cost of bodywork repairs

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Re: cost of bodywork repairs

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Ahhh - you really bring out the glamour in the job - Jono!
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Re: cost of bodywork repairs

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Make sure that your welder is used to doing cars too. Not all pro welders, used to thick steel and long runs can easily adapt to thin, rusty steel, dripping underseal , waxoyle and the like.
That's a very good point to mention. I've often hear "oh my XYZ relative can do the welding as they weld for a living" however that usually makes me wonder. Industrial welding & fabrication is not the same as repairing the underneath as a classic car. It's rather like rebuilding a gearbox vs repairing an antique clock (both have gears and bearings and levers and sliding parts...)
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That explains why my gearbox now ticks and can tell the time and my clock whines and crunches! :wink:
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Re: cost of bodywork repairs

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chickenjohn wrote:That explains why my gearbox now ticks and can tell the time and my clock whines and crunches! :wink:
:lol:
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