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djinuk
01-02-2011, 15:08
Came across this guys work via mig weldign forum, his welding skills are great , aswell as his fabraction of the floor pans etc, i imagine this is a skill that once developed you can name a price.

Anyway heres his work on an r5.
http://www.pbcm.co.uk/html/5_turbo.html
Markey Mark (BD)
01-02-2011, 15:38
That is some top work there, good find! :agree:
Sparkie
01-02-2011, 19:16
thats a Turbo 1.....well worth saving. it wouldn't matter what per hour he charged. - its would be small change to the overall cost of the car.
J$£5GTT
01-02-2011, 19:41
:agree:
djinuk
01-02-2011, 19:45
glad you like it, the work around the window i find amazing.
SCHWARTZ
01-02-2011, 21:04
why not arc weld it?:scratch:
NayJ
01-02-2011, 22:09
top weldin on there, wish i could do that
Kris M
02-02-2011, 00:11
You dont arc weld thin gauge material like car bodys, etc...Arcs more for heavy duty plant stuff, Gates, etc etc:)
Spooky
02-02-2011, 08:33
You dont arc weld thin gauge material like car bodys, etc...Arcs more for heavy duty plant stuff, Gates, etc etc:)

A Renault with that sort of rot needs all the strength it can get :D
newbstar*
03-02-2011, 00:25
Easy to get the mig to weld nice. Try tig :p
SCHWARTZ
03-02-2011, 07:29
Icant my self but it is poss to arc weld thin materials, looks a lot neater and is stronger, not that it needs to be. Tig sounds fun:D
Trevhib
03-02-2011, 09:48
Mind blowing really. I don't understand how they know how to form the metal for areas under the car (around chassis, strut, subframe areas), that were a complex shape and that have totally rotten away.

I wonder what the cost of the refurb was in total.

The wheels absolutely ruin the look of the car though. After all that work! Get em changed.
Trevhib
03-02-2011, 10:18
They are also doing a job on a GTT. It's a Pearl White Ph1. What a complete mess it was when it went in!

http://www.pbcm.co.uk/html/current_car.html
modfather
03-02-2011, 11:14
grumbs and i thought the gtt i broke was bad :laugh: they have done a spanking job tho :agree:
raider_gtt
03-02-2011, 12:41
grumbs and i thought the gtt i broke was bad :laugh: they have done a spanking job tho :agree:

anybody no of a good company in the kent area like this one
raider_gtt
03-02-2011, 12:43
They are also doing a job on a GTT. It's a Pearl White Ph1. What a complete mess it was when it went in!

http://www.pbcm.co.uk/html/current_car.html


what was the cost of this being done then in the end
djinuk
03-02-2011, 12:56
my mum is currently having a stag restored, similar kind of job, lots of fabrication etc, so far thats up to 7k with plenty more to come..
modfather
03-02-2011, 13:07
anybody no of a good company in the kent area like this one


have you looked in your local yellow pages or maybe google
djinuk
03-02-2011, 14:06
look for restoration shops rather than bodyshop, big diffrence, and a big diffrence in price also.
Trevhib
03-02-2011, 14:26
what was the cost of this being done then in the end

What, their current car, the one they haven't finished yet? That's impossible to answer.
modfather
03-02-2011, 15:01
what was the cost of this being done then in the end


i know,i know, loads of wonga :p :laugh::laugh::laugh:
BriC
03-02-2011, 17:32
They are also doing a job on a GTT. It's a Pearl White Ph1. What a complete mess it was when it went in!

http://www.pbcm.co.uk/html/current_car.html

Very nice! Both the Turbo and the GT Turbo!