Recommendations for sill repair NW England

stevenkeyte · 20th April 2018, 19:11

Whilst the car was on the ramp in the garage this morning, I happened to notice faint rust stains have appeared on the rear of the n/s sill adjacent to the jacking point. A quick look didn't show any perforation of the sill, but it is obviously corroded so it'll need to be repaired, so does anyone have a recommendation for a good body shop / panel beater in the North West of England (Manchester area) who can cut out the corroded sill and fabricate and weld in a new repair section.
I know from posts on here that T.J. Hobbs Restoration in Nottingham does a good job (there's a picture on his website of a 75 sill repair) but I was wondering if there was anyone nearer to me,

Steve

jn12 · 20th April 2018, 19:42

Hope you find someone Steve, funny as I am just about to post the same request but in the north east!

Yorkshire GOC · 20th April 2018, 19:43

Hi,

Am in the same boat and this guy comes highly recommended by Trikey - he is based in Derby.

https://www.tjhobbs.com/services.html

stevenkeyte · 20th April 2018, 20:17

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Originally Posted by Yorkshire GOC

Hi,

Am in the same boat and this guy comes highly recommended by Trikey - he is based in Derby.

https://www.tjhobbs.com/services.html

Yes, he's the one I know about, there is a picture on his website of a 75 sill repair he's done, looks a very good job!

Steve

trikey · 20th April 2018, 20:30

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Originally Posted by stevenkeyte

Yes, he's the one I know about, there is a picture on his website of a 75 sill repair he's done, looks a very good job!

Steve

I’d say travel to see Tom, his work is as good as when it left the factory.

Dawn · 20th April 2018, 20:36

Tom did my Cowley car, and he will be doing my Contemporary at some point, as that is showing signs of the same issue.

stevenkeyte · 21st April 2018, 15:42

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Originally Posted by Dawn

Tom did my Cowley car, and he will be doing my Contemporary at some point, as that is showing signs of the same issue.

Looks a good job Dawn! What sort of ball park figure was the repair, as it looks he's the 'go to' man for the sill repair

Steve

Dawn · 21st April 2018, 15:55

£200 for both sides.

stevenkeyte · 21st April 2018, 16:23

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Originally Posted by Dawn

£200 for both sides.

That's a good price, does that include painting as well?

Steve

Dawn · 21st April 2018, 17:30

He did mine, but he doesn't have facilities to match other colours, mine were black, in which case I think he just does the prep and undercoat. You'd need to ask maxicrawlf to be sure as his was not a Cowley and he had it done, not sure what happened.

20th April 2018, 19:11	#1
stevenkeyte Loves to post Rover 75 2.5 auto saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ramsbottom Posts: 439 Thanks: 111 Thanked 105 Times in 79 Posts	Recommendations for sill repair NW England Whilst the car was on the ramp in the garage this morning, I happened to notice faint rust stains have appeared on the rear of the n/s sill adjacent to the jacking point. A quick look didn't show any perforation of the sill, but it is obviously corroded so it'll need to be repaired, so does anyone have a recommendation for a good body shop / panel beater in the North West of England (Manchester area) who can cut out the corroded sill and fabricate and weld in a new repair section. I know from posts on here that T.J. Hobbs Restoration in Nottingham does a good job (there's a picture on his website of a 75 sill repair) but I was wondering if there was anyone nearer to me, Steve __________________ Born 22nd February 2005, 221st of 239 Starlight Silver 75 Contemporary SE 2.5 V6 automatic saloons built

20th April 2018, 19:43	#3
Yorkshire GOC I really should get out more....... Rover 75 connoisseur se v6 auto Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull Posts: 2,069 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 623 Times in 469 Posts	Hi, Am in the same boat and this guy comes highly recommended by Trikey - he is based in Derby. https://www.tjhobbs.com/services.html __________________ She came off the Longbridge Line on 20-05-2003 The Silver Machine was the 13th of 160 Rover 75's to come off the production line that day and is the 100th of 527 Starlight Silver Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Auto saloons listed in the build records produced world wide.

20th April 2018, 19:42	#2
jn12 Gets stuck in MG ZT SE 180 V6 Sports Auto Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 938 Thanks: 74 Thanked 37 Times in 36 Posts	Hope you find someone Steve, funny as I am just about to post the same request but in the north east!

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Dawn I really should get out more....... MG ZT 180+ auto Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ilkeston, Derbys Posts: 2,743 Thanks: 285 Thanked 1,128 Times in 504 Posts	£200 for both sides.

21st April 2018, 17:30	#10
Dawn I really should get out more....... MG ZT 180+ auto Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ilkeston, Derbys Posts: 2,743 Thanks: 285 Thanked 1,128 Times in 504 Posts	He did mine, but he doesn't have facilities to match other colours, mine were black, in which case I think he just does the prep and undercoat. You'd need to ask maxicrawlf to be sure as his was not a Cowley and he had it done, not sure what happened.