A company in Yorkshire can supply complete sill panels at £150 per side which is easy enough, the hard part is fitting them. I've asked around for someone to take the job on and if I hear anyone say "....what you've gotta ask yourself is this, is the car worth it?" just one more time, I shit thee not sire, bad things will happen.
My reasoning is that if someone can go out and spend their hard earned cash on something as futile as a newish second hand Vauxhall corsa why do most people, welders and garages I've spoken to think I'd be wasting mine if i spent it on essential restoration work on a Puma. If the work isn't done and it won't be in a lot of instances then all there'll be left for puma hunters in the future are rotten cars in need of serious welding. And further on in the future possibly not many Pumas. And expensive ones.
So what do I do? It just needs regular Puma welding. The sills looked good until I peeled back the clean looking stonechip coating, its clearly begun its rusty phase, the floors good though and the rear arches are starting to show and the boot floor hasn't concerned me yet.I could get away with patches but why faff about when materials are available to get the job done properly. My aim is to keep the car as a daily driver long into the future and since I won't consider buying a corsa or some other mundane motorist style podule I'm left with with one of two options. Fix mine or buy one that's had new sills fitted. I prefer option one.
Anyone suggest a sympathetic welder? It needs to be soon, I'm surrounded by windy coastlines.
My reasoning is that if someone can go out and spend their hard earned cash on something as futile as a newish second hand Vauxhall corsa why do most people, welders and garages I've spoken to think I'd be wasting mine if i spent it on essential restoration work on a Puma. If the work isn't done and it won't be in a lot of instances then all there'll be left for puma hunters in the future are rotten cars in need of serious welding. And further on in the future possibly not many Pumas. And expensive ones.
So what do I do? It just needs regular Puma welding. The sills looked good until I peeled back the clean looking stonechip coating, its clearly begun its rusty phase, the floors good though and the rear arches are starting to show and the boot floor hasn't concerned me yet.I could get away with patches but why faff about when materials are available to get the job done properly. My aim is to keep the car as a daily driver long into the future and since I won't consider buying a corsa or some other mundane motorist style podule I'm left with with one of two options. Fix mine or buy one that's had new sills fitted. I prefer option one.
Anyone suggest a sympathetic welder? It needs to be soon, I'm surrounded by windy coastlines.