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danny_fitz

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Hi folks

Need some recommendations for a bodywork specialist who is familiar with vintage Land Cruisers who can help get my 1995 LC80 back to looking showroom smart again. Work involves replacing front wings and have some welding work carried out on the rear quarter behind the wheel arches. I have located suitable replacement panels, just need to find the right person to execute the work.

Thanks in advance
 
Trouble is the good ones get paid stupid money by insurance companies who like to throw our money away .

Your probably best to look at classic car restorers .
 
Hi folks

Need some recommendations for a bodywork specialist who is familiar with vintage Land Cruisers who can help get my 1995 LC80 back to looking showroom smart again. Work involves replacing front wings and have some welding work carried out on the rear quarter behind the wheel arches. I have located suitable replacement panels, just need to find the right person to execute the work.

Thanks in advance
ive been in the exact same situation for a couple of years now. I know a fair few body shops, and im going with a local classic car restorers. yes, your gonna pay more, but they will be working to a quality point rather than a price point. in the long term its worth the extra imo.
being a classic car restorer they can also use oil based paints.
save some cash by doing the labouring yourself. removal of trim, lights, glass etc.
 
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Cutting out and sorting any rust on ours, plus colour change and custom paint was £3,500 to give you a ball park. Then we ended up getting an auto electrical place to sort out the wiring that the body shop fecked up (long story).... so I reckon you need to figure on £4k to get it done properly.
 
Cutting out and sorting any rust on ours, plus colour change and custom paint was £3,500 to give you a ball park. Then we ended up getting an auto electrical place to sort out the wiring that the body shop fecked up (long story).... so I reckon you need to figure on £4k to get it done properly.
Couldn't you of sourced some used wiring looms dave? I always save any that haven't been butchered.
 
CG - Problem was that the body shop screwed up the lights and central locking wiring, and then rather than contacting me, they decided to "fix" it themselves, and basically made things worse. I sourced a door loom from Karl (thanks Karl!), but for the lights the new wiring (read "bodged") all needed ripped out and re-done back to Toyota standard - not a hugely difficult job - but time consuming and I just needed it sorted. Hey ho... you live and learn... the body shop in question was moving up from basic plant and respray work (which they do well, at a good price) onto trying to get into restro work, which frankly I don't think they have the skills or organisation to do.
 
Cutting out and sorting any rust on ours, plus colour change and custom paint was £3,500 to give you a ball park. Then we ended up getting an auto electrical place to sort out the wiring that the body shop fecked up (long story).... so I reckon you need to figure on £4k to get it done properly.

Those prices are kind of what I am expecting. Do you mind sharing who carried out the works on your LC?
 
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Hi folks

Need some recommendations for a bodywork specialist who is familiar with vintage Land Cruisers who can help get my 1995 LC80 back to looking showroom smart again. Work involves replacing front wings and have some welding work carried out on the rear quarter behind the wheel arches. I have located suitable replacement panels, just need to find the right person to execute the work.

Thanks in advance
Hi Danny,

I am looking to get exactly the same work on LJ71 Landcruiser - I am at the moment trying to find a body shop to do the work. What has your experience been like? Would you mind recommending a body shop? Attached is what the Landcruiser looks like and what need doing. Any advice appreciated.
 

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being a classic car restorer they can also use oil based paints.

Anyone can use oil based paints but why would you? Or did you mean proper(lead) oil based red oxide? There is restrictions on using some paints containing isocyanates if that's what you meant but they'll never phase them out completely as they're in all lacquers, even some water based paints aren't iso free.
 
Also would be interested in who did the work and if you are happy with the results
 
hi Dave_S
could you also let me know who you used for body/spray work? cheers


CG - Problem was that the body shop screwed up the lights and central locking wiring, and then rather than contacting me, they decided to "fix" it themselves, and basically made things worse. I sourced a door loom from Karl (thanks Karl!), but for the lights the new wiring (read "bodged") all needed ripped out and re-done back to Toyota standard - not a hugely difficult job - but time consuming and I just needed it sorted. Hey ho... you live and learn... the body shop in question was moving up from basic plant and respray work (which they do well, at a good price) onto trying to get into restro work, which frankly I don't think they have the skills or organisation to do.
 
The problem with paint shops who do insurance work is that they rely on quick turn around.. front corner bumper wing bonnet and lights. Blend into the door and out of the shop door, payment then on to the next.

Older restorations take up the space of a quick turnaround on a longer time scale but they're not appealing and the price multiplies. Because it's blocking up the shop.

If you can find a paintshop that's got an experienced fella who has left one of the gigs above and starting up then you're on a winner.

The other thing is that it may look good to the eye but... whats it like under the paint/filler???
 
If you do it yourself it's child's play for a pro to make it look pretty .

If you think about it theres no rear wing to replace but they can always straighten them so no matter how cack handed you might be its not going to be as challenging a fix to them as a ton weight thrown at a lampost .
 
classic car restorer.
they will do the job reet..
 
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