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Vintage-and-Classic

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #41

freelanderoig said:

dollop of underseal on that ..ide be happy...

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Me too. The previous owner of my Jag fitted new jacking points to that standard and I bought the car without any regrets. Its fine. You wouldn't get any sort of certificate for it though

 

freelanderoig

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #42

if its where you rest your foot ..that plates not going to last a week...shame full thing is...so ..dosent this guy give a dam about his work...he cant even be bothered to wire cut the weld wire off,and put under seal on..this guy..dont give a dam..ide sack him for the attitude ..never mind the weld

 

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Vintage-and-Classic

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #43

freelanderoig said:

if its where you rest your foot ..that plates not going to last a week...

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I used to take cars to a garage run by a Sicilian family. Going back many years the proprietor once tore away a plate welded like that with his bare hands from someone's Austin Metro and threw it out of the open garage doors with the words, "take a the f*ckin' thing outta here and don't a bring it back"!!!!

 

freelanderoig

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #44

Vintage-and-Classic said:

I used to take cars to a garage run by a Sicilian family. Going back many years the proprietor once tore away a plate welded like that with his bare hands from someone's Austin Metro and threw it out of the open garage doors with the words, "take a the f*ckin' thing outta here and don't a bring it back"!!!!

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mama mia

 

Kwakerman

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #45

freelanderoig said:

mama mia

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You an ABBA fan?

 

freelanderoig

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2015

• #46

no but the guy paid a lot of..money,money,money...

 

MrNasty

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #47

Looks like they don't care, that never took 3 hours to do, I wouldn't buy a vehicle with repairs like that, would rather just see the corrosion.

 

freelanderoig

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #48

i can see the 3 hrs...2 hrs drinking tea...and getting the chips..20 mins eating said chips...40 mins pretending hes a doctor and carrying out an abortion.

 

fergus123

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2015

• #49

Just to clarify, they said they would put wax oil on it, I asked them not to as I wanted to see the standard of the repair and I was planning on doing the whole thing anyway.

 

freelanderoig

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #50

fergus123 said:

Just to clarify, they said they would put wax oil on it, I asked them not to as I wanted to see the standard of the repair and I was planning on doing the whole thing anyway.

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haha..maybe plan was to cover it all up then...joking apart you cant except that or next year youll pay again

 

jamesmartin

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #51

fergus123 said:

Just to clarify, they said they would put wax oil on it, I asked them not to as I wanted to see the standard of the repair and I was planning on doing the whole thing anyway.

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its not a repair the rot is till there

 

freelanderoig

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2015

• #52

its a rotten job

 

fergus123

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #53

James, the idea was for them to repair the chassis. It was only on inspection i found it was plates welded over.

 

jamesmartin

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #54

fergus123 said:

James, the idea was for them to repair the chassis. It was only on inspection i found it was plates welded over.

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new chassis legs at the rear ?you really want the rot cutting out of floor

 

chris7

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• Dec 22, 2015

• #55

Actually some of the welding ive seen on the cars that I have bought to restore over the years has been far worse!!
It just always amazes me that such work has passed an MOT inspection on these cars
BUT on the plus side it does give me room to negotiate