Looking for good car painter and car trimmer, Ox and Bucks area

[Guest Breadvan72]

I am pondering spaffing some wedge on having me Lancia HPE painted, either in its original red, or maybe in a cool gunmetal colour that was used by Lancia in the early 80s.  I am also thinking of retrimming the interior in a pale leather or in some fabric similar to the original, if I can find such a thing.  

 

I am not looking for Concours winning stuff, but want to find something between that and rattlecan blow-over bloke in a shed.  

 

Anyone in Ox/Bucks/Berks/Warks (within a reasonable radius of M40 junction 6) got any recommendations for exterior and/or interior car pimpage? 

 

Muchos thankos.

[beko1987]

Apparently someone who used to work at BMW sprayed his own beetle into a show winner. My mate only knows of him rather than knows him, but he is in chinnor.

 

Any help?

[Guest Breadvan72]

Not sure, as he might not give a stuff about someone else's car and resort to slap and tickle.   I could ask my old Nan to crochet some new seats, maybe,  but I think that I need a Pro, of sorts, to spraygun the thing. 

 

Possible colour choices below.  Whatcha reckon?

 

I actually LIKE silver cars, so there -
 

 

 

Autoshite SPECIAL!  But could I really live with it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the groovy gunmetal look -

 

 

 

 

Here is the actual car, in its current red -

 

 

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I say NO to white, light blue, and probably to green as well.

[Bren]

"Good car painter and trimmer."

 

This is autoshite - good car painters and trimmers will be the last people we know.

[Guest Breadvan72]

BONUS - this should of course be the correct Autoshite solution, but where are the craftsmen to deliver this level of finish, eh?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BTW, mine has water in the headlights, too.  They all do that, Sir.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Well, at least this made me find the Brown Car Blog.  Now at last my life has meaning!

 

http://browncar.tumblr.com/post/505136469/lancia-beta-hpe-volumex-the-beta-hpe-is-built-on

 

http://browncar.tumblr.com/

[overrun]

"Good car painter and trimmer."

This is autoshite - good car painters and trimmers will be the last people we know.

Karisma. See 'My custom interior work' thread on the blue forum.

 

Sean currently has my RS 4 spoke steering wheel - anyone that can trim a wheel, knows their stuff - and has just acquired a new sewing machine, which will allow him to do seat covers etc.

 

Check his thread (sic) out.

 

I have had a £2K+ nappa leather and Alcantara retrim done before, by a superb trimmer and IMO, Sean's work is on par.

Best bit is his pricing.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Thanks.  I will look him up, but I ain't going to the Blue Place.

[overrun]

Thanks.  I will look him up, but I ain't going to the Blue Place.

Cool.

Got WhatsApp? He's on there.

 

07800 964401.

[worldofceri]

I've known these guys for a while now and always recommend them when the question comes up on here.  My car is probably the worst possible advertisement for their work (the bits Nick's welded are by far the best bits of the car, but that ain't saying a lot!), but I know they do some top-notch work.  Don't think they do trimming, but Steve's a great painter.

 

http://www.doublehrestorations.co.uk/

 

They're near Leamington, Warks, not too far from your manor.

 

Edit:  Looks like they have previous with Lancias:

 

[Guest Breadvan72]

Cheeeerze.

 

OOOOOOOOF, Fulvia.   Much want.  

[fordperv]

Karisma. See 'My custom interior work' thread on the blue forum.

 

Sean currently has my RS 4 spoke steering wheel - anyone that can trim a wheel, knows their stuff - and has just acquired a new sewing machine, which will allow him to do seat covers etc.

 

Check his thread (sic) out.

 

I have had a £2K+ nappa leather and Alcantara retrim done before, by a superb trimmer and IMO, Sean's work is on par.

Best bit is his pricing.

 

 

oooh would you pm me pictures when you receive your wheel back, i was considering him to retrim the mrs rs 4 spoke, his work looks nice on rr

[Wilko220]

This chap...

 

http://swbrepaircentre.wordpress.com/

 

is in Bovingdon, close to the Bucks /. Herts border.

 

He did the paintwork on my Sceptre and, for what seems to have been a fair price, the result is exceptional IMO.

 

 

Some work in progress and finished shots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[alf892]

Beautiful Sceptre!

[Guest Breadvan72]

Thanks Wilko, you haz gotz PM.

[dieselnutjob]

Mate down the road is a superb sprayer and works in Beaconsfield.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Quick bump:  Hunters at Studley Green on the A40 turned out pretty good for some minor Alfa spiffage last week, and may get to do my choddy Lancia Coupe next winter.

[Junkman]

Autoshite SPECIAL!  But could I really live with it?

Of course you could. You might struggle living up to it, though, when you actually LIKE silver cars, which you shouldn't.

[barefoot]

I use Vaughan at www.customclassicretro.co.uk for trimming, they're in Loughborough though, so not exactly local.

[xtriple]

I vote for gunmetal. Lovely classy colour, just right for the HPE and not naff red, such a cliche old chap!

 

That Sceptre is just stunning!

[Guest Breadvan72]

I have been pondering this much of late.   The gunmetal would be uber classy, but also rather grown up and even a tad modern.  I agree that red is a cliche, but the fact is that, estate or shooting brake or hatchback or whatever it may be, the car is sort of a 70s/80s Italian twin cam sports car, sort of, and Rosso Corsa with black details kind of suits it.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Trimwise, I have located new Zegna cloth for the seats, and Mrs BV has even suggested that she might try a bit of seamstressing with her cheap-ass Hyundai sewing machine (makes a better noise than that shitbox Hyundai V6 in the so called Coupe).  The driver's seat is the only one that has gone bad, but of course the new cloth will probably be much brighter in colour as it will not have had 30 years of sun and bum.  I don't want to do the whole interior.  I may try gently washing some cloth to fade it slightly before fitting it to the driver's seat.

 

At present I am trying to cover up the holes with some giffertastic seat covers bought from eBay.Italia that even say "Lancia ÃŽÂ²" down the side.  They are shit.  I may take a photo later so that you can all laugh at them. 

[Skizzer]

Brown, of course. I can't believe you're even asking this question.

 

(Grey does look good though.)

 

Edited to add: obviously I spent so long typing this on tiny phone with fat fingers that you have now not only picked NEITHER of the colours I mention, but have posted a whole essay about the interior as well. I am crap at internet.

 

Original red is nice too.

[skattrd]

I'd say leave it red.

Unless you spend alot of money then colour changes look shit, missed door shuts, under bonnet, boot etc etc

[Guest Breadvan72]

I think you are right, and as a previous owner you get a vote.