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[terry paget]

Forgive my innocence, but if the turret pressing was available as a spare part, could not the spot welds be drilled out, allowing a new turret to be welded in?

This is exactly what I suggested both times yours failed and for this case

I presume the turret pressing was not available as a spare part.

[Doctor Gollum]

Certainly not listed 

[2011venator]

This is the RH turret of OE03, pre-MOT inspection June this year. Until I peeled back the carpet all seemed well. LH turret was OK, just a little rust. I spent £300 on the sills 2 years ago, bought a welder and  kept other Omegas going a bit longer. Some Omega owners plan to keep their cars going forever, not I. Nick has said Omegas were not designed to last forever, more recent cars are better.

Speaking from the perspective of a qualified welder that would be an easy repair and could be made stronger than when it came out of the factory, is it worth doing, well probably not, if you are not able to weld and fabricate cheaper to buy another, all depends how much you want to keep the car on the road and how much spare time or money you have.

[terry paget]

For the record, I bought V324, Omega 2.5 petrol manual saloon in November 2010 140131 miles, and the n/s rear shock turret failed in March 2015 at 174108 miles; car scrapped.
I bought OE03, Omega police special 3.2 manual saloon, in March 2006, 130000 miles, and scrapped it June 2019 201394 miles on pre MOT inspection, with o/s shock turret failure imminent.

[Doctor Gollum]

From the picture, 'imminent' is an optimistic choice of word... 

 

[dave the builder]

From the picture, 'imminent' is an optimistic choice of word... 

 

Gaffer tape would have seen it through another couple of MOTs 

[henryd]

My mistake, though due to suspension pressures that area could not be cut/weld.

Like you suggest, I suspect sills are rotten, mine were starting to get bad before sorted.

It's only a shock absorber mounting point so a repair is viable

[tunnie]

My mistake, though due to suspension pressures that area could not be cut/weld.

Like you suggest, I suspect sills are rotten, mine were starting to get bad before sorted.

It's only a shock absorber mounting point so a repair is viable

 

[terry paget]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=145113.0
I see in my post above of 19 June 2019 that MonzaGSE of Norway repaired his girl friend's car of a similar event for 40£ scrap part plus 150£ welding 2 years ago, and the car is still running.