What’s in the paint shop today?
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swanseaboydan said:
Looks like you specialise in classics ?
I wouldn't say we specialise, but quite a few classics come our way 
At the minute we're being inundated with Puch Maxis :-D They're very much in fashion with the hipsters here. I haven't taken photos of these as wasn't sure they'd garner much interest here, but I'll see if I can get a couple next week anyway.
Most of our work is boring quick turnaround stuff from local car dealers; scuffed bumpers and minor parking dings, that kind of thing.
swanseaboydan said:
Nice to have a bit of variation
It is …and on that subject, a colleague and I were working on a customer’s E30 convertible the other day in their little car cave.
The E30 is a project that the punter started years ago apparently. The C123 is in beautiful nick, 7 series gathering dust
BrownEaredDog said:
I kinda want one having had a read - not sure I could handle the 21bhp from that awe inspiring lump tho 
This has to be a positive tho: “ The unusually direct steering no doubt delighted some keen drivers, but road tests of the time nonetheless included warnings to take great care with the car's handling on wet roads due to oversteer”
Nightmare said:
I kinda want one having had a read - not sure I could handle the 21bhp from that awe inspiring lump tho
This has to be a positive tho: “ The unusually direct steering no doubt delighted some keen drivers, but road tests of the time nonetheless included warnings to take great care with the car's handling on wet roads due to oversteer”
Sort of like a very slow old 911 This has to be a positive tho: “ The unusually direct steering no doubt delighted some keen drivers, but road tests of the time nonetheless included warnings to take great care with the car's handling on wet roads due to oversteer”
I had a read of the Wikipedia article earlier; a very interesting development history, and the 911 parallel is not entirely wrong :-D It’s quiet in the shop at the minute, summer holidays.
People are crashing their cars in to each other in other countries.
But!
Two lovely German things here for rust repairs for which will be familiar to anyone here that’s owned one.
Curiously enough, we were only asked to repair the rear three quarter on this E39. The rest of the car suddenly looks a bit scruffy
…and a C208 Convertible with repairs that will have owners of any Merc of this generation breaking out in a sweat due to either déjà vu or ominous foreboding :-D
Still some Mustang excellence to come, I took the pics ages back, just keep forgetting to post
People are crashing their cars in to each other in other countries.
But!
Two lovely German things here for rust repairs for which will be familiar to anyone here that’s owned one.
Curiously enough, we were only asked to repair the rear three quarter on this E39. The rest of the car suddenly looks a bit scruffy
…and a C208 Convertible with repairs that will have owners of any Merc of this generation breaking out in a sweat due to either déjà vu or ominous foreboding :-D
Still some Mustang excellence to come, I took the pics ages back, just keep forgetting to post
Edited by BrownEaredDog on Thursday 20th July 17:33
Old cars are excellent.
Opel design studio, somewhere in Rüsselheim, c. 1971…
Designer #1: “I’ve placed the fuel filler right next to the right-rear passenger’s head and the fuel tank behind them. No safety worries, the occupants will be protected by the seat back and vinyl trim”
Designer #2: “Good work Wolfgang, but what about the petrol fumes?”
Designer #1: “Aha, way ahead of you there; there’s a vent above the filler”
Designer #2: “Sehr gut, but how do we get the fumes in to the passenger compartment?”
Designer #1: “Not overlooked, I have ensured that the upper anchor point for the seatbelt doubles as a vent to enable the occupants to inhale the fumes”
Designer #2: “Ausgezeichnet Wolfgang, gute Arbeit”
Opel design studio, somewhere in Rüsselheim, c. 1971…
Designer #1: “I’ve placed the fuel filler right next to the right-rear passenger’s head and the fuel tank behind them. No safety worries, the occupants will be protected by the seat back and vinyl trim”
Designer #2: “Good work Wolfgang, but what about the petrol fumes?”
Designer #1: “Aha, way ahead of you there; there’s a vent above the filler”
Designer #2: “Sehr gut, but how do we get the fumes in to the passenger compartment?”
Designer #1: “Not overlooked, I have ensured that the upper anchor point for the seatbelt doubles as a vent to enable the occupants to inhale the fumes”
Designer #2: “Ausgezeichnet Wolfgang, gute Arbeit”
Purosangue said:
how much would you charge for a full re spray ,
with no prep
and also for one requiring rubbing down ,priming and top coat
It depends on so many things so prices for these big jobs are negotiated individually with the customer. We won't normally do a full respray with no prep as it doesn't allow us to guarantee the best quality. with no prep
and also for one requiring rubbing down ,priming and top coat
We've recently had some parts in for painting where the owner claimed to have done the prep which just wasn't the case. It ended up costing him quite a bit more as I had to use days correcting his mistakes plus the pit of sorrows that were hidden beneath them
It’s been a while, not much exciting coming in recently. Not sure if this counts as exciting, but not many of them still in daily use, especially not the 4x4 model:
A US-spec 450SL in for some minor work. I never understand why owners keep the federal-spec lights and bumpers. It doesn’t make them look better or more rare, it just makes them look s
t
Lovely car nonetheless. Sorry about the awful pics, the place is a little crowded
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A US-spec 450SL in for some minor work. I never understand why owners keep the federal-spec lights and bumpers. It doesn’t make them look better or more rare, it just makes them look s
t Lovely car nonetheless. Sorry about the awful pics, the place is a little crowded
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|https://thumbsnap.com/weznwJVt[/url]It's been a while
A Mini 1275 GT popped up the other day. Apparently it's a car that the boss worked on during his apprenticeship knocking-on thirty years ago, then it was stuck in storage until last year when the current owner got it back on the road. It's in for a little rust work and a respray.
