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Originally Posted by TaKid455
There are 2 Phoenix shops in Hack. R&C and collision. Dan at the collision does OK work and is reasonable. R&C (glen) does excellent work. My 78 T/A is at R&C now. Dale's also does excellent work. He did my 79 T/A many years ago. Liquid metal (former R&C employee) also does very good work. 5k wont get you far in the excellent shops where 'basic' paint jobs start at 12k. With material cost running 2-4k, that doesn't leave room for labor or booth time. Figure 75/hr ..thats 675/ day(9hr) for labor. I can set you up with any of them, but will advise you which ones would better suit your budget. There are a few others in the area too that I am forgetting at the moment.
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Yea well I'm figuring on cutting down on labor costs, as the car will likely be disassembled and possibly stripped before it gets to the shop. I'm figuring the metal work, and the actual body/paint work, then it comes back to my house for assembly. A good metal guy who knows what they are doing...my car will be a cake walk for them. If me and the painter at Netcong were still there he would have helped me paint the car as in me painting it with him being the teacher. Alas I'm not there and while I have his number I don't know where hes at now. If I could find third gen F bodies in JYs that were reasonably solid I'd get the sawzall and get some pieces like the battery tray to be welded in. A good metal guy might be able to save my floors. They're not too bad. Two holes, and tons of surface rust that might end up killing them anyway. Its the inner rocker where the floor meets the rocker and the body near the front of the driver's door that is the problem. If I could at least get the metal fixed then I'll worry about the paint later. I can always do the rattle can etching primer/primer/paint or I hate to say it but Macco's more pricer jobs before 12K on paint for the time being. So I guess I'm looking for someone who can do the metal work for me More than anything else.