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20-02-2009, 18:11
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Goes up to 11!
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A man with a welder needed
If someone knows a man with a welder can they give me a pm. My skills in this area are bugger all and I've just had discovered a rust hole.
  
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20-02-2009, 18:42
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Penelope Pitstop
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Phil's starting a welding course next week
 But no, all our welding currently goes to the bodyshop down the road.
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20-02-2009, 18:47
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Rocket Fuel
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Drop Johnny69 a message, I hear he's handy with a MIG welder.
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20-02-2009, 18:51
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Good Cat
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Leon has one, but he's not particularly experienced yet
Vix - where's the welding course? Is it evening classes?
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20-02-2009, 19:40
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Moonshine
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The guy I use (and my Dad) is called Pat Regan. 07958 555285 He's not too badly priced and does a very decent job. Sort of half-way between "get it through the MOT" standard and restoration.
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20-02-2009, 20:11
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Penelope Pitstop
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Funny, he's going back to school and I've just become a teacher!
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20-02-2009, 20:24
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The Stig
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Not an uncommon place, just need to find out how much of the rest of the front end is rotten under all that underseal.
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20-02-2009, 23:02
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As Phil hinted I am rather worried about how much of that front end is gone. Hopefully not enough that will mean junking the car IIRC it was around there to the front floor pan that meant you had to junk your old one? It is in a common place on them though as he said. Last MOT it flew through and this one bar that one spot it would have flown through as well. I *really* could do without trying to find another MR2 and installing KYB's, exhaust, filter etc at the moment.I'll give your guy a ring tomorrow and see what he says. I'm taking it to another chap down Broomfield Road (near the hospital) who is meant to be reasonable and has done a mk1 in that place before. ------------ It's not a bad idea to look at a welding course. At some point you are going to need it. Also get a MIG and do some work on the side 
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20-02-2009, 23:12
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The Stig
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The problem is that because they tend to rot from the inside out it can hide behind the underseal for years until someone spots it. Anything along the chassis rails at the front is vulnerable, particularly the flat area just behind the front wheels (I think there's some sort of drainage issue that allows rainwater to collect inside here until it rusts it's way out.)
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21-02-2009, 08:50
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Pat is on the way to broomfield too (although he comes to you, great for a car that's off the road!). Trinity isn't bad, it's waltham service station I use. Also on the way to broomfield - well slightly past it. Are all the decent people clustered round the local A&E? 
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