Bodyshop welding 205
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I used a classic car bodyshop in Evesham, which looked great at first view but after ~1 year turned out to be pretty s
t - I'd paid for cutting rust out and welding-in new metal, yet once I saw the rust coming back pretty quickly in exactly the same places I realsied they either didn't do what I'd asked (& paid for), or did a bare-minimum job. The paintwork also didn't withstand stone-chips very well at all.
...so be careful who you pick...reputation doesn't seem to mean anything anymore...
t - I'd paid for cutting rust out and welding-in new metal, yet once I saw the rust coming back pretty quickly in exactly the same places I realsied they either didn't do what I'd asked (& paid for), or did a bare-minimum job. The paintwork also didn't withstand stone-chips very well at all....so be careful who you pick...reputation doesn't seem to mean anything anymore...
It's worth travelling for this type of work. Loads of charlatans out there as bodywork is an unregulated industry and what you want is the type of character that cares about their work. Many can make something look pretty with paint and filler but few can do it properly.
I'm based near Carmbridge and am booked with this chap - up in Scarborough. Take a look at his fabrication work; he is a perfectionist and an artist, making panels to factory specs where repair panels don't exist. He has links to an equally good bodyshop for the paintwork afterwards too.
https://www.facebook.com/DstRustoworx/
Be warned he has a long waiting list of c18months though.
Many places will just shove filler over the top of rusty metal and most of joe public don't understand the process of restoring cars. I have lost count of the work in progress bodywork pictures I have seen on cars I wanted to buy that show rusty metal cleaned back (i.e. so weak and bits missing) and re-shaped with filler as though it was a great job on a car they were asking top top money for.
DST will fabricate and weld to a point where filler is not needed or at least the most minimal skim to level up with original paint if not going bare metal on the paint job.
I'm based near Carmbridge and am booked with this chap - up in Scarborough. Take a look at his fabrication work; he is a perfectionist and an artist, making panels to factory specs where repair panels don't exist. He has links to an equally good bodyshop for the paintwork afterwards too.
https://www.facebook.com/DstRustoworx/
Be warned he has a long waiting list of c18months though.
Many places will just shove filler over the top of rusty metal and most of joe public don't understand the process of restoring cars. I have lost count of the work in progress bodywork pictures I have seen on cars I wanted to buy that show rusty metal cleaned back (i.e. so weak and bits missing) and re-shaped with filler as though it was a great job on a car they were asking top top money for.
DST will fabricate and weld to a point where filler is not needed or at least the most minimal skim to level up with original paint if not going bare metal on the paint job.
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