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That's a rare old beast, looks great!

Great job, I would like to see the original wheels fitted, these are not doing it justice

When did you last see one of these? I always liked the old Datsuns, as a teenager I drove around in a tatty old Sunny.

These are rare in the UK today. But I still see them and others used daily where I live in northern Thailand, near Laos. Great car, and video.

Your points are all valid, the UK is a very high-cost country as an ever-decreasing number of `Doe'rs` are paying for the `Service` industries that get more and more necessary because of legislation. I ask people what they do for a Living, and depending on their reply I can normally judge if they are going to be able to afford my services. Negotiation is not normally required, I explain the costs, offer an open book contract and as you say try to keep to the estimate. If they can't afford it, then smile and wave boys, smile and wave!

Lovely job as good as new if not better 👍👍

whats the novol underbody you use? is it a 2k stone chip type of thing like the 3m sprayable sealer? i used that (22 packets) as an entire under body coating (floor and 4 wheel wells) on a 67 Mercedes and its held up exceptionally well

It's a certain type of enthusiast that is into these old Datsuns, and that isn't me I'm afraid. However, a fantastic job by yourselves, no mistake.

Fantastic restoration.

Amazing work, but I'd love to know why the customer would put all that money into that car? Dead sunk cost, lost forever. I suppose we're all different..

@5:57 The bonnet seemed a bit high (Just an observation). Adjustment? With the work you have done, it will outlive us all.

Lot of work as always, the back arch looked a right fiddle! Guess the bonnet is a big panel bit like a Zeffer 6 !

And it fits on a B road?

I celebrated 40 years this June as a sole trader . I am an Engineer running my small machine shop . I manufacture anything I can that comes through my workshop door ,over the years I have made parts ,assemblies for industrial locomotives, food factories,brick works , ceramic factories, motor industry all by hand . I served a traditional indentured apprenticeship and studied in total 7 years at technical college to achieve HNC in mechanical Engineering. Engineering is incredibly capital intensive requiring very expensive machine tools , tooling and equipment, what I have has taken me 40 years to accumulate and still there is always another piece of tooling ,equipment that you need and of course has to be replaced as things wear . Through experience over the years I have learned to avoid Joe public like the plague if I can , most people simply have no clue what so ever on how much things actually cost , given that you have to charge an hourly rate to cover all of the machinery,tooling equipment that you use , never mind the skill and knowledge. I have had more than my my fair share of people with an obsolete part for their classic car or even worse motorcycle ask you to make something and then expect payment to be a pat on the back and a £10 /£20 note for a days work . Being a sole trader is a thankless task now in this country,personally at present I wouldn’t advise it , over the years any incentive ,any advantages , have been taxed away and legislated away by successive governments no matter which colour rosette they wear . I read yesterday a very small snippet on a news site that for the first time since the industrial revolution, Britain is now out of worlds list of top ten manufacturing nations, we are now positioned twelfth ! Yes that’s right birthplace of the industrial revolution, the nation that dragged the world into the modern Industrial Age , twelfth. Is it any wonder we have a £2.3 trillion debt .

Seemed very knowledgeable and professional....well done

Well done top marks

Most classic cars after doing a proper job, is only worth a tenth of what you outlay, classic cars have got to be top cars Ferrari, Aston, etc, otherwise it not worth doing

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Nice work, on a horrid car, used one for work yonks ago, awful.

Love your work and the way you present it. Bravo lads.

The solution to the high pricing is DIY... End of discussion!!! Every person that has a set of hands can talent up and DIY... End of discussion!!!

When I started restoring classic cars it cost 40 to 50 thousand. The same jobs today can cost half a million.

You are absolutely making sense! I would add a deteriorating GBP (thanks to your government) which certainly doesn’t help on the parts side of things. Buying out of a country with a strong currency parts have actually become cheaper for us believe it or not.

Great job! Good that everything's explained to the customer. I'm sure there are others that would just cover up under the vinyl roof section.

How much would something like this cost? Relatively speaking

Very informative video thank you.

acid is the way to go for removing rust, the key is to keep it wet or better still submerged for 12 - 24 hours. even the cheap stuff like jenolite will completely remove rust like this not so keen on using it as an encapsulator when i did a set of steel wheels that sat in a feild for a number of years i used undiluted hydrochloride acid, well its pretty whiffy but it removes rust while you wait, needs to be diluted and not left in the garage or it turns any bare steel to flash rust!!

Enjoyed this video. Im certain the Continental draws a crowd wherever it goes in the UK. Nicely done repairs (although I think the car looked better in its original white).

Another TVR! Please take us through the repainting process of one or both these cars.

Top class work 👌, theres only so much you can with rust and rotten panels and budgets . I'm just about to finish a T2 camper and the customer just wants it to look clean . None off my repairs will last and he knows it . Some wallets do open wide and some don't 👍

Trouble with these cars when they were new is a lot of the time the roof wasn't painted at the factory, if the painter knew the car was getting a Vinyl roof the roof just got a light coat of primer at best so the roof would rot away merrily under the vinyl, remember seeing a 72 Dodge Charger, car looked mint, when they took the vinyl roof of there was pretty much no steel left. Superb job on the Lincoln though, that half covered style is known as a Landau top, looks well sealed, that should last for years.

Thanks for carefully explaining the reasons behind your plan of action!

Hi guys, great work! A couple of questions if I can please - is there any special preparation or paint process/type you would reccomend for under a vinyl roof? And secondly, your panel making ability is awesome, would love to see a video on that in future! Thanks!

Just goes to show what you uncover when you start these jobs. I know from experience. 😮

Too much talking in these videos….

Very good job! Had this been my car I would have left the vinyl roof off altogether, I think it looked good in colour, but I do understand that the padded vinyl is an important part of the car's style.

Really interesting job ! Thanks for sharing and taking us through the work needed to ensure many more years of motoring in this US classic.

Great to see it restored bacj after a terrible shunt. I hope you are able to pass tour skills on to future people.

Quality Work

The art business is much worse. Everyone wants their painting restored but no one wants to pay. Everything you've said is exactly the same in art resto.

Looks expensive! Better than factory? Absolutely. One would think that new cars are cost-cut to the last penny and therefore cars rust. New and old, unless they live in Arizona or the likes. I'll bet those vehicles you people are painting properly will last quite a while, even in harsh conditions. Very nice, cheers.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to the specific questions. It's been remarkably informative listening to your explanations of all the nuances of the preparation and final paint processes. Looking forward to the next video.

Sorry about the damage caused by this accident to this stunning car. What a transformation though looking at the finished result.

Loving the content, especially the longer explanations! I have a question for you if you don't mind. A dilemma I'm facing - would it be more cost effective to buy a new reproduction panel at £800 or a straight, rust free, used one at £200? Would I end up spending £600 in labour prepping the old panel to get it to the stage of the new one?

Interesting to add a polyester filler coat on to the epoxy as historically polyester does not like to bond to epoxy. Looks fantatic finish anyhow.

Thanks again for responding to the questions [and in particular my question] in the form of a mid-week video. This is an excellent idea, one that very few youTubers do, and I hope it helps you get the increase in viewers and subscribers you deserve.

Thanks for the video.

Is this the same process for a fibreglass car such as a TVR?

Thanks for the update! So what would the minimum temp for curing the paint properly be ?

Brilliant job. Would you happen to know what the reading might be if one was to do a paint thickness measurement on the finished surface?