sickening phone call...erm,late update!

Don't get rid. Where are you gonna find anything totally original as good an example of that? Surely you're better keeping what you have knowing that it has only had one small incident.

Give it a few days, calm down and think about it when your not so gutted (you may have to wait a few years). It could have been much worse. It could have been front windscreen gone, 'A' pillar damaged and door.

I kinda know how you feel though. It's not so much how much damage but that it's been damaged at all. I had my Mk3 6 weeks before it got pranged. Haven't felt quite the same about it since.

 

Could've been worse....it could have fallen on the roof............

 

appreciate the advice guys...

whats gutting is seeing other minters at shows then talking to the owners,who then say theyve been restored over many years.
which is a great thing and a fantastic job most the time but,for this to happen to an untouched one is just gutting...

cheers for the offer rich,ive seen your work in the flesh and its top notch,your just too bloody far away
ive got a couple contacts for dent removal and paint now.
cheers,neil.
[:^(]

 

riley its f**ked the whole car is worthless ill give you 100 for the troule of taking it away.....

 

no you fekin wont

 

Unlucky riley [:^(]

I know exactly how you feel.

Shout b*llocks three times and try to get over it.

I know you will do a top repair and we expect to see her soon

 

i dunno about anyone else, but i could never keep a car that i'm not allowed to repair.

what would happened (god forbid) if this cabinet hadnt fallen off, but in a year or two a rust spot started to come through at the bottom of the drivers door.

so youd just leave it rusting because you dont want to own a car that is known repaired.

 

true.

Anyway riley, how do you know for sure that it never had any paint before you bought it?

Unless you owned it from new.

People lie through their teeth when selling cars.

Rags

 

i useed to work at a bodyshop that repaired cars from the jaguar factory (birmingham/castlebrom) and gerrad mann (mercedes showroom) mainly due to them coming off the lorries dented and scratched etc, and by law they had to inform the customers that it had been repaired.

most people wanted brand new panel etc, but the place used to skim a load of filler on etc. they did an amazing job though, they used to mixed the paint from the actual colour of the car, not the paint code etc. so its not the end of the world.

and when you get it back on the road, get it along to shows and drive the bloody thing, thats what they are there for.

 

trust me,rust isnt/wont be an issue on this one for a long time...anywhere.

you can just tell m8,it was one owner for 19 years,1 for a year then us.
i can tell when anythings been painted.

 

I'd take it to a classic car bodyshop, explain the situation, get them to use VAG panels and cellulose paint (as I presume was original)..... tell them you want the paint finish to match exactly and all that - at the end of the day, it'll be a minter again - you'll be the only one who knows it was ever damaged. Sell it and you can guarantee you'll regret it down the line. Even damaged it's still a "mint" condition car, just a dented one - you won't find another one as good anyway.....

 

yeah cheers for the ideas.

i honestly cant stress how nice it is.

the doors are hard to shut because its so air tight

will be keeping it but,really need to get it to the shows...

 

How long have you had it for then mate, and how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking?


Why havent i seen this car before, you not posted any pics in the members motors at all!?

 

DON'T SELL IT MAN.

I know you must feel bad, but a true dubber wouldn't want to take a car like that off a true dub fan.

I'm sure there is some one out there who can do the very best job possible on the damage and have it almost 100%.

I know it ain't the same thing... but hey.

Sorry.

 

had it around 2 years i think paid just short of 5k.
its in members motors,dont have any real good pics of it.
really hard car to photograph,being black
heres some pics,even though theyre sh1t it looks great [:^(]




the beautiful wing... [:^(]

 

What an amazing looking car. Can understand you being well gutted mate.

 

cheers m8,glad you can appreciate why it upset me.

 

Oh damn yeah - I didn't mean to give the impression otherwise before. You'll feel a lot better though when it's freshly repaired though.

It doesn't help to have some bloody eBay scammer after your MK3 at the same time does it!

 

nope

wonder when ill ever have any good luck?

where the hell will i get the wing sticker? [:^(]

 

Could try a graphics/sign place?

gutted for you mate [:^(]

Oplaii