Triggers Broom

[Julian]

At what point do you scrap a panel, I rebuild a pair of rear wings over the last few weeks and with hindsight i think i should have sourced a better base on one of them to start on. (wanted to keep the original panels for some silly reason!). Good practice though as a time will come when no spares are available. Now starting on the front ones, a nice garage jobs for the winter.

 

[Gargo]

Good rebuild.

I like to repair and reuse. So, I need two things; the ability to repair to a standard I'm happy with and the time.
I enjoy repairing anything, from your example of a car panel, to removing the cracks from house ceiling plaster. Maybe not a good example as not that dissimilar really.

Last time I repaired a panel it took a couple of weeks from the thump to the panel to refitting after I paid someone else to paint.
For the house ceiling plaster, we lived with no ceiling in the TV room for a couple of years; I started in lockdown, it seemed like a good idea at the time!!

 

[keynsham1]

I guess it comes down to availability for me and making life easy! If good/new ones are still available at a sensible price then I would go that way as they would most definitely be better than what I would have repaired. As they get more rare, things once scrap become more valuable and worth rescuing. I remember someone a few years ago buying a complete basket case Morgan 3-wheeler for a lot of money just to get the original radiator grille.

 

[PeterZRH]

I guess it comes down to availability for me and making life easy! If good/new ones are still available at a sensible price then I would go that way as they would most definitely be better than what I would have repaired. As they get more rare, things once scrap become more valuable and worth rescuing. I remember someone a few years ago buying a complete basket case Morgan 3-wheeler for a lot of money just to get the original radiator grille.

In the UK at least you are never likely to run out of serviceable wings. People have stacks of them in various conditions because they are so simple to remove. I admire the skills but I would probably have sought better one to start with. In the longer run it's generally harder to stop a repaired panel from rusting again.

Doors that don't need repair are a bit trickier though. I was very lucky, I bought 2 rot free front doors for £50 a year or so back for my stash.