Motorists win £12,000 worth of free parts

Garages benefit too as GSF Car Parts award 30 motorists with thousands of pounds worth of parts

Motorists win £12,000 worth of free parts
Winner, Daniel Latham's 1973 VW Beetle prepares to hit the road again.

The GSF Car Parts’ ‘Get Your Motor Running’ competition ran through the Bedford, Milton Keynes, Cheltenham, Swindon, Southampton and Cardiff branches.

Hundreds of entrants were asked to explain why they deserved to win, each location then awarded one local motorist with a main prize of £1,000 to spend parts or repairs while runners up won a voucher for £250 of parts.

£1,000 winner, Daniel Latham of Harpole near Northampton, took advantage of the opportunity to get his 1973 VW Beetle running again.

Having received the prize through GSF Milton Keynes, branch manager Ashley Rogers looked to local, family-run VW specialist, DG Motor Services to undertake a restoration.

Classic restoration

Garage owner, Dominic Gardner said: “We love helping to get classics like this running again.

“When we first received the car, the horn sounded as soon as the engine was turned on.

“So far, the fuel pump and silencer have been replaced, the fuel lines have been cleared and a large number of electrical issues are close to being sorted.

“The work should be completed soon and then the Beetle will be ready for MOT.”

Other deserving winners included John Wooldridge from Chineham in Basingstoke, winning £1,000 of parts from GSF Southampton to keep his Renault Megane Scenic on the road so that he can take his children to their hospital appointments.

Mr Wooldridge’s said: “Having two disabled children makes it very difficult to afford repairs on our family car.

“Now, the money I have been saving to get the repair work done can go towards a day out for my kids.”

Sandy-based emergency volunteer, Matt Walker was awarded £250 worth of free car parts to help him get his Land Rover Discovery responder vehicle back on the road.

Also selected as a winner, was Matt Bennett-Sime of Canford Heath near Poole, who was awarded with £250 worth of parts.

VW Camper

Diagnosed with portal vein thrombosis, Mr Bennett-Sime and is being kept alive by his medication.

Since his diagnosis he has thrown himself into the restoration of five classic cars.

He said: “I’m going to spend the money getting my VW Camper back on the road, as it’s the reason that I met my wife and it holds special memories.

“As soon as the camper is repaired we can enjoy a holiday away in it.”

Amanda O’Reilly, head of marketing at GSF Car Parts, said: “With so many entrants it wasn’t easy to whittle them down to just 30, but we’re delighted to have been able to help our winners get their much-loved cars back on the road.”

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