So after being dicked around by my bodyshop I decided that maybe it was a blessing in disguise and what I should be doing is getting another shell, so thats what I've done. I have a pretty rare thing, a 1995 Samba VTi with 9/10 bodywork (No maggot) didn't they make like 50 of these? Most have probably been scrapped. Its been garaged most of its life and considering I was looking at 900-1200 at the very least to get the arches done this kind of made sense as I can recoupe most of that with parts off the old one and i'm pretty pleased with it.
The question is now what to do with it, I was toying with keeping it OEM looking (at least externally) popping a K in it, upgrading the brakes but the reason I bought all my carbon stuff was because thats the look I was going for. So I could keep all the OEM parts in storage and ready to swap back should I want to sell up. The good thing is I have a garage now so it will be kept under cover in storage, the small 1p of rust on the arch will be treated. Front bumper has seen some paint which highlights a little difference in the OEM paintwork but its not so bad. The wheels were diamond cut but have been flattened and painted but are pretty good considering that getting them recut has its own problems\cost.
In terms of cost I paid what I would consider bang on really, considering that I sold the blue VTi earlier in the year for £1500 and this is way better.
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So now time to think hard, hmmmm to vandalize it? It needs mud guards for sure, hate the way sols look without them and the roof is broken but I can and will fix it. One weird thing is that the registration date is my birthday