Legacy Customs

05/05/2026

Just had a great couple of hours at The Swan With Two Necks for its Hot-Rod night (first Tuesday of each month)! 😎
We were invited down by our friends, the absolutely amazing Smashing It Burgers who cater the event (we are helping them out with their next project 😎) - the food was nothing less than awesome!!! Check out their page for catering your event! 🍔🍔🍔

02/04/2026

It’s been a while since I put a post up, and there’s various reasons for that, which I’ll get onto another time 👍🏼
Because right now 1 of those reasons has just left LCHQ wearing a brand new look 😀😎
Last year Charles got in touch asking about a facelift for his Mk6 Transit, and after 3 months of major surgery, what seemed like endless prep, and with some finishing touches still to go, he finally got it back today 😁
We could see some possible corrosion issues creeping up from behind the side skirts, the front steps looked iffy, and there were probably some other telltale signs that this was going to be a little more than a “respray”! 😬
Once the stripping commenced it was obvious the tin worm had got its teeth right into the little Transit - requiring new front arches, inner & outer steps/sills, inner & outer sills down the sides, and rear archs 😳😳😳 As the job went on it also had new inner front wings, and new wings 🤦🏼‍♂️
Luckily Jay isn’t frightened of much, so he set about cutting out the rot, and replacing with new steel 💪🏼 But as every welder knows, it’s never that simple 😩 He had to fabricate the inner sills down each side, he had to patchwork the front & rear wheel wells, all before he could think about putting a new panel on 🤦🏼‍♂️ The process was lengthy and labour intensive, but well worth saving a cracking van! 👍🏼
Once the welding was complete it was down to me to get things ship shape and ready for paint - unfortunately another labour intensive process with previous “repairs” being uncovered in many of the panels 😬 My boy Hayden did the lions share of the basic prep, whilst I took care of the painful bits 👍🏼😂
Even fitting the new reproduction bodykit brought its own issues, taking several days to complete the process alone 😳
But after 3 months of many “cute” nicknames for this van “Rusty Mc@ #&*$”, it is finally back with Charles, where it belongs 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The RAL7024 grey contrasting against the RAL5010 blue, and black accents works amazingly! We even got the wheels powdercoated to match the scheme 😀 The RS style stripes are a compliment to the sporty look and nod to the heritage of the Ford brand 😎👍🏼
Sooooo much work went into this, it’s what we call a “restoration”! No 5 minute scotch up and out the door job here 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
After having to strip the cab for the welding, the floor was prepped & painted. Once the archs were on the wheel wells got sealed and shutzed. All exposed underbody areas were epoxied and shutzed. Parts were replaced, door seals were replaced, headlights, handles, wheel nuts, you name it, were replaced! And if it wasn’t replaced it was cleaned up and painted! 🥵
From the outside it looks like a nice job, but it goes far deeper! 😏
Thank you Charles for the business, the challenge, and your patience - a month job turned into 3, but you were supper cool throughout! Now get out to those festivals and give ‘em the party headlights 😎😂👍🏼🤙🏼

Extra thanks to Jay for countless hours of blood, sweat & tears 👊🏼 And also to Hayden, my dad & Lindsey - it was a real team effort! 🙏🏼

There’s a lot of photos, but it’s just a snippet of what I have 😳😂

31/12/2025

Another year is coming to an end, which makes LC 5 years old 🎂😀
It has been a really tough year though - our wonderful government putting business rates up, then messing with income tax and god knows what else - resulting in swallowing any & all profit 🤦🏼‍♂️😩

It’s been another year of 7 day weeks, calling on friends and family to help push me and the work through - without Jay Ess, Tom Heath, and Lindsey Batten I would not have made it full stop, so thank you guys! You’ve given up your free time to help get the jobs done and added your skills where mine are limited 🙏🏼👊🏼

Kerrylee and the kids have been supportive and helped keep me motivated and focussed (mostly 😬), so thank you, I love you guys 🫶🏼

To my customers this year, thank you so much for your business, your patience at times, and faith in my work and LC 🙏🏼😍

To past & future customers, and loyal followers, I appreciate your continued support, without you guys, there is no business 🙏🏼😀

As for the - I have fallen behind in the repayments, mainly due to the constant increases in costs and inability to increase income currently 😕
But I did manage to sell 1 of my cars recently so put the majority to repaying you guys - you’re always my first priority after the bills are paid - if there’s spare money, it goes to you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 When/if I can start charging what my jobs are worth, you will get your money back a lot faster 😎

