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								by Mark Elvin » Wed May 13, 2015 7:22 am
			
			
			
			
			and mighty fine she looks too....
 

 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by silage » Wed May 13, 2015 7:33 am
			
			
			
			
			A fine looking Girl, final cost?
			
									
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								by Mark Elvin » Wed May 13, 2015 7:38 am
			
			
			
			
			Original quote £2500 assuming outer arches only required.
Additional work required above the quote:-
Inner arches, were rotted away, needed 4" all around replaced.
New screen
Surface rust evident after screen removed was sorted
Colour coding of the plastics
Colour coding of rear panel
New sill section required
Repair to front panel required
Total cost £3400
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by mikeonb4c » Wed May 13, 2015 8:27 am
			
			
			
			
			Mark Elvin wrote:Original quote £2500 assuming outer arches only required.
Additional work required above the quote:-
Inner arches, were rotted away, needed 4" all around replaced.
New screen
Surface rust evident after screen removed was sorted
Colour coding of the plastics
Colour coding of rear panel
New sill section required
Repair to front panel required
Total cost £3400
Looks fantastic, worth every penny, and may you get many good years out of her.  

 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by Bob » Wed May 13, 2015 8:30 am
			
			
			
			
			Well worth it.   

 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by helen&tony » Wed May 13, 2015 10:35 am
			
			
			
			
			Hi
Very nice price for that amount of work!....
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								by Spencer54 » Wed May 13, 2015 5:25 pm
			
			
			
			
			Two tone hook up flap, genius 
 
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								by silage » Wed May 13, 2015 6:06 pm
			
			
			
			
			very nice 

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								by Gasy » Wed May 13, 2015 6:22 pm
			
			
			
			
			Looking lovely
I'd put the black side / rear windows in next
I'm gonna do my aft in a dark silver to match the bottom half
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								by Simon Jones » Wed May 13, 2015 6:46 pm
			
			
			
			
			Looks fantastic now. How much have you had to spend bringing the mechanicals and bodywork up to that standard since it was purchased from a certain gentleman in Bristol well known for his eBay shenanigans?
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by Cab-ova pete » Wed May 13, 2015 7:02 pm
			
			
			
			
			That looks the cats whiskers matey 

 how long would you say it took? Very impressive! Can't believe it's from the Hayat stables 

 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by jockenglish » Thu May 14, 2015 9:39 am
			
			
			
			
			Lovely looking, congratulations. The Missus wants to do the front garden to park ours on, and likes the look of yours, could you tell me what it is please?
			
									
									
						 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by Mark Elvin » Thu May 14, 2015 9:45 am
			
			
			
			
			jockenglish wrote:Lovely looking, congratulations. The Missus wants to do the front garden to park ours on, and likes the look of yours, could you tell me what it is please?
Printed concrete.
 
		 
		 
				
			 
				
		
		
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								by BongoBongo123 » Thu May 14, 2015 12:53 pm
			
			
			
			
			Very stylish, clean, tidy not over the top but still very classy, nice work.
			
									
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