RA40tony
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Jul 30, 2011 15:46:34 GMT
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I'm away on holiday in Austria, having a great time and got a few retro spot photos (1936 Lancia) I will post when I get back. BUT I got a horrible call on wednesday morning, a muppet in a lorry, which was delivering milk products to the corner shop forgot to close the rear door properly. He drove past my daily, door swung open and hit the rear of the car. He stopped, closed the door and drove off!!!  Well anyway, my neighbour saw him, got the details from the corner shop and I got the insurance lawyers (legal protection, phew!!!) involved. The question is, I've been sent the pictures and it looks pretty bad. Any opinions? Looks like the rear pillar will have to be replaced? Is it possible? Don't fancy a car full of bondo... its only 5 months old  Anyway, here are the photos:    And turns out the Lancia I saw was a 1936 Aprilia   |
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Last Edit: Jul 30, 2011 21:35:42 GMT by RA40tony
1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Jul 30, 2011 16:55:03 GMT
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looks nasty mate as far as insurance would be conserned your will probably be a wright off at around cat c-d as its pulled the quarter out and pulled the roof down by the looks of it plus the tail gate damage and rear screen though due to its age they may repair it but you are going to need to be a very fussy customer if you don't want it full of filler main stealers will not do a very good job under the skin . could be repaired fairly easily but it will need jigging and a rear quarter .
thats going by what I can see
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RA40tony
Europe
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Jul 30, 2011 17:35:22 GMT
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Thanks Nightmares. That's kind of what I thought regarding Skoda. I will try to see if I can get a couple bodyshops that I know can weld and do restoration work too to work on it(rather than a monkey with a bucket of bondo and a shovel  ) |
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Jul 30, 2011 18:46:38 GMT
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Easy repair  Needs a quarter which IIRC come with the inner section right up to the flange the boot rubber sits on. Wouldn't like to straighten it and fill it, bit too far gone for that. If it's only 5 months old it won't be anywhere near a write off, and it won't need jigging either, wrong sort of damage for that. Oh yeah, I've done this for a living for the last 22 years, I'm a Senior ATA technician with BMW working to PAS125 standards Trouble is, repairs to manufacturer approved methods are NOT the same in Europe. UK repairers work to much higher standards than the rest of Europe. Just be ultra fussy and go to a manufacturer approved bodyshop and you shouldn't have any problem |
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Jul 30, 2011 19:09:18 GMT
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it may be worth sticking this in the BRISKODA.net forum, they may be able to point you in the direction of a Greek garage worth taking it to  |
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Jul 30, 2011 21:13:14 GMT
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Easy repair Needs a quarter which IIRC come with the inner section right up to the flange the boot rubber sits on. Wouldn't like to straighten it and fill it, bit too far gone for that. If it's only 5 months old it won't be anywhere near a write off, and it won't need jigging either, wrong sort of damage for that. Oh yeah, I've done this for a living for the last 22 years, I'm a Senior ATA technician with BMW working to PAS125 standards Trouble is, repairs to manufacturer approved methods are NOT the same in Europe. UK repairers work to much higher standards than the rest of Europe. Just be ultra fussy and go to a manufacturer approved bodyshop and you shouldn't have any problem i'm not going to argue with you as you probably know your stuff with the newer cars and i've not had and dealings with brand new stuff for a while but i have been in the same trade myself up till a few years ago . from what i can see in the picture its pulled the roof down and the quarter outwards so it looks like it'll need a pull to get it straight if it has. though you may be lucky and get it to go back once the damaged quarter is off . as for main dealer / manufactuer approved body shops not seen one round this neck of the woods that does a proper jobs in a good few years and i've re sorted out car from a fair few so i wouldn't recomend them to anybody round here. not saying it the same all over the country but the finish from all the ones in my area is shoddy at best and they all work to the correct paperwork as well |
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RA40tony
Europe
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Jul 30, 2011 21:21:50 GMT
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Thanks for the help from everyone. Its made me feel better already. Great idea about Briskoda!!
Thanks again.
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1979 Toyota Celica GT. Currently Gone.
1975 Toyota Celica ST. 13x7 Allycats, "the stick" applied. 100kW 4AGE... Sold
1963 Karmann Ghia - Lo & Slo, Sold.
1965 VW Fastback - cruising
1953 Oval Ragtop, work in progress...
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Jul 30, 2011 21:27:38 GMT
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no worries mate just hope you get it sorted ok
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