In article <005601c1b1b9$d3102000$2b090150@u8p1p8>, William Davies
<bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk> writes
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
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>> Thank you. So what are you recommendations for me - give the whole
>> thing to a body shop, or are there some things that even an idiot like
>> me could do? And if your rear wings were in the same state as mine,
>> would you replace the whole wing, or just the wheel arch?
>
>If you decide to put it into a bodyshop, be very careful where you go.
>Amazing how many Spitfires being brought into our local (very good)
>Triumph specialists when they fail the next MOT on the "professional"
>repairs carried out for the last MOT!
The place I used for the last body work I subbed out is actually a
rather snooty wheel-alignment specialist (lots of pictures on the wall
of the Ferraris and Porsches they've worked on), but not only did they
give me the most competitive quotation, they showed me a Stag that they
were in the process of rebuilding. *Very* impressive. They also
allowed me to inspect Carly at various stages in the repair process, and
I was more than happy with their work. I shall be astonished if their
professional repairs don't last longer than the rest of the car...
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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