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Originally Posted by jag
hi david i will be buying your highly respected dvd soon, do you think my task may be too optimistic?
i'd like to build my wheel arches my self but would it just be best to pay some one to do it properley, I dont really have time to practise for weeks on end.
Just trying to be realistic. What can i do after a 5 day course?
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Hi Jag36928,
Don't get me wrong, the guys at Contour Autocraft are very skilled and the bodies they turn out are about the best XK bodies and panels you can buy. Taking a course for five days will give you a good grounding however as someone else pointed out it used to be a seven year apprenticeship to learn to be a 'wheeler' this did not include all the other skills. I really don't think it takes that long to learn in order to be fairly competent.
If you take a course you will still need to practice, this work is not something that you can learn quickly even if you are the best learner in the world.
I put a lot of info on my DVD, a lot more than I could teach in a week but you will need to practice! If you want to make the parts you will want to put in the effort and practice. If you just want to get someone else to do the work you will gain by having some knowledge of how things should be done and the possible results.
David