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It beggars belief...

Postby clee » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:39 pm

...that someone would repair this area in this manner :wtf Downright dangerous ....and I quote from the recent Ebay listing.

"Its had work including the all important cross member under the petrol tank"

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Both sides ,about an inch from the upper arm bolt had a sheet of steel glued in place to cover the rot ! I peeled it away with my hands .The rest of the crossmember 'repairs' has been done with epoxy filler :wtf


Rest assured it is now all being chopped out and done properly but just shows you what can lie beneath .Please always get someone who knows what they are doing to look over any potential purchase despite any blurb .


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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby Custard » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:39 pm

Nice it's amazing what some people class as a Repare. :crazy
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby BIG_MVS » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:38 pm

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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby Alpineandy » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:11 pm

BIG_MVS wrote:This one?


He mentions Paul and he wouldn't do a repair like that (although the seller could have done it himself or got someone else to bodge it like that).
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby japanalpine » Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:38 pm

That is what my "fully restored" MGA looked like when I got it....all over the body and frame. Shame on them. Took years to reconcile.
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby BobFromNorway » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:40 am

My first car was a Chevette.
The owner before me had fixed the sills by filling the holes with newspaper and expanding foam, then a skim of filler and a gallon of black wax paint on top of that.
Only found out when I went to jack it up and the jacking point collapsed, taking half the floor with it............
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby clee » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:12 am

New owner has found an invoice from 2011 for repairs to crossmember .....Some outfit in North Devon .
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby Dave Williams » Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:15 pm

Was the invoice from HMP Dartmoor ?

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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby clee » Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:51 pm

Major rot-box this one but now all repaired .
We had to do the wheel arch pockets ,top turret rhs where the pocket attached,turret bases,jacking points,front outriggers and then the major rot in the front crossmember .This extended to the toparm mount bolts + front top outriggers ......But ...all done for less than half the price of a paint job so it's up to you what you feel is more worthwhile :thinking :MoreSarc
I've got a set of refurbed front gear to go back on + rebuilt servo and new fixings front and rear .

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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby BIG_MVS » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:47 pm

Bran flake central that front cross member!

Another one saved by RATS :pray
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby miles thomas » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:16 pm

Looks like a really nice job Lee well done :up
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby Alpineandy » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:42 pm

miles thomas wrote:Looks like a really nice job Lee well done :up


Yes, Lee does look like he's getting the hang of this repairing GTAs lark (together with his Weld Master)!
Very nice job :up :up
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby clee » Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:09 pm

Teamwork ...I hook 'em ,he skins 'em and fries 'em
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Re: It beggars belief...

Postby Alpine Tom » Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:20 pm

Good job by Lee at RATS and his welder beast, thank you both. Looks like it was only a few curb jumps from folding in two at the front end! Got the car back this weekend and already putting smiles on faces and should do for years to come. Cheers from a new fan, I hope to meet a few from you from the forum next summer when the weather improves.
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