> There's a 59 Herald on ebay at the mo, that's just up the road from me...
> The owner says the outriggers are shot.
>
> Not a problem for me to do in terms of space, but have no power to my
> garage.. So, any idea how much a mobile welder type person might charge
for
> the job, assuming I had the car totally ready for him to just come round
and
> do the work?
>
> I'm just wondering whether I've had enough of hard to find spares for the
> fwd I've got, and thinking a Herald may well be easier to get parts for,
and
> easier to do things with seeing as it's so simple... Or should I stick
with
> the fwd, and get it sorted, seeing as I've got my 1500TC for playing
> with...? :)
>
>
In that case, I'll re-post my reply ;-) :
I always tried Mick Dolphin first for bits for my 1500fwd. He owned my car
for about 10 years, and usually had most parts for it:
www.mickdolphin.co.uk
If he didn't have what I needed (and he invariably did, I'd use either
Quillers:
http://www.quiller.zx3.net/Quiller/Parts/partswhybuy.htm
or Rimmers:
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/
HTH
Dale