I hired a mobile welder to repair my chassis - we found 15 areas that needed patching! Thank god he rattled through them in only 4 hours, and now it can go for MOT without me worrying about what the tester finds underneath. Even after the £200 for welding and £500 for the car, having got £680 back on eBay, it only cost me £20 for all the running gear in a genuinely good condition.
Happy days!
Trevor.
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