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| posted on June 21st, 2011 at 09:42 AM |
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VW Safari Bodywork good welder/fabricator needed!
Hi all,
I am in Brisbane and have pulled apart my 1976 VW Safari ... I am replacing the floor pans and both rocker panels left and right, inside and out and I
would love to hear from anyone who is good at doing the welding etc for me!
The guy I have looking after my car is not a VW specialist and is severly dragging his feet ... the VW deserves better ... I have all the parts brand
new from the US .. if I could get a number or a contact it would be very much appreciated !
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Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 21st, 2011 at 12:47 PM |
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I neglected to mention that I have all the new parts ... floor pans, rocker covers ......down to the bolts and fender welts etc ...it is ready to go!
Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 01:10 AM |
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quality repair sections or cheap brazillian/mexican junk?
where abouts in brissy...
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:12 AM |
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Sorry I don't understand what you mean bu cheap brazilian /mexican junk ...as you would know the 182 were primarily built in Mexico ...does that make
them all junk?
The repalcement parts I bought from The Thing Shop in Arizona ..they have both Brazilian/Mexican and parts that they have had manufactured ... the
floor pans are theirs ... the rocker panels are not ...check out their website if you need to verify this.
I am sorry, I am not asking for freebies or wasting anyone's time on a "cheap"
Mexican/Brazilian vehicle, all I am asking for is someone who is capable of doing quality work for quality money
Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 12:06 PM |
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Thanks Matt Berry for your kind and considerate advice ....... I will be in touch in the near future as it appears that things may be mving for me!
Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 12:40 PM |
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just previous experience with repair sections varying heavily in quality/accuracy thats all, you spend double the time reworking a terribly made panel
that was cheap instead of the more expensive/more accurate ones being almost right to weld on, basically adding alot more time & frustration to
the job, taking away the appeal of doing it.
give it a few years more experience & adding a mig to my tig & i would of asked for more details - especially when theres quality money
involved 
an old workmate of mine, sheetie/fab guy is now working for himself in brissy, lives around archerfield if you need someone whos got the extra years
experience i dont quite possess
-to put it lightly, if anything at work needed welding other than super super super huge stuff, this guy was the one to ask
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 12:51 PM |
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Thanks for the advice ....perhaps I should have said something like this ..... the rocker panels are rusted beyond repair ..the engineer was able to
put his size 20 mitts through the rust holes that were so nicely bogged up ...... the floor pans had sheet metal welded in onto the original remains
of the floor pans .... the work was Ok but the support was not there ...so .. on advice from the engineer I sourced quality floor pans and rocker
covers from the US and have them waiting to be put in.
It is true that you can spend lots of money reworking bad parts and to this end I have sone as much research as I can to source the best quality
available without going mad .... I hope this helps and I would love to have a chat with your friend if he is available ....cheers
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 05:34 PM |
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You could contact Guru on here as well. Not sure how busy or interested he is in doing extra work but you could ask.
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| posted on June 29th, 2011 at 07:59 AM |
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Thanks Yogi et al ...I am at the crossroads with the car and I will need to make an informed decision later today on what to do ...... will keep all
updated!
Cheers
Greg Gordon-Lane
Brisbane
Vw's are part of life's journey .... get on board!
VW Safari / Thing 1976 - "A work in progress"
Ducati St4s - "Poetry in motion"
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