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 hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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 posted on August 27th, 2006 at 12:47 AM |
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another squareback to be saved
a few weeks ago one of my customers was happily cruising along in her 66 squareback , with the kids in the car , when another motorist pulled out in
front of her and smashed into the left front .
Fortunately no-one was injured . The wagon however is looking very much worse for wear .
The insurance company wrote the wagon off and the customer got a reasonable payout and also had salvage rights for the car .
She immediatley had the squareback towed to WPVW , where we will repair the accident damage and have the car looking like new again .
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hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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| posted on August 27th, 2006 at 12:50 AM |
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more pics
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hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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| posted on August 27th, 2006 at 12:51 AM |
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more pics
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reub
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| posted on August 27th, 2006 at 12:54 AM |
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Is amazing how insurance companies will write this kind of stuff off.
I fully understand why they do what they do, just a shame.
Great to hear it'll be on the mend soon enough.
Reub
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shaihulud
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| posted on August 27th, 2006 at 05:39 AM |
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I used to have a Fiat 2300S, which after I sold it had an accident very similar to that one. For the sake of a mudguard and a front end ball joint the
insurance company wrote it off because replacement mudguards are not available anywhere in the world. I eventually got to speak to the new owner and
told him the the front end had slightly modified Torana ball joints in it as I had them fitted after we found that the real ones were not
available.
No-one panel beats any more. They just replace panels with new ones and only people like WPVW are prepared to do things the old way.
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| posted on August 27th, 2006 at 09:01 AM |
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I remember that car being for sale at the nats a few years back.
I loved it but the wife wouldn't let me sell her car so that i could buy it.
It looked great back then.
I am sure that the team at WPVW will get it back to its former glory.
Lee.
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they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
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| posted on August 28th, 2006 at 01:26 PM |
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All most body works want to do now is insurance jobs on new cars. Lotsa bog and a bit of paint and it's out the door. Easy money.
It seems to be a dying art
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Schmoburger
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| posted on August 28th, 2006 at 04:46 PM |
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that'll polish out!  somebody had to say it... 
Keep up the good work Wayne.. that one doesnt look like it should be *too* much trouble to get straightened out. 
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
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hypo-vw
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| posted on August 29th, 2006 at 11:36 PM |
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if anyone out there has a left front guard for an early type-3 with the bullet indicators , please call me on 02-42725844 or 0419-481461 . I have
checked all of my own panels and only have later model guards . I need a guard ASAP so that we can get started on repairing the squareback .
Thanks , Wayne .
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| posted on August 29th, 2006 at 11:50 PM |
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Yeah.. i agree about what's being said.. but that only applies to the big guys!
I just had a fair amount of rust work done, as well as all the dents removed from my car (lots of good old fashioned panel beating).. in total.. about
a months work... for $1300... he's done a brilliant job too!
You just have to find the little guys who work in their backyards... just make sure you can see some work that's been done on another car!
I felt pretty confident with this guy because another member of the club had his MK5 GTI Golf bumpers painted there.. and that looks awesome!
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hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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| posted on August 30th, 2006 at 08:25 AM |
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You just have to find the little guys who work in their backyards...
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I would have to totally disagree jo-tas . I would never recommend that you use a backyarder for any repair . Just because you have had bad experiences
with a tradesperson in the past doesn't mean that all tradespersons are of that same quality .
Some of us really care !! and when doing full restorations on VW's I have calculated my labour costs at approx $10 per hour for the amount of hours
that I spend on each vehicle . ( and where were you last night ? and the night before ? and the night before that ? and every night last week ? whilst
I was at my shop till 11pm each night trying to reassemble a customers bay window camper )
Just go and check out my website at http://www.wpvw.com.au and view the restorations .
A local company Called K&D smash repairs does all of my paint and bodywork , under my supervision , at very reasonable prices .
I refer a lot of customers directly to them for rust repairs and they are doing a great job because I dont get any negative feedback .
These guys do things my way , 'the old fashioned way' . Repairing with metal , not bog !!
They have just completed a splitty bus for me and I will post some pics of the extreme repair efforts that they went to for me .( I will start another
post though )
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| posted on August 30th, 2006 at 11:04 PM |
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Yes, and my repairs were done the old fashioned way too!
And the final price was less than half that of the 3-4 other bodyworks i got quotes at..
Ok, so there may still be some good "big" bodyworks around.. but not in Hobart it seems..
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hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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| posted on August 31st, 2006 at 08:04 AM |
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well I have located a guard for the squareback and dropped it off to Kevin @ K&D smash .
The squareback is already up on the car-a-liner and repairs have commenced .
We have also found quite a lot of rust in the left side sill area and are going to repair this also for the customer .
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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hypo-vw
A.k.a.: Wayne Penrose
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| posted on August 31st, 2006 at 08:10 AM |
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the front skirt area has already been re-aligned and the bonnet aligned and gaps checked .
Some welding required at the front apron area .
When the squareback was fitted to the car-a-liner the left sill started to crush due to the excessive rust in that area .
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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