<VV> Body, Paint & Interior Prices

[Dave Keillor]

Yes, as Bill says, the problem is finding a shop that does resto work --
especially GOOD resto work.  Just because a shop claims to do restos,
doesn't mean they do quality work.  Look carefully at some of their work
and ask for references before committing a bunch of money to them.  Btw,
a real resto shop will almost certainly not give you a firm quote, but
should be willing to give you a ballpark number. 

Dave Keillor
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Elliott [mailto:corvair at fnader.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:07 PM
To: Dave Keillor
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Body, Paint & Interior Prices

On the east coast, $7-8k is not unreasonable for a driver-quality paint 
job (or maybe slightly better) while a top notch one can easily cost 
twice that... finding a shop that will do resto work (instead of the 
much more profitable insurance crash work) is the real challenge.

I recently paid less than $7k for a "strip to bare metal, fix some small

rust, and respray" on a small car... and well over that for a larger car

requiring more significant rust work.

But then I've also seen Corvair body rust repairs run into 5 figures... 
starting with a solid car is an _excellent_ idea....

Bill Elliott