Some of our work @ Panel Kraft 

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We are always busy restoring bodywork on old Volkswagens... We have cared for many Bays, Splits, Beetles, Karmann ghias,  T25s and a few T3s. Anything from a small hole to repair to a full blown restoration or accident damage repairs... we are also happy to take on your MOT work  or other general maintenance or repairs...

Some of our previous work -  

We replaced lots of body panels on this 71 Bay, including genuine front Arches etc, the customer has fitted new doors, removed the original pop top, fitted his own interior and had the bus painted...

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This Californian Split panel van had the rear wheel arches repaired and the long side panel (window) welded back in..

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Floors, sills and so much more then paint...  

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Restoring a Split Screen Panel Van Beehive:

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Bare Metal Resto on an Oval. 

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We made this texas splitty.jpg (200693 bytes) look like this Bug Jam 2006 905.JPG (1191845 bytes) 

and turned thisNWP 10.jpg (457528 bytes) into this Bug Jam 2006 899.JPG (1131705 bytes)

A few water cooled cars have had some love too!

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Full Restoration complete and ready for delivery back to the customer 

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Prepping a split for paint.

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Splitty rear corner -  metalwork was repaired, not replaced!

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Texan Split Screen Camper had its rear arch cut out, so we replaced it... 

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Rebuilding a Split Screen Camper:

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This Late bay had a complete front panel....

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This one has just had the the lower half as it had some light accident damage!

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Taking a Crash damaged bug and replacing the front 1/4 panel:

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Restored Splitty Crewcab...

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Replacing Sills on a Volkswagen T3:

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Repairing a T25 with rotten rear 1/4 panels: 

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Here is one we restored a long time ago... 

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This Cool late Automatic Bay window Camper had more panels welded in that you would ever believe! 

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More photos will be added soon...

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