So whatever you’re doing tonight to see in the New Year, enjoy yourself, drink, eat & dance - have fun with your friends & family - it’s what we work so hard all year for! 🍾🍗💃🫶🏼

Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2026 brings better times 🤞🏼😎🤙🏼

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to customers and followers, past, present & future! 🎅🏼🎄😀
Hope you have an awesome day 😎

10/11/2025

A little late posting about this job, but better late than never! 😎
Beth & Jade upgraded to a Crafter recently, and really wanted to put their stamp on it - so after doing a couple of small jobs on their T4 a while ago, they got in touch and so started the process to what you see here 😀
Beth was the driving force on colour and style, but Jade managed to squeeze some input into the design, which makes the van stand out that little bit more 😁
The van itself wasn’t in a terrible state considering it’s a Crafter - there was some rust, there was some corrosion, but nothing we couldn’t treat and hopefully keep at bay for a while 🤞🏼👍🏼 The bodywork also wasn’t awful, with a few minor dents to sort out, but unfortunately at some point there was an impact on the rear which really made a mess of the back door - it had been “repaired” previously, but not to a great standard, so I reworked it and smoothed it out much better than before 😎
Once the body was a straight as possible, rust treated and sealed with epoxy primer, it was on with the Raptor in the chosen colour of RAL6021 Pale Green 💚 A bit of a change from the original white, and set over the black looks really nice 😀 Add to this Jade’s design input of the smooth “ghost” asymmetrical line feature, the whole look works amazingly! 👍🏼
Thank you for the business and trust Beth, and thanks to Jade for keeping Beth’s anxiety levels to a minimum 👍🏼🤣 Hope you get out and enjoy the van really soon 😎🤙🏼

24/09/2025

Got a few days available next week, before the next big job arrives - if anyone needs some work doing on their car, truck or van 😎

Small bodywork/paint work?
Service work?
Lift kit?
Lowering job?
Airbag assists on those heavy campers?
Electrical installation?

Get in touch now 😎🤙🏼

12/09/2025

If you haven’t watched my YouTube video on how to Raptor the right way…..why not?! 🤷🏼‍♂️😂
But for those who don’t need to know how to Raptor, but still like to look at cool stuff, here’s the job in all its glory 😎
I was contacted by Kemar looking for some work to be done on his Jeep - it had been Raptor’d a few years ago - unfortunately some areas weren’t done as well as they should have been 😬 The bonnet & scuttle panel in particular had bubbled, delaminated, and chipped quite badly 😩
So I stripped them both back to bare metal and started the process the right way 😎
The bonnet was an aftermarket panel, so had arrived in a black “e-coat”, which is just to protect the metal temporarily whilst waiting to be sold and in transit - it is not a primer, and so needs to be removed or at least prepped & primed like any other panel! 👍🏼
This one hadn’t been prepped or primed, so it had allowed moisture to pe*****te to the steel below and started to corrode it 🤦🏼‍♂️
So once all the paint was stripped, I treated the rust affected areas, epoxy primed everything, and then it was on with the black Raptor 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It was good as new in no time 😀
Thanks Kemar for the business, and the opportunity to work on a very cool Jeep 👍🏼
We will be doing some more work on this Jeep very soon, as it is going to be used as a mobile marketing tool for Kemar’s football academy 😎😎😎

Check out his website www.TheRoofeAcademy.com

12/09/2025

An already cool truck, and a trailer overflowing with boxes 🤔
It can only mean 1 thing…..this Ranger is gonna get a whole lot cooler 😎😁🤘🏼

11/09/2025

I done did another video 👍🏼😬
Really trying to get some traction & consistency with YouTube, so it would be awesome for you guys to take a look - feel free to comment, like, subscribe etc 👍🏼
Also if you have any tips or ideas, please message me - I am rubbish at this stuff 😂
I dont even mind if you click on the video and go make a cup of tea & stare out the window for 10 mins 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

Saving some moderately corroded sills on a Skoda Octavia, and finishing in Raptor 👍🏼

07/09/2025

Here’s a video I put together detailing the whole process of prepping & painting with Raptor - I’m still learning the YouTube ropes, so please excuse my amateur videography skills 🤦🏼‍♂️😂
And if you decide to watch any of the other videos, excuse my brummie ranting about random stuff - it’s all about getting used to the camera 😬😬😬🤙🏼

Like & Subscribe 👍🏼🤣

Preparing and painting a bonnet and scuttle panel using Raptor