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Originally Posted by Salop Farmer
Hi army thanks for your input on seat quest. Quite like the Ford Ka Seats conversion on Morris 1000. Will have to visit local breaker and see what is available. Had a PV 444 back in the 70’s and did the Amazon seat conversion to that. But of course those seats were much easier to come by then!
As an aside - Sent grill surround,2 door handles, 1 boot handle and some bits of bonnet trim for quote and possible re chroming to a firm in the Midlands. I know chrome work is expensive and was fully expecting to pay about £250 for the stripping and dipping process. But when I received a quote for £620 + vat and carriage my heart sank. I hurriedly phoned the company and asked them to return the parts untouched. Have asked Simon at Brookhouse to see if he can supply the parts new. I have seen them for sale in Sweden and am sure the cost would be significantly less than Chroming quote.
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I don't think you'll have much joy finding new door handles for the PV - good second hand ones seem to be thin on the ground too.
I've just had a look on the VP site for a replacement grill surround and then converted the price to GBP and came up with 430 quid - the real cost would be more if you were to get it from Sweden.
I'm not saying the quote you had for rechroming was good but...
...perhaps you need to shop around a bit more?
(I don't wish to sound critical but it is hard to bargain for a good price if you've already posted the parts before knowing what the cost is gonna be - I realise they need to see the parts to give an accurate quotation but they should be willing to give an "so long as it doesn't seem too bad when it gets here price")