Jaguar s type mk 2 1965 advice needed on re-commisioning

[davearkley]

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[Pablo1965]

Hi Dave

I recently bought one of these and will be repainting it at some point. It has had previous repairs; eg replacement arches, sills and notably the rear n/s wing bottom where the filler has cracked and has leaked rust residue on to the surrounding paintwork.

Two (admittedly high-end) workshops are estimating 10-20 K for a bare- metal respray which I don't have the cash for. Structurally, the car is good and the underside is sound. I need replacement doors as well. The paintwork has micro-blistering so I've been told the paint does need to come off.

I live in Shropshire and wondered if you or anyone else out there knows someone who do quality work at an affordable price.

Cheers, Paul

[davearkley]

Hi Paul

10-20k for a respray is well over the top.

Yes a bare-metal respray would be the best thing to do but you can get a great finish without going to those lengths.

I'm up in Sunderland so a bit too far away and I'm swamped with my own stuff at present.

You can get really good rust treatments and if you take the paint down to get rid of the micro blistering you may find rust.

Once this is treated you can do a normal respray at a fraction of the cost.

Its not difficult to do some of the prep work if you have the time - this will save the bodyshop time and you money.

Dont spend more than £5k for an excellent job including a pair of good used doors. (even £2k would do a decent job)

You will find a good local body shop - call in and talk to a couple of them and look at the level of finish they achieve.

Discuss the problem with them and let them know you are shopping around for the best deal.

Sorry I cant do this for you.

regards

Dave

[Pablo1965]

Thanks Dave. That's cheered me up a bit. To be specific, one shop quoted around 10k and another (admittedly high end) shop said 20k which I couldn't quite believe at the time. It seems these figures are quite usual according to some of the experts I've spoken to. I won't be paying that though. There's a couple of local shops where I'll make some more enquiries.

Cheers, Paul

[davearkley]

Hi Paul

Hope you have success with your respray - you can save a lot of time (and hence money) by stripping off as much of the brightwork as possible yourself. This takes ages to do and the paint shop will charge by the hour. Stripping down should shave as much as £500 off the quote - so get two prices from them. If you strip off all the chrome bumpers tec - you can then get these cleaned up and polished or re-chromed while the car is being sprayed saving time and money.

The other thing is - if you change the colour it will be much more expensive than respraying the original colour due to the amount of prep inside the door shuts and cills. So same colour respray will be cheaper.

cheers

dave

[davearkley]

Just wondering if anyone out there has a bolt for the steering column lower joint.

5/16 UNF that bolts the column to the UJ. Someone has used a standard bolt instead of the correct bolt

I know its a bit pedantic but I would rather have the correct bolt if poss.

cheers