Advice please - Damaged car when being restored

[phib]

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[anonymous-user]

Not really helpful but why didn't you go at it yourself? Restorations are quite fun!

[phib]

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[LaurasOtherHalf]

Has any money changed hands? If not, what do you think would be a suitable outcome, compensation or completion of the original quoted works?


I can't think of anything more suitable than to suggest you "lawyer up" unfortunately.

[phib]

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[TooMany2cvs]

phib said:

The car is a 1991 2 owner ( factory and one owner) car with full factory and main dealer history which is seriously rare, it was 100% original apart from one rear quaterlight.

...all very nice, but basically irrelevant considering...

phib said:

The restorer basically had to do rear sills, brakes, fuel lines, suspension, re finish wheels... and repaint 5 pannels

phib said:

We are 4 months into the restoration and I have been to look the car and the following has been damaged :

Are you going to wait for the job to be finished, then take up any issues remaining? Or...?

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[Stoatman]

Crikey, doesn't even sound like a restorer. Bad times. I suppose you have to give him a chance to say its "finished" and see the quality . However would have put me off already if I knew he works in the state he does. Doesn't cover interiors etc and can't mask of areas properly .

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[MattYorke]

It looks like you live nearish to me. Without being too specific, is the company over near odiham?

If you need to extract and store the car safely for a while, I have some numbers of guys that will probably have space (barn type, but other cars etc stored there and nice and secure). Or if it's exotica, there's a place over near church crookham that specialise in storage (I understand storage is just while you sort things out re the resto)

And - what is his opinion of this damage? Will he make good?

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[phib]

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[datum77]

First things first, if you haven't done it already. Take pictures, lots of them, as evidence later on. Also, if you haven't done it already, arrange a meet with the guy right at the top. Presumably, you arranged all this , originally, by word of mouth. If there is any "contract" you can use this - even if it was only verbal.

If they are part of a bigger group - again, speak to someone at the top with some power.

Good luck, there are lots of honest car people out there.

[Claudia Skies]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

I can't think of anything more suitable than to suggest you "lawyer up" unfortunately.

That's right. So the question becomes how many £,000 of damage has been done to your car?

Whatever happens you will need a report prepared by a qualified automotive engineer to use as "evidence". I would suggest that if there's significant money at stake you get that report asap. Once you have the report you are in a strong position to negotiate a settlement with the workshop. If they won't play ball, you already have the report your solicitor will need.

Starting point is to make sure the report you get will be suitable for legal use if needed. So have an initial chat with a lawyer before you start.

1. Chat to lawyer to find out what sort of report you need and who to get it from
2. Get report
3. Use report to negotiate with workshop
4. If no agreement, put the lawyers on it.

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