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Car Forum / Alfa Romeo Cars / August 2004body repair and respray for an alfa spider in SE UK
Dear all do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages in the SE of the UK, or North France? I need to fix my spider and respray it Many thanks Harry > Dear all > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages in > the SE of the UK, or North France? > I need to fix my spider and respray it > Many thanks > Harry Jamie Porter at 'The Workshop' Royston Not that far south east, but *very* good IME www.alfaworkshop.co.uk  SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > > Dear all > > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > www.alfaworkshop.co.uk But are they cheap enough? Are they too upmarket to do welding on a Sprint? ss. >> > Dear all >> > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > But are they cheap enough? Are they too upmarket to do welding on a > Sprint? good god, no. They've done more welding in my cars than I care to think. SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > >> > Dear all > >> > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > But are they cheap enough? Are they too upmarket to do welding on a > > Sprint? My poor Sprint has been off the road for longer than you could possibly imagine. Getting it there for an estimate would be hard enough, but what if if it's hundreds and hundreds of pounds? Just the thought of it makes me paralysed to carry on doing nothing. ss. >> >> > Dear all >> >> > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > if it's hundreds and hundreds of pounds? Just the thought of it makes me > paralysed to carry on doing nothing. Sitting down? Good That 'if' is totally redundant. You want good work, you have to pay for it, and then there's the re-spraying... IMHO though, get it done. They are soooo much fun. I will be very sad when I wheel Rachel's into storage later this year. SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > >> >> > Dear all > >> >> > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair garages [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > IMHO though, get it done. They are soooo much fun. I will be very sad when > I wheel Rachel's into storage later this year. Well that's just great. To pay more money than the car is worth is really not going to go down well. I am talking about new fabricated inner rear arches and the fitting of outer rear arch repair sections (which I have) and the offside sill replacing (I have a repair section). It needs one of the rear spot welded seems in the boot redoing too, and the rear valance needs replacing (though I might just leave that until later). And then a respray I suppose. How many hundreds and hundreds are we talking as a very rough estimate? Do you think he will be able to make an estimate from a set of good photos? ss. >> >> >> > Dear all >> >> >> > do you have to recommend any panel beaters and body repair [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Well that's just great. To pay more money than the car is worth is really > not going to go down well. Been there, done that ;) > I am talking about new fabricated inner rear > arches and the fitting of outer rear arch repair sections (which I have) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > replacing (though I might just leave that until later). And then a > respray I suppose. Fairly normal. Thing is about rust, it spreads see? :( To really put the icing on the cake, have you checked the inner front wings recently? If you can get your hand up there, can you feel the chassis member? Is it squidgy? Squidgy is baaaaaad. > How many hundreds and hundreds are we talking as a very rough estimate? I would be surpised if you had had change from 7-8 hundred from that. Although I may be *well* out. > Do you think he will be able to make an estimate from a set of good > photos? One of the annoying things about Jamie. He doesn't *do* esitmates. What he will do is work to a budget. Tell him what you've got to spend and what you want done, he'll tell you if it's possible / likley. HTH SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > > IMHO though, get it done. They are soooo much fun. I will be very sad > when [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > How many hundreds and hundreds are we talking as a very rough estimate? Do > you think he will be able to make an estimate from a set of good photos? Reading that, I'd sell it and buy a better one. Yours has got to be worth £500 at least, even needing work, and a good, solid one can be bought for £1500-£2000. That's going to be cheaper than having the work done. SignatureSteve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 VW Golf GL Cabrio - Alfa 75 TS - Alfa 155 TS Lusso - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >> > IMHO though, get it done. They are soooo much fun. I will be very sad >> when [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > That's going to be cheaper than having the work done. I've been thinking about this in relation to the 74. I've come to the conclusion that depsite the logic of your argument, it's better the devil you know IYSWIM. Plus it's often simpler to fix up than trawl through loads of crap cars. SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 2.0 TS Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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