Respray/Welding recommendations - East Anglia

[Black Bag]

Hi All,

We've had our '87 Westy Hi-top for most of a year and made it as far afield as Hadrians Wall and Somerset without any reliability issues. Mechanically (1.6D five speed) she seems in very good order, with an injector pump rebuild due somewhere in the near future, the only blot. The usual bubbles around the front windscreen seal (no leaks yet) and one of the rear seems are present. Apart from a decent lump of rot inside the rear tail gate opening and the rain channels are dodgy, everything else seems pretty solid and it certainly looks like she was waxoiled underneath at sometime in the past. I've spent several hours on my back and the underside looks real good.

Now we know that we like this T3 lark (The mini-me and I love it) we're prepared to spend the necessary to bring the bodywork up to scratch. I'm happy with the idea of stripping out the interior myself and I'm guessing that I'm looking at £3-4k to get the job I want in and out.

Can anybody share positive experiences of workshops in or around the Cambridgeshire area? Local would be nice, but I'm happy to travel to get the job done by the right people - By which I mean 100 miles as an arbitary figure. Why? That's not that much further than my daily commute and I'd want to be in striking distance of the workshop on a Saturday morning if a major expenditure decision were to be required.

Thanks in advance,

Russell

[Plasticman]

Whilst I will not comment on coatings you might like to take a few decent picks of the van and in particular the areas you beleove to be problematic
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