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After a really great run in the lakes this afternoon stopped at the local supermarket for some provisions - called to service desk a guy in a big new BMW had just side swiped the Mog
Damaged wing, folded over bumper, all stanchions that hold the bumper bent. Thats just from a first quick look.
My question - who is best to do a repair and respray. I am based in Lancaster and the nearest dealer is Lifes in Southport.
Any reccomendations ??
Thanks - and sick as a proverbial parrot.
Chris
Morgan 4/4 1997 Connaught green
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That's really bad luck. At least you got him.
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Thats a tough break.
Having seen his work, Kevin Vernon at tudor motor bodies in Market Drayton would be where my car would be headed if such a job were required.
Although I am sure Lifes would be fine!
Last edited by sawman; 26/05/12 03:50 PM.
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Can't help on the mending but my comiserations on the incident
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Sympathies. My last Roadster was hit in a car park when it was about 3 weeks old. Someone saw it & left a note with the culprit's number but didn't leave their name, so when the insurance company contacted the owner & he denied doing it, the insurance gave up & hit my no claims & the b8&$"ted got away with it! 
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If you are not to fault, why not have the car sent to the Factory ?
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Lifes Ok and Dave R is a very straight- dealing guy but Kevin is a body specialist and his work is unbelievably good
In fact, a lot of the dealers send their bodywotk jobs to Kevin anyway
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Can't help with a local repair but condolences.
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Bad luck you got hit,but good luck you got the blighter!
I can imagine how you feel. I had my car reversed into the grill and ding the radiator cowl and that was annoying enough and not nearly as bad. But i am sure that it will be relatively easy to fix, certainly the advantage of the MOG is that they ain't difficult to fix.
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commiserations, no personal experience but Lifes seem to be dealers and Kevin vernon the real body specialist, he helped a fellow mogger rebuild a cat c car and its superb.
BTW my plus 8 got side swiped (dent in the rear wing) so not as bad as yours, trouble was it was on the Isle of Man mog event in a hotel car park exclusive to Morgans, no note on my car and no-one ever tried to contact me over the whole weekend to own up. that somewhat tainted my weekend as you can imagine.
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