1962 Vauxhall Victor FB - Making Panels

i honestly cannot wait to see this car finished

Hoorah another update

Got the Victor ready to go down to SPL last week

Could not believe how much surface rust had started to form on the car, even in places where there was no rust at all before, I guess when they say Primer absorbs water, this is what they mean











The guys unloading the car at SPL









and the collection of panels to be done to





and some other candidates waiting their turns










All well and good you think, yes so did we, then the guy comes over with his clipboard and takes down the details then asks, do we want it dipped "yes " we say and he ticks the box, do you want it coated he says, "yes" we say " E- coated please" we say.

Oh I'm sorry we don't do that any more, we have a new improved Nickel plating coating, very good, lasts 3 times longer than the e -coating, salt resistant up to 3000 hours, and we are so confident that we offer a 3 year anti perforation warranty with it.

And look how nice it looks on our sample Mini traveller









"Ooooh Lovely" we say Sounds and looks great, whats the down side, No down side he says, but it is a little bit more expensive.

Okay, how much is it


£2500.00 + Vat he says.

I cant print our next reply, but it went along the lines, of

Gosh thats a bit more expensive than the previous £845 + Vat that you so kindly quoted earlier, shame you had not thought to mention this to us last month when we rang to book it in, and again yesterday when we rang to confirm what time we would be here.

To say that we felt well and truly shafted would have been a total understatement at this stage, a few more pleasantries followed and the guy apologised stating that he did not normally deal with the car side and the guy we needed to speak to would be back in tomorrow. So we decided to leave the car and head back home

Following rather lengthy discussion with the MD the following day, Gordon was even informed that the £2500+ vat did not normally include the panels that we had supplied to, this would normally be extra, but due to the inconvenience he would do them for the same price.

Very nice of him !!

So with the dipping cost included thats the thick end of £4K now to get the car done, begrudgingly Gordon agreed, as we have got this far with it, it would be a shame not to follow it through

So if anyone know's a market for a semi healthy lung or Kidney, then please email me

all I can say is ahhhhhhhh!!!!

look how much rust is on it


And wouldn't be like someone to jack the price up when your in a position off bringing car down booking it in ect

Yikes. I keep hoping I'll find a fantastic report about this company to balance out the bad ones of their less than professional attitude towards customers, but it hasn't happened yet.

Fingers crossed that the Victor will benefit from all this lavishing of attention.

Looks like a Maserati Ghibli or Shamal in the background. Can't wait to see how the Victor turns out - when's it due back?

Argh, that doesn't sound good... I mean I am sure it will be ok?

Top work so far, and hope that all ends up ok.

Lewis

You are braver than me leaving it there!!

Thanks Kev, I'll remember that for next time

Well that was a timely bump

Yes some of the cars have been there for years, waiting to be collected, or so they say

Gordon rang last night to say that he has been speaking to SPL and they still have no idea when they will have the new Super Duper Plating line in place, he got the impression that it will not even be this year, add to that VAT going up in the New Year and we are left with a dilema

He is busy ringing around to see what the alternatives are, so watch this space