Bollards! It's a Concrete Pillar!

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chrisyork

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After Happy Days's small altercation with a bollard, Lucky seems to have developed an attraction for fixed concrete too.

I wasn't at my most alert when I got off the train from Montrose on Monday night at around midnight. So all the available brain cells were concentrating on the car parked immediately to my right. And the pillar was neatly out of sight behind the B post from the drivers seat.....





Fortunatey I haven't touched the door frame, but there's not much doubt it needs a new door skin. Grump!

Chris
 

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You changing his name now Chris?

Richard

Seriously though, hope you have him better soon :)
 
Woah , sorry to see that Chris , that's a real shame :cry: . Dare i say at least it was only one panel , could of been sill and wing . Hope to see it sorted soon :D
 
Skins are apparently difficult to fit and a good door a better option if you can find one...
 
Truly a Fusticate and be-bother-it moment! did you try polishing it out? :LOL: sorry for the misplaced humour I will go get my coat.


Graeme
 
Bad luck! It's always painful when you do something like this. At least its repairable, and limited to one panel.
 
Ouch, concrete pillars ars so unforgiving!

Have you decided on a repair approach yet Chris?

I had NOS door skins fitted to my Rover's original N/S doors after they suffered damage. The gent who fitted the skins did a fabulous job, and that was a much less expensive than having the damaged doors repaired. Another option would be to have a replacement series 1 door fitted, although you'll still have to spend quite a bit of time adjusting the hinges, striker plate and door frame in order to have it sit and close properly.

Ron.
 
Chris,

I would go for the re-skinning option if you can get hold of good skins. I did 3 doors of my Rover P5B. On 1 i had a NOS doorskin, on 1 i fitted a repair panel untill the trim and on the third i removed the skin, repaired it and refitted it. All 3 door frames needed repairs in the lower corners. That is why i prefer to repair it. If you buy a replacement door, you never know how far it is rusted already. Before refitting the skin, i had all door frames and the skins shotblasted and a coat of epoxy primer.
Here some pics

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removing the skin which was re-used

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repair of the corner

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welded in a repair piece in the skin

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shot blasted and primer

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refitting the skin

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and a fresh door which will last

good luck with considering what to do

Peter
 
I can have a certain sympathy with this thread . In my case it was a metal gate post that I had put in myself so probably makes me worse :? Also the sill is still panned in but replaced the door!

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You're dead right as far as mine is concerned Brenten - sterling as in £££££.

Bad Luck Tam. At least 75 doors are pretty easy to come by and are presumably made to tighter tolerances than the P6 ones were!

Peter, I might aspire to your skill there given a large workshop and nothing else to do - us oldies are terribly picky and stuck in our ways you know - but as it stands I know a man! Colin Gould at Farringdon to be precise, who is absolutely unmatched at this sort of thing.

Chris
 
Accursed car parks! I did almost exactly the same thing at Gatwick airport, those damn car parks aren't designed for big old motors with no power steering, especially those that have no brakes at the time! Except it was the rear driver side door and the rear quarter, still got the mangled trim on the back seat. It'll get fixed one day, the scratches match the primer patches...
 
Don't write that door off yet because a decent panel beater would sort that out. My MGC suffered rear wing damage like that when hit by a Winnebago and I expected it to need a new wing but the repairers straightened it out beautifully - and in fact were disappointed because they had to use a piece of filler about the size of a 50p piece!
 
oof bad luck chaps.

must be something in the water



that was the other half vs. bollard.
 

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