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The restoration begins!

Paul, do you have the car back yet? Photos please!!! Alas mine will probably need something similar soon.

Your suggestion to Google "classic car bodyshops near High Wycombe" returned 0 results! Any further hints as to who did the work?

ian

Hi Ian,

It's at Classic and Custom works, in Penn Street. I don't know why I feel uncomfortable naming them, I guess it's that I always expect people to assume I use the PCGB role to get a deal, and that's certainly not the case. He's snowed under with work and stopped advertising in PP, and I'm not getting any sort of discount. Having seen the standard of work i'd not go anywhere else, with the caveat that I've not seen it finished nor had a final costing. Just that I like his attitude; whether it's an Aston or a Cortina, it's just a challenge to him.

And no, it's not back yet. Given that he had a baby arrive 6 weeks early, and in the middle of a complete refit of the workshop, I've been telling him to put mine to the back of the queue; I really don't need it until Rutland is organised. Andy? [;)][;)]

I've not taken any pictures since the last ones above, either. In all honesty there's not that much to show! It's strange, but I really was expecting to find something interesting, and get some truly horrible pictures, but mine was so much worse on the outside that it's all been a bit of an anti-climax in many ways. Except the bill being less than the worst-case estimate, of course, which is a huge relief! [&:]

I popped in on Friday, and it's all primed and ready for paint. There were just a few bits around the rear lamps he was dealing with, and the most fiddly bits on mine were all around the rear-end. Boot catches, lamp recesses, spare wheel well, and that awkward double-skinned piece that the "Porsche" script sits on.

Back by the weekend, hopefully. Then to Tesco, where it can pick up it's first trolley "dink". [8|]
 
Nice to see your cars nearly done Paul. Sounds like you've been lucky re - rust. The thing is you just can't tell till you start cutting just how bad it's going to be.You can looking the vents and all along the floor etc but you still can't really see what's going on.
I noticed you had a bit in the spare wheel well, I had that as well, but it couldn't be seen till I looked from underneath with the fuel tank out.
I also like your guys attitude to cars, A lot of people get hung up on makes and how much things cost when they were new. Most cars are pretty much the same when you start to pull them to bits.Ask Alisdair about the quality of the Ferrari he re built.
Get some photo's on when it's done.
 
Just collected the car back, it seems very odd to see it all one colour, with no scabby bits! Pics to follow, it's really grey and drizzly today.

Just need to wait for the bits for the front badge to go back on, and to refix the S2 badge. I know it's not the most popular decision, but the under-sill trims are staying off. Partly due to cost, but mainly because I can't see the look worrying me and they're one less thing to clean out each spring! The option is always there to put a new set on in the future.

I now need to do a very thorough interior clean, and then drive it more. [8D]
 

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Supernoodles for tea at Pauls house tonight...

He'll be too busy making vroom vroom noises in his car to cook anything that posh. [:D]

Seriously that's great news Paul, I'm really looking forward to seeing her at Rutland, I do hope the roads aren't grimey for your drive up [;)]
 

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