Skye, seems to me that Lawrie "west coast" Alexander suggested that if someone
on this list was interested in a rust free car he would be glad to help. I bet,
given enough time he could locate one of those rust free California cars that
needs an engine, trans, etc. You could buy a car like this and move the pieces
from your car to the rust free car. This would be much cheaper than chasing all
the rust you mentioned.
Good Luck.
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO. USA
1967 MGB Roadster, Vintage Racer
1969 MGB Roadster, Driver
1970 MGB Roadster, Fixer upper
http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Skye Poier
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 7:53 PM
> To: MG Nuts
> Subject: Bodywork - Vancouver CA
>
>
> Well, today I removed one of the headlamp bowls to discover the fender
> behind it is almost totally rotted away. What a drag. Add new fenders
> to the list. At some point in the near future my B is going to require
> some major bodywork. If I had a garage, and someone to show me how to
> do things I would do it myself but having neither, I will have to farm
> the job out. Here's what I figure needs replacing -
>
> - both front fenders
> - both rear fenders
> - complete sills on both sides and doglegs
> - probably floors on both sides
> - rear valence
> - door skins
>
> Thats $3500 in sheet metal alone. Good god. Hello loan officer. Of course
> there may be more that needs replacing, or patch panels could be used in
> some areas, so a professional estimate would probably be in order. Can
> anyone (Bill?) recommend a body shop or even a private individual that could
> do the work and do it well, perhaps even just working on it in "off hours"
> to keep the costs down. I would be happy to remove all the trim, seats etc
> on my own time, either at the shop (I have no idea if that is even an option
> - I'm in unfamiliar territory here) or here at my building and then get it
> towed to the shop.
>
> I had no illusions about how much it would cost to restore this car when
> I bought it - still one can't help feeling a little bit of 'in too deep'
> when you look at all the things that need to be done. Its just a matter
> of tackling one thing at a time I guess - good thing the car isn't very big!
>
> What I really need is to quit my programming job and go work at a garage
> so I can get some discounts ;)
>
> After getting all this metal put on, I would venture to guess there wouldn't
> be a better time to get the little bugger painted (the original) BRG. There
> are currently four (BRG, blue, BRG, red) layers of paint on the car right
> now and I'd really like to see it down to metal. But one thing at a time.
>
> I'm almost wishing those Heritage body shells came for the 62-67 body.
> Now there's a weekend project.
>
> Skye Poier
> Who is determined to save this car at any cost
> Did I just say that?
>
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