Recommended painters

Post by **belgianbill** » 18 Oct 2006, 19:32

2 T25s and a T4 Leisuredrive under our belt, the kids are now grown up and we can go back to motor caravanning!
We have just bought a 1986 1.6D in reasonable shape 78k certified on the clock but with a naff interior (might have been Reimo once) and a Dulux paint job! The kids have named him 'The Shed'
Can anyone recommend a first class paint shop to bring him back to his former glory. I am thinking of a solid job which will last around 5 years involving interior and windows out (which I will do)
Found the forum very interesting. Obviously several weidos like me out there!

Bill

Post by **kevtherev** » 18 Oct 2006, 22:19

hello and welcome to the forum.

Have you a limit to your costs?

Post by **belgianbill** » 19 Oct 2006, 05:02

Thinking of about £2500 max and want a metallic colour

Bill

Post by **matt** » 19 Oct 2006, 07:45

if it were me, and its not, With a budget like that, and given the bad interior, why not sell "the shed" and spend as mnuch as poss on a lpg'd or turbo derv posher van......
the 1.6 derv are hatefull machines

Post by **syncroand101** » 19 Oct 2006, 11:18

Another member in Sutton! Its like a mini- T25 hotspot!

Post by **kevtherev** » 19 Oct 2006, 14:58

agreed matt or alternatively spend £1000 and get a new interior too.

mine cost £850 to be sprayed..with three colours and inside. windows out etc

he's done a few vans from this club

Post by **matt** » 19 Oct 2006, 15:27

everytime I see ya bus I dribble Kev

Post by **Mocki** » 19 Oct 2006, 15:40

matt wrote:everytime I see ya bus I dribble Kev

matt, you just dribble all the time!

Post by **belgianbill** » 19 Oct 2006, 17:45

Many thanks to all. Surprisingly enough I actually like the 1600D for its reliability - and I am not likely to want to go fast anyway! One of my previous T25s was a Marsala Red 1600D but fitted with a gearbox from a petrol model. This made almost weekly trips between Yorkshire and London over a period of several months and comfortably cruised at 70+

Nice picture of your bus kevtherev - but in your enthusiasm you didn't say who did the work! Can I have contact details please?

And the interior will be replaced, probably from a German Westy. The furniture is quite cheap in Germany and I am always looking for an excuse to go over the water! And The Shed was cheap!

Bill