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Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:46 pm
by Ben93
Hey, got my car back today after it has had it's respray. Took some pictures once i was back from college of it back home in the garage. Have the day off college tomorrow and plan to start putting everything back together.
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Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:04 pm
by Kevin
Looks a good paint job from here, but even more impressive is the size and contents of your garage

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:13 pm
by chrisryder
Kevin wrote:Looks a good paint job from here, but even more impressive is the size and contents of your garage
Seconded on both accounts!
I dunno, you students with your days off... when i were a student... oh wait i still am... and i have tomorrow off too!

unfortunately i don't get to spend it playing with a nice and clean, freshly painted, incredibly fun jigsaw puzzle! I have coursework to do

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:14 am
by Alex'n'Ane
Yes i am very jealous of both! Looking lovely, now the fun re-assembling to do.Wish could still be working on mine too, but its many hundreds of miles away, and i never have any free days.. (well except wednesdays and thursdays, oh and the weekends..)
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:15 am
by Alex'n'Ane
Btw forgot to ask what colour is it? oew? snowberry? Custom?
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:36 am
by Matt Tomkins
wow - they've done a lovely job!
so did they spray with the wings on, then? - what's the general consensus on that? - i might do mine separately, especially rear wings to preserve the piping - not sure about the front though.
any advise welcomed
love the garage, btw

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:01 am
by Ben93
Thanks everyone

the car is old English White and when it was resprayed the rear wings were removed. The contents of the garage is all to do with my grandfather he has quite a few projects going on at the minute. just going out now to start the process of fitting everything back together without scratching the paint

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:17 am
by Matt Tomkins
looks stunning

you say the rear wings were removed; i assume, then the fronts were fitted?
what sealant did you use on the front wings?
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:50 pm
by MarkyB
If new panels are being used then you want something much better than the black rubbish they come with on both sides.
Otherwise they wont stay new very long

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Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:03 pm
by bmcecosse
I bet the garage is even heated....jealous doesn't even begin to describe it........

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:51 pm
by stevie78
thats a showroom dude,
maybe we should start a thread about seeing everybody's workshop/garage, see how good they look (or not look) and where there pride and joy actually lives.
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:41 pm
by moggyadventurer
Superb!
Jealous and envious in one!
Without sounding too rude, how much did the respray cost?
and who did it - give them praise.
Nice workshop too!

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:08 am
by David53
Congratulations! I recall the day I brought my car home from the spray booth. A good feeling!
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:21 pm
by Ben93
The front wings were left on as they were fine and did not need replacing. The rear wings and other new panels had the black stuff stripped off before they were painted. The garage isn't heated as such but there are two or three heaters in there to take the chill out of the air when working in the evenings or in the winter. The chap that did the respray is called Chris he works in the local garage, the chap he works for that owns the garage Wayne restores mustang's. don't know how much the respray cost as my grandfather payed for it as a present I can find out though when I next see him

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:38 pm
by SGTBILKO
A great present and well done. You'll be proud of her when she's finished.
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:46 pm
by phurn
jealousy. much jealousy. my car and garage are both much scabbier than that =[ and the garage is a concrete spider invested freezer with a hulking old granada in it, which i found out today wont budge an inch! bl**dy brakes.
so i have to ask, what else is lurking in there???
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:50 am
by Ben93
Lurking in the garage is My Car along with a Bedford ca bus, Jensen ff, ford 100E, Morris minor pick up, Bedford ws, Austin A60 pickup, Hillman Tilly, Bedford ca van, ford escort convertible, triumph dolomite, Ford pop van

keeps my grandfather out of trouble ;) And thankfully very few spiders

Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:05 pm
by chrisryder
that sounds more like a warehouse!
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:38 pm
by Matt Tomkins
that sounds more like a warehouse!
more like heaven to me :p
Re: Got My Car Back From It's Respray
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:42 pm
by Ben93
I will say that it is my one of my favourite places to be. I can hide out there and just tinker on the cars (there's always something to do) radio on and no one to bother me

has to be the best use of an old cow shed I have ever seen
