[TPR] Asa's Mach I bodywork update

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Heheeh... yea... a dollar to do one fender...

$1,000 for one fender.   I mangled a zero in there somewhere.
:)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
Spokane County ARES-RACES Net Manager
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On 9/22/2018 21:27, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR wrote:
> Before I crawl away into a deep beer coma, I thought I'd update everyone
> concerning the Mach I.
>
> I scheduled a respected metalwork/bodyman guy to eval the Mach I and
> find out if he'd be interested in helping get her back together.  That
> appointment happened this afternoon.
>
> Yikes!
>
> There were some parts of the body that he was surprised were in as good
> of shape as they were.  This echoed the same thing I heard from Paul
> Scot at the SSCC award banquet when we discussed my car.  Unfortunately,
> the other parts of the car were in worse shape than he imagined.
>
> We talked for some time and he convinced me I'm looking at thousands of
> dollars to make it all structurally sound again and virtually rust
> free.  Even though my earlier plans were to just cover up some, I think
> it's better to take care of all of it right away.  Even so, he's willing
> to work with it in "stages" by priority.  In other words my priorities
> might be:
> - front clip
> - floor pans
> - rear fender rust
>
> If I decide to forgo the rear fender rust (non-structural for the most
> part), then we can stop there and return to it in the future.
>
> His rates are $40 an hour and he quoted me $1,00 to just do one fender. 
> This could get expensive.  He charges by the week, for work done.  No
> overall quotes because they are either too low and he has to charge
> more, making for an unhappy customer, or too high and he doesn't get the
> business.  This guy was recommended by a friend at work who has recently
> restored an early Impala convertible and it's gorgeous.
>
> Before I get that far though, I still have more disassembly to do.  I
> must get the rest of the dash out, and the wiring.  I have to get the
> rear springs cut off.  Once the body is down to just the body, I need to
> get it blasted, epoxy sealed and then he'll take it on for repairs.
>
> Still a long road to go down.
> Asa  Jay
>