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Originally Posted by RDuke
Not sure why you wouldn't have them media blast or dip the car. Do you want them to address the floors/strip them too manually? Jams? This would likely be chemical strip if by hand.
Last year I had my '56 full media blasted. I provided it on my rotisserie all ready for blasting. I was about $2,500. For a shop to prep it for this, transport and return it, you are probably $3,500-4K all in. If you want manual strip I would guess 4-6 weeks with floors/jams/trunk and probably 180+ hrs. With materials assume probably 15-18K to manually strip it.
Firewall is probably a week or 25-40hrs of work depending on condition. Likely another 20-40hrs of no rust/issues for small repair areas. So 6-8K here.
Prep and epoxy coat: Probably 2K in materials plus another 2-3 weeks of prep/spray time. When I did mine it was a full week and several booth sessions to get all sides, etc. 40-60hrs in labor would be my guess. So 6-8K for epoxy spray out.
Panel assembly and jam adjustments is a big one depending on how bad the panels are. Lots of cutting/welding likely to get them perfect. You are probably 4-6 weeks in a shop to get this done or 150-200 labor hours would be my guess. You also have to re-spray the weld/grind areas post fix so add another 1-2K for epoxy touch ups. You are probably 12-15K here depending on conditions.
My guess:
Low est: 22K
High est: 38K
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The entire bottom of the car, interior, trunk, cowl section and tail section has already been media blasted and painted by me. Those jobs are already done and good enough to eat off of.
The car has an 8 point cage cut through the floor and welded right to the frame rails, welded sub frame connectors, new DSE front sub frame, ladder bars, mini tubs, Strange rear end as it is. This thing isn't coming apart without lots of cutting and new parts.
Why on earth would I pay a shop to dissemble all of my work just to complete body work? I'm not following you.
I asked the shop if they would chemically strip the car but they told me DA would be the way to go. I would prefer them to chemically strip it but they are the 'experts'.
Car was straight as an arrow and 100% rust free when I ripped the thing apart before I did all the chassis work. It has been in the family its entire life and garage kept with less than 32,000 miles on it.