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Good and bad news from the bodyshop. Now that the outer shell is 99% stripped they can see that the repairs done previously (before we purchased the car) are a bit of a mess. Not a big surprise but they used a fair amount of filler to hide the bent panels and to put it right will take a lot more work than hoped. There's also a few rust areas on wing seam lines that may be indicative of rotting from behind the panels so they'll need to cut into the metal to see what's going on behind. The good news is for the age and considering the repairs, the shell is still very decent and they don't think it'll be difficult work. Luke from TBP spent over an hour on the phone with me yesterday (a car guy being helpful on a Sunday!) to talk me through all the areas he had already sent me pictures of. Understandably he won't put a figure on it but no doubt the cost is going to rise significantly. I had a budget in mind but it looks like i'll be 20/30% over that and without doing some of the other jobs i'd factored into that amount. A bit shit but after talking it over with partner and my dad who may take on some sort of joint ownership down the line i've given them the green light to proceed. Doing the maths the actual bodywork figure is actually looking very close to the insurance payout so i may still end just paying for a top class paint job out of my own pocket which i'm fine with.
Luke has very little interest in social media but he does have a fairly inactive Instagram page he very occasionally updates. Yes that a real 250 GTO.
https://www.instagram.com/tbp_paintshop/