LE 500 REPAIR AND PAINTJOB.

Yes he is a talented old school guy just gone fifty so plods & never rushes isnt really money motivated and doesnt advertise at all but always as a workshop full of cars to do hence the no rush to get mine done.
Sound bloke laid back as you can find, but panel beating and painting he is definetly the man at.
Repaired cars for me for the last 15 years,a little gem hidden away on a industrial estate,as emphasised earlier in the post a expensive bodyshop doesnt guarantee good results.This TF is small fry to the states i seen him repair before.

Paintcode 110 RC the paintshop cannot match apparantly Mg uk have not released it yet,there is no formula.
It could not be matched in solvent.It has been scanned but the colour came out a bit darker,
The colour as now been matched after the paintshop had to liase a bit with Lechler in italy and it should be painted for the weekend.

GT MG SPARES LTD wrote: This evening i finally got a few hours to start stripping the le 500 for a a rear quarter replacement and full respray.It is booked in our bodyshop on thursday.We are on a week shutdown from thursday due to a family holiday,so my body painter is coming in to get this sorted while i am away looking forward to uploading some pics of it repaired when i get back.

mmmm , nice coupe ! :broon:

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Yes thankyou i had a few t series turbo coupes over the years & 1.8 vvc.Two FDH models,i only sold the last FDH one last month,i rebuilt the red one from a shell stripped it down total engine rebuild from crank bearings oil pump upwards,gearbox 95% standard. Bare metal respray,rescued it from the scarpyard.

lovely cars , I had a 94 216 (honda d series engine ) and a 93 220 n.asp , here tis doing "the green hell"

Congratulations still on my list of things to tick off.A supplier of mine whose wife is German travelled over this summer and said they opened the full track up once a year he done it in his 1.4 k series caterham and gave some positive feedback.
Seriously i have and own some fast motors but i think i would take it slow and learn the track in a 1.4 90PS engine,perhaps enjoy the scenery as i get the feeling this track needs some respect and reigning in.I think i would be foolish to rush around that one without learning the limits.
Once all that sensible stuff done would love to attack it in a RS4.
I watched a lot of onboard footage,most notibly of jackie stewart doing a lap in the seventies and kind of appreciated why even they didnt want to race there at times.Brave men,cant believe Lauda raced 4 weeks after that horrific crash,i after admire such mental let alone physical strength.

its a good old place , open most of spring / summer just check for manufacturer testing times and races , hotels are dirt cheap , a few spotting laps are a must , grantourismo doesnt really do it justice , a 220 turbo would be great on it , the n.asp was just a bit underpowered getting out of uphill corners .

all in all great fun but make sure theres plenty of money left on your credit card in case you stuff it , armco is very very expensive and must be paid for on the day

GT MG SPARES LTD wrote:

NICE!!!! Always fancied one, but never got around to buying one. I did own a Rover 220 though, but it was a bubble diesel

I've always fancied a T Series ZR for some reason. I must make it happen before, maybe as my next project.

bensewell wrote: I've always fancied a T Series ZR for some reason. I must make it happen before, maybe as my next project.

dont you be going encouraging those chavs to kill another tomcat or vitty as a donor for a zr mr sewell :lol:

amtcoupe wrote: dont you be going encouraging those chavs to kill another tomcat or vitty as a donor for a zr mr sewell :lol:

Owned one of those though, loads of power but a bloody big car and the suspension (I use that word loosely) was rock solid - and I don't mean as in really stable!! lol

DavesZed wrote:

amtcoupe wrote: dont you be going encouraging those chavs to kill another tomcat or vitty as a donor for a zr mr sewell :lol:

Owned one of those though, loads of power but a bloody big car and the suspension (I use that word loosely) was rock solid - and I don't mean as in really stable!! lol

I've had a brace of them as well lovely big barges with plenty of oomph , suspension was as you say a tad on the firm side especially coupled with the 17's and rubber band tyres .
I had an oxford blue saloon

and a BRG fastback

Going from the rock hard vitty to a much more pliable 620 sldi on 15's led to me actually making myself sick on my B road blast to work , couldnt believe how much it wallowed after the rock solid vitesse