WELDING!!

[carlton_mad]

Just a heads up for those of you in the south east i have decided to hang up my welding mask indefinately due to having found a decent dedicated and very reasonable chap to do it for me.
He will do just about every common area cut out and new metal filleted in including inner sill box sections chassis rails (front and rear), arches with guards/ fillets to prevent dirt and salt ingress, bulkhead/grommet areas etc etc.
That whole lot in an official body shop would cost a fortune! (Flash was quoted £1800 for sills and one chassis rail on his geezer at such an establishment)
We can have all the above done for around £700-£800 plus panels (sills are £14 a side) so for less than a grand you CAN have a carlton (or anything else for that matter) that has less rust than when it was new!!! lol

The chap in question is undertaking a job for one of our members as we speak so there will be pics following shortly.

[flash911]

The man is doing some much needed TLC on mine in may/june. inner o/s/r arch and fuel filler and anything  else he can find .
then it gets a new heart with bigger T/B and brain

[Mitch1965]

This is very cool to know & could even be worth travelling too, at these prices.

[Ferret]

Hopefully 2 weeks and my gsi will be finished. Yipppppeeeeeeeeeee

[tbirdbooboo]

ahhhh grrrrrr ... welding!!!!    it seems that chassis and sills were an optional extra on the gsi's lol  - just spent 700 pounds (mates rates ) having both outer sills fitted, large patch on offside rear floor pan and masses of repair work on the rear chassis - completely gone.    had a quote of 800 just for the sills and a small patch on the rear ofside chassis leg which i turned down , got a friends garage to do it for me and it kept getting worse and worse,rear legs were cracked and mullered from previous repairs. they had it for a week!  now i finally have her back and can get her mot's wednesday  :-)

[chris]

Get plenty of Waxoyl or anything similar into those cavities or itll all need doing again in two years.
Loads of cavity wax will make it last for a very long time as it sounds like they did a good job

[tbirdbooboo]

yarp! all waxoiled and stone chip protected so its gonna stay nice for a long time.
just got to get it running right now lol

[g4rth]

ahhhh grrrrrr ... welding!!!!    it seems that chassis and sills were an optional extra on the gsi's lol  - just spent 700 pounds (mates rates ) having both outer sills fitted, large patch on offside rear floor pan and masses of repair work on the rear chassis - completely gone.    had a quote of 800 just for the sills and a small patch on the rear ofside chassis leg which i turned down , got a friends garage to do it for me and it kept getting worse and worse,rear legs were cracked and mullered from previous repairs. they had it for a week!  now i finally have her back and can get her mot's wednesday  :-)

im pleased i got good mates...£100 for the welding on my car...o/s front chassis rail, rear inner arches, fuel filler, rear bottom 1/4 panels, front inner arches patched and some other bits...

[mantaray]

If any one is in need of welding work in the Coventry area, please contact me. Mates rates for TC members.

www.crclassics.co.uk

[Gazza36]

I got n/s/f chassis leg, o/s/r floor pan and the rear ends of both sills done for around £400, sounds like I got a good deal hearing the above.

[copper]

hello out there i have just sighned up to total carlton after having had 1 gl and 2 cdxs first 1 was nicked and now a diplomat 2.0 saloon in dark blue my favourite colour bargain at 375 with a years mot i just had to have nsr lower quarter replaced and surrounding panels patched up all 4 40 quid but then he is my brother in law good job an all .i dont no if this is right place to right all this but i am new to all this and just as good with computer i am in norfolk were there dont seem to b many carltons at all like hens teeth or rocking horse s..t  thanks again and hope to speak again .just before i go i would like to add that i am going to break my cdx silver saloon 2.0 manual and use some of parts to get diplomat on road the rest i will store or sell on if anyone interesed

[Tetleysmooth]

So, what's the going rate for rear arch repair?
I've seen a GSi auto for sale, and all it needs are the rear arches repaired (panels included in the sale), and a couple of droplinks.
I've been assured the chassis rails and the rest of the underside is/are in very good order.

[stemo]

I've seen that one too, if that's all that's needed that's a win

[kevinfourlegs]

That's the big word, IF

[Tetleysmooth]

I've seen that one too, if that's all that's needed that's a win

You fancy it Stemo?
Can't see myself getting it. Getting it back to Rainham, Essex from Lymington, Hants is putting me off bigtime.
Transportation makes a bargain car not so much of a bargain.

[stemo]

You fancy it Stemo?
Can't see myself getting it. Getting it back to Rainham, Essex from Lymington, Hants is putting me off bigtime.
Transportation makes a bargain car not so much of a bargain.

I'm very tempted by it, it's just the wrong time for me. I don't think the other half would be too happy if I bought another car while we're buying a house and paying for a wedding....although 

Whoever gets it though will be getting what looks like a decent car, for the money even if there are other areas that need attention it's still a good price.