I don't really like Minis - new or old - as a rule, but there's something about a modded one that's quite interesting. This one had all the period mods thrown at it and it sounds great.
...and our jobs are nothing if not varied Prep on a kayak (or whatever it is, some floaty thing) makes a nice change from kerbed alloys, parking bumps and bits of Fiat 500s damaged while their owner was doing makeup for TikTok while in traffic (you couldn't make this st up, people really are that stupid ).
Until next time - have a nice weekend you lot
A Mini 1275 GT popped up the other day. Apparently it's a car that the boss worked on during his apprenticeship knocking-on thirty years ago, then it was stuck in storage until last year when the current owner got it back on the road. It's in for a little rust work and a respray.
I don't really like Minis - new or old - as a rule, but there's something about a modded one that's quite interesting. This one had all the period mods thrown at it and it sounds great.
...and our jobs are nothing if not varied
Prep on a kayak (or whatever it is, some floaty thing) makes a nice change from kerbed alloys, parking bumps and bits of Fiat 500s damaged while their owner was doing makeup for TikTok while in traffic (you couldn't make this st up, people really are that stupid ).Until next time - have a nice weekend you lot
C5_Steve said:
Yeah I've never understood the bumper thing either, looks awful.
The interior on the Merc looks
Sorry Steve, didn't see your reply. I somehow managed to turn reply notifications off and they can't be reinstated.The interior on the Merc looks
The interior is indeed a thing of beauty. It's so refreshing when compared to the overwrought tat we're subject to now
Dodge Ram Rumble Bee in for a respray. Imported from the US West Coast a few years back, it hasn't taken long for the rust to take hold The quality of materials inside and out and the standard of assembly of said materials is nothing short of shockingly bad...but I love it and I'd own it at the drop of a hat <3
The quality of materials inside and out and the standard of assembly of said materials is nothing short of shockingly bad...but I love it and I'd own it at the drop of a hat <3Edited by BrownEaredDog on Tuesday 24th October 07:39
BrownEaredDog said:
Dodge Ram Rumble Bee in for a respray. Imported from US the West Coast a few years back, it hasn't taken long for the rust to take hold The quality of materials inside and out and the standard of assembly of said materials is nothing short of shockingly bad...but I love it and I'd own it at the drop of a hat <3
Lovely The quality of materials inside and out and the standard of assembly of said materials is nothing short of shockingly bad...but I love it and I'd own it at the drop of a hat <3I can imagine re the quality but I bet you can whip it all apart with a 10mm and a screwdriver in about 10 mins through
C5_Steve said:
Lovely
I can imagine re the quality but I bet you can whip it all apart with a 10mm and a screwdriver in about 10 mins through
Haha, you're not wrong, I think we had the tailgate, grille and rear bumper off in less I can imagine re the quality but I bet you can whip it all apart with a 10mm and a screwdriver in about 10 mins through
I can see that you know what you're talking about and must be handy with the Imperial tools? None of that Goddamn Yoo-ro-peen metric stuff on a C5 
I'm completely in love with the Ram, but for me it would have to be the SRT-10 version
BrownEaredDog said:
C5_Steve said:
Lovely
I can imagine re the quality but I bet you can whip it all apart with a 10mm and a screwdriver in about 10 mins through
Haha, you're not wrong, I think we had the tailgate, grille and rear bumper off in less I can imagine re the quality but I bet you can whip it all apart with a 10mm and a screwdriver in about 10 mins through
I can see that you know what you're talking about and must be handy with the Imperial tools? None of that Goddamn Yoo-ro-peen metric stuff on a C5 I'm completely in love with the Ram, but for me it would have to be the SRT-10 version
My garage is an equal opportunities site having previously homed Japanese cars (and still one in the household) so we cater for most of the world at this stage
BrownEaredDog said:
It’s been a little quiet here, but this turned up today: an AE92 Corolla GTI 16. It’s in very good nick given that it’s probably well over 30 years old. I think it’s in for a full respray, hope I can get more pics next week.
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That’s it for now, until next time
Ah man, I love these. That's the earlier GT Twincam. I had four of the later model in a row when I worked for Toyota in the 90s. I've got a Mk1 MR2 now, same mechanicals more or less, just at the other end obvs! [url]
|https://thumbsnap.com/1GhtBHqd[/url]That’s it for now, until next time
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