Hello all - It's been a long time since I've been in here, mainly because I'm a bit despondent about my poor car.
Way back in the distant past (2004, I think!) I made an ill-advised choice of garage for a substantial piece of bodywork repair, and it's now obvious I'm going to need to get it sorted out if I'm ever going to finish the job of putting it back on the road.
In essence I attempted to take a shortcut to repair the roof skin (which was holey) and the d-pillars (which were more than holey) by replacing the roof. Literally the whole thing, chopped off a 1300 and grafted on.
Unfortunately it's not
quite right. The guy that did it looks to have started from the back, and the D-pillars look to be in the right place. However, it all goes wrong from there, with not quite square B-pillars, and what looks to be something like a 1/2" chop of the A-pillars to get the bits of A-pillars that were left on the donated bit of roof to fit.
In short, it's a big mess.
I have a decent pair of B-posts and a windscreen frame that could be let in, but I'm aware this is a huge job, and one that is going to take quite a lot of effort to get right if it's even possible at all.
So I guess the questions are:
a) Is it even possible to fix it?
b) Does anyone have any ideas for anyone who would have the skills and kit to do it properly?
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!