[6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair quote...

[James_]

Hi Larry. 
If I could get everything done that you had done for 10k I'd totally do it!
For JUST two areas (small areas) that need steel welded in and all flat panels he said it'd be two weeks of work at $80. Which is $6,400!
We are even at the floor pans yet. 
Which he refused to do w/o the body removed. Then he goes on to say about powder coating the engine bay and sand blasting and then goes on to fixing other rust. 

Now that I am stepping back and thinking...
I know when I lived back east, in the country there was a guy that I used for body work and paint. He does mostly restorations. He would have done an amazing job and probably charged $1,500 for the rust repair.
At the most. 
What really ticked me off was this guy said he wanted to look at the car and would be able to give a more accurate cost. But then when he got there and is telling me how long it would take him he follows up with 'well it is $80 an hour but I don't dealing with billing. My parents do that'. What?
The whole reason was to get a damn close idea of what I could expect before taking to them and having the car held hostage. 

Very annoying. 



> On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:58 AM, "Larry Young via 6pack" <6pack at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I did a full body off restoration of my TR250 a couple of years ago.  The floors were solid, but there was rust in one rocker and front fender and all along the seams of rear fenders to deck.  Also, some poorly done body work in the past.  We replaced the entire rear deck with one from a 4A and a couple of fenders.  It was also media blasted to bare metal (be careful with this), so there was a substantial amount of body work.  I did all the tear down to bare body shell on the rolling frame and did all the mechanical restoration and a small rust repair to the frame.  The total cost of the body work and painting was about 10K (not counting the replacement panels), so your guy is not out of line.  Since I also replaced all the vinyl and rubber parts and rebuilt the engine, the total cost was more than the car is now worth (a TR6 would be worth less).  I do not regret it, because I bought the car new by European Delivery, so we have a lot of history.  You can probably get it done for less as one of the other posts have stated, but if I were going to that trouble, I would do it all right and have it good for the rest of your life.  If you plan to keep it that long. I can now drive the car anywhere and its gotten first place at the past three South Central Regionals.  I just got back from driving it on a 1600 mile trip to the regionals in Kerrville, TX.
> Larry Young
> Tulsa, OK
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