would use again, it was a clutch change, saved me having to do it myself, outside in the cold and wet

Reply from Peter:

Thankyou for your kind words
Pete & Alec

Matthew
5th February 2022
Ford Focus Clutch replacement
GEARBOX SEAL REPLACEMENT STRIPDOWN CLEAN AND REBUILD
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I had a clutch replacement, I was happy with that. However, after they fitted the clutch they called me to say there was a knocking noise coming from one of the front wheels. They blamed it on the backing plate on one of the brake disks. After testing the car myself I heard this knocking noise and was quite concerned as I’d never heard it before. On closer inspection it turned out that they had removed both front wheels to drop the gearbox, but didn’t tighten any of the 10 nuts back up when they put them back on. In fact I managed to undo every one by hand. I drive 25 miles down the A46 to get home. If I hadn’t checked this god only knows what would have happened. I called the mechanic and told him, and all he said was “I don’t know how that could have happened”. No apology, didn’t seem bothered at all. I paid over £700 for this work. Didn’t get a receipt either. Overall I’m happy with the clutch, but disappointed at the neglect. Read more

Reply from Peter:

Wheels torqued as per manufacturer requirements using calibrated equipment vehicle was also test driven several times and inspected prior to leaving our depot roadtested for around 20miles

Vehicle was dropped to open yard on a trading estate and keys posted through letter box

Receipts all done as per usual click emails

Sev
25th January 2022
Vauxhall Vivaro Brake pads replacement - rear (all)
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Mechanic was very good, good communication and was punctual with time keeping. Got the the job done quickly.

Reply from Peter:

Thankyou for your kind words