The owner showed me pictures of his "frame off" muscle car rebuild which he is in to for around $28k to date with more expensive bodywork on the books before he is completed. He is doing it right for sure but with that vision $$$ are required... giving the car to a 3rd party to do the bodywork costs a lot of money-he was sharing the projected costs-I was somewhat surprised but he said there are only a few shops in my area willing to take on old cars and when they do it appears they add a contingency to cover the unexpected and the extra hours that are probably going to be required....plus there appears to be a pretty good mark up involved!!!
I was at a party last night and one of the neighbors has a mid '60's Mini Woody which he is totally rebuilding. He took me on a garage tour which was a good distraction. The car is completely disassembled, bead plasted and sitting on a rotisserie. The body work he has ahead of him is daunting (to me anyway) in scope. The upside is the body looks straight. I wished him well.
I experienced a bit of a tool challenge yesterday a tool supplier made a mistake and shipped me a bead blaster vrs a vibratory tumbler. Not sure what happened in their shipping department ? but they said they are going to rectify the problem and ship the right tool ASAP....a bit of a set back in the chassis reconstruction as I will have to wait at least a week for the correct tool.
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