What did you do to your Z this week?

[Mr Ex Jnr]

Would be up for this one year, looks great Jon.

Next one i would love to do too bucket list goal

 

[status]

Next year,we stay at a château which is about a 15 min drive from the track,nice a peaceful

 

[jonbills]

Did you join the camping crew in the end @jonbills ?

I joined them for some lovely grub, and then went home for a warm shower and cool bed.

 

[Mr Ex Jnr]

Geoff at Southport added me on Facebook and hot some pics of his old yard when he run Z Salvage yard

I used go here as kid many times with dad

 

[arcdef]

Took mine to some bodyshops to quote on respraying the roof and tailgate as there are some contaminants under the paint and it has failed on the edge. Was quoted £3-4k by a couple of shops. Does this seem reasonable to you all?

 

[status]

Bit expensive if you ask me for that

 

[Paul_S]

I agree. I hate it when you go into a body shop and one of the first questions they ask (after "Is it on insurance?") is "How much is your car worth?....

 

[Mr Tenno]

Was told the other day by a fairly respected restorer (other marque), that good quality resprays basically start at 10k now and go up depending on final finish and what else they find needs doing along the way.

 

[Mr Ex Jnr]

Am in the trade and any less than 3k and your gunna get a poor job as they won't be enough money in the job after materials and labour

2k base coat Paint alone for a full respray 4ltre your talking £300 for Qaulity paint

That's without the decent laqure they hopefully put on at £80+ a kit and then the rest lol

Pay for what u get

 

[Paul_S]

Sure, but this is just the roof and tailgate though?

 

[jonbills]

I'd expect about £1k per panel.

 

[jonbills]

I took one of the front wings off the new 240.
all looks good apart from the reinforced bit in the corner, which I think might be the first repair.

 

[Kieronpollock]

Took mine to some bodyshops to quote on respraying the roof and tailgate as there are some contaminants under the paint and it has failed on the edge. Was quoted £3-4k by a couple of shops. Does this seem reasonable to you all?

where are you based, I know of a great company in Witney Oxfordshire

 

[Huw]

I took one of the front wings off the new 240.
all looks good apart from the reinforced bit in the corner, which I think might be the first repair.View attachment 51606View attachment 51607View attachment 51608

Looks very solid Jon despite the external appearance, nice.

 

[arcdef]

where are you based, I know of a great company in Witney Oxfordshire

I'm in North Hampshire, wouldn't be opposed to traveling to Witney as it's less than an hour away. Can you share the shop details please?

 

[status]

Also Essex auto spray if you don’t mind travelling a bit,they are near Stansted airport so probably hour and half ish they like pound notes,doi a few of my panels which got scratched when I went to Le man

 

[Kieronpollock]

I'm in North Hampshire, wouldn't be opposed to traveling to Witney as it's less than an hour away. Can you share the shop details please?

Cotswold Accident and Repair and whilst most of their work is as per their name the owner (small family business) is a classic car expert, sorted my wife’s Rover mini for me following an accident and shows his own car. So so knowledgeable and defo worth a call, only issue will be timeframe but you will get an accurate price for a 1st class result. Happy to ride along with you if need be …. I live in Highworth so on the way

 

[Kieronpollock]

I used a guy in Weymouth to do my body and paint work. I’ve emailed him to see if he’s still in business as he was going to close up

 

[arcdef]

Cotswold Accident and Repair and whilst most of their work is as per their name the owner (small family business) is a classic car expert, sorted my wife’s Rover mini for me following an accident and shows his own car. So so knowledgeable and defo worth a call, only issue will be timeframe but you will get an accurate price for a 1st class result. Happy to ride along with you if need be …. I live in Highworth so on the way

Awesome thanks, will have to pop down there when I next get a day off, always good to have recommendations! If the guy in Weymouth is still about let me know, photos look good! Thanks again

 

[Kieronpollock]

Just asked him and he’s not taking on any more business but said the following:

It's probably because they don't want to do it or they want to go back to the bare metal on the roof and tailgate and redo any body filler work before paint so they can guarantee their paint work.

Because of the roof they would have to paint the rear quarter panels.

If it is metallic then they will have to blend into the doors too to match the quarter panels.

But still, that is a very high quote. I'd be around £1500 for an initial quote without having seen it.