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Postby john » 11 Oct 2009 09:20

well done silver i was racking my brain over the name of that car[:D]

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Postby zoe » 12 Oct 2009 18:28

Today i ordered my new hood and storage cover , after much ummmimg and ahhhhrrring , i decided on the blue , altho origionaly it was blue interior black hood , spoke to the body shop today they say the Triton green was the same as volkswagon, BL363s6 ??? im hopeing thats the right colour ? Zoe

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Postby Beans » 12 Oct 2009 18:56

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by zoe</i>

... the body shop ... say the Triton green was the same as volkswagon, BL363s6 ??? im hopeing thats the right colour <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Triton Green is slightly darker and greener
You should pay more attention to my [url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/2009/09/dhc-report-nr-47-colourful-thoughts.html"]<u><b><font size="2"><font color="red">weblog here</font id="red"></font id="size2"></b></u>[/url] [:p]

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Postby nervousnewowner » 17 Oct 2009 23:47

got my panel today, and boot struts off him too so hoping my boot wont keep dropping on my head now.... he thought steve was coming for the engine today tho zoe,...lol, he has a nice tr7 v8 in his garage too, beautiful colour.... and there was a blue drophead in a barn on the farm the breaker is on, am sure was his ex wifes he said, he is a really sound guy though and glad called for the bits, wife and son hogging the bridge tomorrow so may get a bit of work done on mine while its quiet here......

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Postby zoe » 02 Nov 2009 15:07

Amber has finally gone to into the garage today , luckily only just down the road as she was all 'stripped off' !! now just have to wait , but will keep going and make sure they are doing her properly !! hope they dont have her too long !! zoe

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Postby Beans » 02 Nov 2009 17:37

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by zoe</i>

... hope they dont have her too long !! ...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Good luck, know now how it feels [:D]

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Postby zoe » 12 Nov 2009 19:22

ohhhh dear , Amber back in our garage , looking very sad , !! took her 2 weeks ago into garage to be 'attended to ' went to see how they were getting on , and guess what ? they hadnt started her , and she was left under a barn with windows open and keys under the seat , my temper got the better of me when i got home , and returned next day and took her home , with the bloke shouting 'we will do her soon ' i kept driving before i told him his fortune , and at a slightly greater cost she is booked in with a very good body shop (where steve my other half has his jensen done )at the end of the month !!! so lets hope !!! zoe

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Postby Triton7 » 12 Nov 2009 19:35

Zoe

Where did you take her to ?

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Postby zoe » 12 Nov 2009 19:58

That would be telling !!!! just somewhere local , !!! r u going to NEC , and if so what day ? zoe

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Postby Beans » 12 Nov 2009 20:18

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by zoe</i>

... with the bloke shouting 'we will do her soon ' i kept driving before i told him his fortune ... she is booked in with a very good body shop <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Bad luck they didn't work on the car as they should.
Hopefully you'll get more luck at the next body shop [;)]

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Postby PeterTR7V8 » 12 Nov 2009 20:41

Always get timetables agreed to when dealing with any service provider. There's no such thing as a broken assumption. Better luck with the next place.

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Postby zoe » 12 Nov 2009 20:52

somtimes you hope that their word as is good as an agreement , as it would be with myself !!!

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Postby Hasbeen » 12 Nov 2009 22:09

Zoe, just look at it this way, You are VERY LUCKY.

If the blokes at the first shop are that slack, looking after your
car, before they start, it's most unlikely they would have done any
better when they actually started the job. I think you've had a
lucky escape.

The bloke I use is not the best painter around, & he's slow. The 7
took 5 months, & the 8 took 9 months. However, I know that he will
look after my car well, & the job will be done to the very best of
his ability.

I think this is better than having the best painter, doing less than
his best, because "it's just an old Triumph".

Hope it goes well from now.

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Postby busheytrader » 15 Nov 2009 13:31

Sorry to hear that Zoe.

I agree with Hasbeen. You may have escaped an unforunate experience.

When my 7's bodywork was restored 20 years ago, I was told it would take 10 days. It was 10 weeks before my everyday car was ready. They managed to lose the tax disc, various trim parts were replaced with old tat taken off other cars, the speedo didn't work and the interior was thick with filler dust. 9 months later bubbles appeared under the bonnet's paintwork. Bizarrely all the brake pipes were replaced with copper.

You're well out of it and you did the right thing.

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Postby zoe » 22 Nov 2009 09:58

Here we are again , back on track !! Amber will be picked up this saturday to go in and have her makeover , so i will have her back on th road for Xmas i hope ,everything is sitting here waiting to go back on , new hood etc ,Zoe

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