Welcome to Chris Gilley Beetles

Chris Gilley Beetles have moved into a fabulous new workshop. Updates to our website are now imminent and we hope to be fully functual by the end of August 2008, so please come back and see us soon to enjoy our new on-line experience.

We are a small, two man business based in South Manchester who specialise exclusively in the repair and restoration of VW type 1 Beetles and Karmanns. We've been established for 14 years. I have been a motor mechanic since 1965 and I had a lot of experience of air cooled VW's before I decided to specialise in bugs in 1989.

Years of Beetle and Karmann experience

I am responsible for all the mechanical and electrical work. Dale, my only employee, is a fully skilled body man who has worked for me since 1984. He takes care of all the welding, body repairs and spraying. With our many years of experience there is nothing we don't know about the maintenance and repair of Beetles and Karmanns and we are able to offer a full service to our customers, some of whom have been coming back for many years.