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Originally Posted by barraza
That is true in some cases, but for a shop that knows these old cars, it is fairly easy to quote hours. A quarter panel replacement is a book hour number. New problems should be quoted as they come up. Giving anyone open time and materials is a receipt for disaster, never do it.
With detailed pictures of my car, and the understanding of the how it would be worked in, Frank at Prodigy gave me a detailed time and material cost breakdown for my paintwork and metalwork. It was done exactly as promised and done WHEN promised. It costs no more to get it done right the first time.
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
I was thinking that a better post of this type of question would have been - "my shop has quoted X for X X X X work" - does this seem reasonable and customary for that kind of work. That way - people that have done this work - or had this work done - would have a better idea of the scope of work.
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I agree that it should be presented as Greg stated. On the other hand there are plenty of shops that can quote to a tee like Frank. You typically can not approach the shop your stating saying " I belong to this forum and they said"
If there not used to doing it or familiar with "that" car any shop is going to estimate to cover there a!!. Almost all my past cars (not present) were quoted up front for work done and they pretty much stayed true to the initial costs. (Were talking basic panel work, wiring, paint etc.) But I went to shops that were familiar with that car or street rod. In the end if your gut says somethings not right...move on.