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For us this has long been a landmark occasion, keenly and anxiously awaited. However, the boys from National Mobile Windscreens came along and in 10 short minutes made childsplay of taking out the old screen. The fibreglass repairs on the cab can now go ahead and once the new paint is on, National Mobile Windscreens can return with some brand … Read More

The cinema completed its long awaited 20 mile drive from the Blackdown Hills of East Devon to Exeter without a hitch on the 7th March, 2009, and now nestles inside the busy workshop at Hills Body Works. The journey was captured in full by the BBC cameras as part of the ongoing filming for a documentary to be screened in … Read More

A simple trip to the DVLA with all relevant papers saw us walk happily away as the proud owners of 12 months tax, gratis! Another landmark crossed on the journey to showing films – we’ll get there one day but it bodes to be a long winter of work.

Despite the lack of updates here we can assure you progress is still firmly ongoing with the restoration, we’ve just been too busy down at the workshop to find time to sit at a computer. The woodwork is now almost complete, with only the central support beam in the drivers side cab door still to do, unfortunately this does involve … Read More

Following our press release the BBC have expressed an interest in making a 9-10 minute short documentary on the restoration of the mobile cinema. They will be visiting the workshop several times over the winter and are aiming to edit their footage with  some of our own for a thorough insight into the ups and downs of this interesting project.