Thanks, Matt
At 09:28 AM 4/1/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Hey Tom....
Don't give up too soon. I learned a hard lesson from the first rip-off body shop, and it delayed my restoration plans by 2 years and about $14,000. But I did learn a few things along the way and I did locate a great body shop to totally redo the entire car. I still had to prod the second shop to pull both front and rear glass and reseal, due to the glass pressing out the sealer and leaving a gap between the trim and glass (I should have had a glass shop do the installation...hindsight!).
Now the guys from the second shop get together with myself and other satisfied classic owners they know and we attend several car shows together. And it is great to see all those old cars they restored together in the same spot!
But they still screen people to make sure they know all the possible things it involves doing a project car and do turn down quite a few cars, mostly basket cases of rust.
I guess I really found the exception to many body shops. And I still could have got a bad deal from the second shop. Being burned once made me very suspicious and probably insulting but they understood and we ended up with a near perfect 1968 SS396 Chevelle!
Steve A.C.E.S. # 5494
----- Original Message ----- From: "J.J. Fig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Restoration Shops
> Cant be any worse than the paint job that was on Cooter's General Lee :OP > > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The problem is, no one gives a rats ass about the quality of the work they > > are doing anymore. Finding a good and HONEST body shop has to be the most > > difficult thing, at least in my area. Most of these places are driven by the > > quickie insurance jobs. > > I knew nothing about restoring a car when I bought my 70. I just took it > > apart, down to the last little screw and did things as I went along. I am > > convinced that the only way to do it right is to do it yourself. Each time I > > have farmed out an aspect of my 70, something has gone wrong. The paint and > > body work was a total fiasco. I took it to have a headliner put in and the > > bozo put 2 dents in my door that cost me $900 to have it fixed. That ordeal > > ended up in court and there is now a lein on that guys house. I plan on > > painting y 69 Charger myself when the time comes... > > > > Tom > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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