How hard and how long to repair this
Discussion
Good morning all,
I recently bought a '91 Vw california. Upon diggin around behind the cabinets i found a bit more rot that i bargained for. So i decided to strip the interior and remove all the rust while at the same time treating the chassis with POR15 to hopefully give the van a much longer life.
This is what i found. The bad areas are the rear inner arches and a couple of points on the sils.
The arches and sills id like to pay someone to do, but i really have no idea of the likely time or cost. Can anyone point me to a ball park figure?
The smaller stuff i am going to repair myself once i collect my welder from the UK at Christmas.
I recently bought a '91 Vw california. Upon diggin around behind the cabinets i found a bit more rot that i bargained for. So i decided to strip the interior and remove all the rust while at the same time treating the chassis with POR15 to hopefully give the van a much longer life.
This is what i found. The bad areas are the rear inner arches and a couple of points on the sils.
The arches and sills id like to pay someone to do, but i really have no idea of the likely time or cost. Can anyone point me to a ball park figure?
The smaller stuff i am going to repair myself once i collect my welder from the UK at Christmas.
Edited by Lord 
on Wednesday 12th November 08:49
on Wednesday 12th November 08:49cheers paintman. My issue is, is that i live in Munich and dont want to get taken for a ride. The prices Germans pay to repair the simpliest thing is hillarious out here. I am trying to arrange for it to be seen my a couple of garages to get an idea of prices. It could work out cheaper to drive it back to the UK i think!
Ouch. 2 days is about 1500€ at Munich prices. I may teach myself to weld at this point. Its been 15 years since my sheet metal training as an apprentice so i hope i remember something
Yesterday i found T4 inner wheel arch panels online which is a relief (when i had looked earlier in the year on uk sites i couldn’t find any), its got to be easier to make the patches up from pre-formed metal rather than sheet work.
I have 8 months untill the van is needed for a 2 month tour so i can take my time if needed and learn a new skill in the process.
decisions....decisions
Yesterday i found T4 inner wheel arch panels online which is a relief (when i had looked earlier in the year on uk sites i couldn’t find any), its got to be easier to make the patches up from pre-formed metal rather than sheet work.
I have 8 months untill the van is needed for a 2 month tour so i can take my time if needed and learn a new skill in the process.
decisions....decisions
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