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You can come up to my shop in Gloucester and check it out if you like or I will be at the World of Wheels next month doing the chop.
May have taken in only a handful of collision jobs in 30 yrs. Never cared to not found much satisfaction in crash and dent. Had a shop in Manchester MA for 3 years when I first started. Good $ but let the lease go when it ran out.I'm wondering if our paths ever crossed when I was writing at Taft or Hallmark
You can come up to my shop in Gloucester and check it out if you like or I will be at the World of Wheels next month doing the chop.
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No bondo or fillers in the last pic. 57 chevy truck hood center on 55 chevy car hood.
Below are a few of the recent projects.
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Please keep posting pic'sMay have taken in only a handful of collision jobs in 30 yrs. Never cared to not found much satisfaction in crash and dent. Had a shop in Manchester MA for 3 years when I first started. Good $ but let the lease go when it ran out.
Today's fun...View attachment 331862 lead on a Porsche 356.
Please keep posting pic's
May have taken in only a handful of collision jobs in 30 yrs. Never cared to not found much satisfaction in crash and dent. Had a shop in Manchester MA for 3 years when I first started. Good $ but let the lease go when it ran out.
Today's fun...View attachment 331862 lead on a Porsche 356.
Sadly the IKEA mentality has slipped into trades as well. Slinging bondo is a lot cheaper.I didn’t think guys like you existed anymore. I learned about body work from a guy with a double digit appraisers license number in MA...needless to say he was pretty old school.
that is art, sir...feel free to share more pictures as I, for one, eat this stuff up.
Please keep posting pic's
That sucks, A lot more work than you think, I wouldn't order any of that till you have a 2nd opinion
Exactly, and I'll repeat, get an opinion of a good body guySTOP!
You are throwing good money after bad, you will be so under water on it you'll never be able to sell it
MANY of the aftermarket reproduction parts are JUNK, they don't fit and what it takes to make them fit is what we call cost prohibitive
You will be able to buy a good one for less than fixing that one will cost trust me
you are talking 20K plus easily on top of your initial 10K
no production body shop will touch that type of work, there is no money in it, it is work you only take if you have NO other work, and it is the first job to be pushed into the corner when the money jobs roll in.... I've seen projects like that started and never finished... the shop says come and get it.
A restoration shop is not going to touch it for less than time and materials at $100/hr ... rot work is the WORST, trying to jigsaw puzzle cheap Chinese knock off parts on top of rot work is pure hell
Lead ... a lost art
as is Pick & file
STOP!
You are throwing good money after bad, you will be so under water on it you'll never be able to sell it
MANY of the aftermarket reproduction parts are JUNK, they don't fit and what it takes to make them fit is what we call cost prohibitive
You will be able to buy a good one for less than fixing that one will cost trust me
you are talking 20K plus easily on top of your initial 10K
no production body shop will touch that type of work, there is no money in it, it is work you only take if you have NO other work, and it is the first job to be pushed into the corner when the money jobs roll in.... I've seen projects like that started and never finished... the shop says come and get it.
A restoration shop is not going to touch it for less than time and materials at $100/hr ... rot work is the WORST, trying to jigsaw puzzle cheap Chinese knock off parts on top of rot work is pure hell
who said anything about selling or making money? I was planning on owning this as a toy forever.If you are planning on making money on a restored vehicle, I have a nice bridge for sale.
That thing is n better shape than the 8 yr old trucks I work on now!I have listed this Blazer for sale. I think it is in OK shape just not what I was looking for. Here is the for sale add. I am still looking into repairs. I have seen people buy finished Blazers for big money with the same issues. If it sells it sells if I can get it repaired I am still undecided.
LISTED HERE IN TRUCKS FOR SALE