Range Rover classic 1992 body repair?
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I’m on the verge of chucking the towel in with this car but the wife reckons to give it a go.
My classic needs, front floors, bottom of a and b pillars, sills (inner and outer. Can’t see the point in just doing outer) rear cross member, front inner wings and would say whole front end. Bulkhead is showing issues also. Strangely rear wheel arches when you open the rear doors are solid both sides.
I’m a toolmaker by trade and body panels were my specialty so in my head everything is repairable but recently bad health means I can’t do the physical heavy stuff
What I’m asking is without a outerbody repaint but to just have a solid shell that is safe to use again what sort of costs am I looking at if the car is given to a garage to do the welding etc so I get a road worthy car with an mot
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My classic needs, front floors, bottom of a and b pillars, sills (inner and outer. Can’t see the point in just doing outer) rear cross member, front inner wings and would say whole front end. Bulkhead is showing issues also. Strangely rear wheel arches when you open the rear doors are solid both sides.
I’m a toolmaker by trade and body panels were my specialty so in my head everything is repairable but recently bad health means I can’t do the physical heavy stuff
What I’m asking is without a outerbody repaint but to just have a solid shell that is safe to use again what sort of costs am I looking at if the car is given to a garage to do the welding etc so I get a road worthy car with an mot
Below is a picture of said car
good luck - i did restore a 1995 soft dash 1/25 25th anniversary a couple years back: it was super costly to do right, and some of the trim was close to impossible to source.
in the end, it was a really cool truck and reliable, a little slow however...we loved it until someone offered what was really close to our breakeven costs so i sold it and didn't look back as the normal running costs were outrageous (yes even after full restoration) , and replaced it by a G55 (alot lot more expensive, but maintenance close to nothing and we know it will go the distance)
in the end, it was a really cool truck and reliable, a little slow however...we loved it until someone offered what was really close to our breakeven costs so i sold it and didn't look back as the normal running costs were outrageous (yes even after full restoration) , and replaced it by a G55 (alot lot more expensive, but maintenance close to nothing and we know it will go the distance)
Edited by 911Thrasher on Thursday 16th November 15:52
Thank you. At the moment she doesn’t really owe me much but as you say it starts to get costly very quickly paying someone by the hour.
Exterior I’m not too bothered, dents scraps etc but I do want a good steel shell under those skin panels. My annual mileage isn’t huge split between two cars anyway but I don’t like giving up on a project. When it had an mot it is the only car I’ve ever driven to make a bolshe white van man actually reverse up and give way
just for that it deserves to be back on the road!
Exterior I’m not too bothered, dents scraps etc but I do want a good steel shell under those skin panels. My annual mileage isn’t huge split between two cars anyway but I don’t like giving up on a project. When it had an mot it is the only car I’ve ever driven to make a bolshe white van man actually reverse up and give way
just for that it deserves to be back on the road!I've done that on my softdash with the bulkhead thrown in as well. It will be buying a used s/c range rover sort of expensive to have it done properly by a garage unless you know them/sleep with them or you can weld.
Is it cost effective, probably not for a car like yours but that isn't really the point.
Oh and did I mention it won't be cheap?
Is it cost effective, probably not for a car like yours but that isn't really the point.
Oh and did I mention it won't be cheap?
DKL said:
I've done that on my softdash with the bulkhead thrown in as well. It will be buying a used s/c range rover sort of expensive to have it done properly by a garage unless you know them/sleep with them or you can weld.
Is it cost effective, probably not for a car like yours but that isn't really the point.
Oh and did I mention it won't be cheap?
The fella at the garage said he would pop over and have a look. That’s all I can ask really. I know it won’t be cheap but what is these days. Is it cost effective, probably not for a car like yours but that isn't really the point.
Oh and did I mention it won't be cheap?
RobXjcoupe said:
The fella at the garage said he would pop over and have a look. That’s all I can ask really. I know it won’t be cheap but what is these days.
Sounds fair enough. Usual problem is that you see the extent of it once its in pieces!As cappo says st on the classic forum range rover thread. Lots of people there who know what's what.
DKL said:
RobXjcoupe said:
The fella at the garage said he would pop over and have a look. That’s all I can ask really. I know it won’t be cheap but what is these days.
Sounds fair enough. Usual problem is that you see the extent of it once its in pieces!As cappo says st on the classic forum range rover thread. Lots of people there who know what's what.
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