Thanks Russ noted.

Thanks will be getting more quotes rugs week busy cleaning the rust under the bonnet. If anyone has body shop recommendations Bristol area always pleased to hear

Thanks Tom useful info, I did get a quote of £350 for painting ,£650 ish to clean repair dent, think I will be prepping at least.

Cheers
N

Thanks Tom,
It was one of option, I will get some quotes some week, given the weather it would be best! On the other hand I do have most things for prep and spraying, and may have some more to do.

Hi, I have found a replacement bonnet for my car wrong colour, it will need to have some dents sorted outed. Was going to try myself I have a compressor, but it seems most recommendations are to use 2k paint, or at least 2k clearcoat, I am not keen on that option , too toxic without a air supply res...

Thanks , all done, just did not want to snap them.


Cheers

Neil

Hi, I have been doing some work on my 2e2 carb, and thought it a good idea to replace the intermediate flange onto the the inlet manifold, it being 32 years old. Thought it was just 4 bolts but there is a metal retaining bracket that stops removing the bolts , does this mean there are nuts under the...

All fixed thanks for the responses, my problem, new alternator has a differnt connection ring rather than spade on the d post that the blue wire connects attaches to, there was another connector spade end connector which was an additional b+ post that I connected to , hence not it did not work. That...

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