I lent my car to my dad for a week while his cars getting fixed.. an hour after dropping it off my mum calls to tell me she has reversed her car into the drivers side guard and door..

so im now on the hunt to find someone decent to repair it that won't just do a rush and bog job and has a decent eye for paint matching.

just wondering if anyone had any recommendations.. im haply to drive to the mountains or newcastle or the like for a good job.. at present based on sydneys northern beaches..

I've seen some good results by Rocky Canto on other Minis (not mine).

cheers
michael

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JC Racing looks after my car and they also have a body shop set up there now called JC Bodyshop
have a look at a Full restoration on this 1969 Mini Cooper there working on now

http://www.jcracing.com.au/jc-bodyshop.html

Southside Restorations at Kirrawee did all the panel and paint finish on my car.

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2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

I cannot speak to highly of rocky Canto .as a Panel Beater And He loves Minis
and has worked on them for Years
Canto Smash Repairs

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Didn't Rocky sell that panel shop and retire a while back?

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Rocky is back in control of Canto smash repairs as of last month.

Doogie

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You could try Odessa smash repairs in Mascot ( 693B Botany Rd, Rosebery NSW 2018 (02) 9319 3286)
They repaired my first mini after i got rear ended + did some extra work on top.
No bog was used just a little bit of filler.
They pulled the panels out but stretching the car and they replaced the boot lid.
It went from this:


to this:

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