Business Development | Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint
Straightening out Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint pledges:
To turn your car into your prized asset Keep costs reasonable and quality high Help with insurance forms and claims Give free estimates To complete repairs as quickly as possible.
Fixing a V8 racing ute or repainting a 100 year old car is all in a day’s work for the team at Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint.
been a phenomenal change in the business. “Everything is totally different to what it was 40 years ago. The technology has changed and cars have totally changed, as has the equipment for working on them.”
Car grooming and upholstery repairs are additional services which are carried out in the modern and fully equipped workshops.
For the past 40 years the company has been offering these services and more to Cantabrians.
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“We have also recently purchased a spectropotometer, which is a machine for reading the exact colour of your car,” he says.
The business was started in 1969 by Bruce Raxworthy, as soon as he finished his apprenticeship. Preferring to work for himself rather than anybody else, Bruce Raxworthy Painters was initially a one-man band, operating from the garage at the back of Raxworthy’s father’s house. The company has grown in the last forty years, and now has a panel beating service and five employees with a reputation so good it draws work from Auckland. Bruce maintains an integral, hands-on, role in the business. He has been joined by his son Jake who completed his apprenticeship with Bruce, then worked in other workshops for four years before coming back. He now manages the business and sees to all customer needs. While the commitment to good customer service is the same, Jake says there has
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“We care for your car like our own and we take pride in presenting it back to you in as new condition,” Jake Raxworthy says. “We will pick up customers’ cars within the city area and deliver them back when the car is finished. This is something we have been doing for a number of years.” Loan vehicles are also available for customers’ convenience. “All the vehicles we repair and paint have a Spies Hecker Diamond lifetime warranty on their paints,” he says. The team at Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint are experts in plastic welding for bumper repairs and plastic panel repairs, and also carry out fibreglass repairs to obtain the perfect finish. You’ll find all the essential equipment, fully experienced spray and panel repair personnel, together with a modern heated spray booth to give your vehicle a top professional finish.
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The company recently purchased a spot welder for the panel shop.
“It will be very handy for doing classic cars that sometimes need a bit of a touch up work. This machine photographs the colour on your car and then we can store it in our computer. The next time the customer comes in, using the car registration, we can bring that photo up again. The machine can read the colour of your car no matter the age.” Recently the team at Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint restored some V8 utes damaged while racing. “Jobs like that are very intense,” Jake says. “Those cars come to us in a real state, and we get them going again very quickly.”
Classic and vintage cars Classic and vintage car paint work and classic car restoration has been a speciality of Bruce Raxworthy Panel and Paint for many years.