Chas' HMS Phoenix

[Shayne]

I was thinking this myself… I believe Shayne's Sankey trailer attracted a little more attention than was entirely comfortable at the Hungary/Romania border.

Haha yeah i had forgotten that they all looked long and hard at me for a while before going over to Nick who was parked in the queue behind to ask if i was military transport

Ultimately i was waved through without so much as a word spoken in my direction

 

[Shayne]

Colonel Nick saved me

 

[fbnss]

Colonel Nick saved me

I almost sent him back waving his little finger at you like all the Dutch folk

 

[Chris]

Is that a dent in the rear quarter panel? Just by the fuel filler?

 

[clivehorridge]

Is that a dent in the rear quarter panel? Just by the fuel filler?

Yep, can you believe it, I've more dents on mine than Chas has...

How depressing

A big earth bank jumped out and hit me, 'onest...

 

[StarCruiser]

A big earth bank jumped out and hit me, 'onest...

This is the thing with Romania, normally static objects, ditches, stumps, earth banks etc, do have a tendency to jump out, right when you least expect them to.

 

[Chas]

J

Use the internet Chas pick an overnight stop 5 hours away be it a hotel , campsite or brothel and you have all day to get there .

Just done that very thing Shayne 650km to the train, I'm laying back on a very comfy bed as I type this, unfortunately I couldn't talk the blonde receptionist into joining me so it'll be a porn site google tonight

 

[Shayne]

Age gets the better of all of us eventually Chas , 20 years ago i might have booked it into her even before i got a room number but nowadays i'd likely have to buy her dinner first The objective stays the same though we just have to adapt and alter our pace .

Google porn site eh i ain't never heard of one of them before you mentioned it so i better investigate

 

[Chas]

All's well that ends well, as they say and you have a 'new' truck to drive home in Chas! Safe journey.

Hey Clive, you are one lucky so-and-so to have a quality workshop like that practically on your doorstep . Hmmmm.....maybe I should move to Romania!

I might go again next year TP for a colour change. Now hmmm? desert sand maybe.

 

[clivehorridge]

I might go again next year TP for a colour change. Now hmmm? desert sand maybe.

 

[StarCruiser]

Shame it clashes with that cruise that Aura fancied…eh Clive.

 

[Chas]

Well the inevitable has happened, driving into the access road to my garage (you know how tight it is Clive) I managed to catch the brick wall, it just scratched the front N/S wing but firmly caught the leading edge of the passenger door, but it could have been a lot worse.

 

[StarCruiser]

All good things come to an end Chas.

 

[ratrace]

the big Q what i would like to know is how did all this cost?

 

[Chas]

the big Q what i would like to know is how did all this cost?

Mike do you mean the respray? all the dents were removed the front and rear bumpers and the rocksliders were re powder coated and the whole car including the door shuts was sprayed green total cost was £2600

 

[ratrace]

not a bad deal
did the Disco in NATO green and that was spray on, has a bit of damage paint now but dead easy to over paint

 

[Chas]

not a bad deal
did the Disco in NATO green and that was spray on, has a bit of damage paint now but dead easy to over paint

Yep,I was very pleased, before I left for Romania I had an estimate for just the respray of at least £5000

 

[ratrace]

and now you have more repairs

 

[stumog]

That price is fantastic.

Did they repair all the panels? Do you know if they used filler on the dents or pulled them out?

It certainly looks like.a good job

 

[Chas]

That price is fantastic.

Did they repair all the panels? Do you know if they used filler on the dents or pulled them out?

It certainly looks like.a good job

No filler, all the dents and scrapes were pulled out, I was very pleased, I paid them a couple of visits while the work was ongoing so I saw their work in progress.