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Body shop labor per hour: $50-$100+.
Cost has NO guarantee of quality or of completion of the work.
Almost no shop will look at a non-classic vehicle such as an OBS for rust repair & paint matching and give you a realistic cost estimate that you won't choke on.
That's just the way it is. You might find somebody hard up enough for work to do a quality job, but you might win the lottery too.
Go look at some of the paint threads in the older/classic forums for all the obstacles involved.
How much do you want to spend on something you'll never recoup the cost on?
Most everybody here will do the majority of the repair & prep themselves to off-set the cost of just paint.
Sorry.
Cost has NO guarantee of quality or of completion of the work.
Almost no shop will look at a non-classic vehicle such as an OBS for rust repair & paint matching and give you a realistic cost estimate that you won't choke on.
That's just the way it is. You might find somebody hard up enough for work to do a quality job, but you might win the lottery too.
Go look at some of the paint threads in the older/classic forums for all the obstacles involved.
How much do you want to spend on something you'll never recoup the cost on?
Most everybody here will do the majority of the repair & prep themselves to off-set the cost of just paint.
Sorry.
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Both bedsides, fenders, and radiator support cost me just under $4,000.
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I have put around $15,000 into my truck in the past 6 years but to me it was worth every penny, since I would have had to pay $25,000-$30,000 to get a newer truck in the shape that mine is in right now. And it would probably still have higher mileage.
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Didn't say it was. I purchased a rust free truck for $4850 11 years ago & my widow will never get what I have sunk into it & she doesn't care. Its my hobby & entertainment.
Yes it does. But cutting out rust & welding in metal (The only proper way to repair rust) ain't cheap.
Nothing like spending a bunch of money & a month later & seeing bubbles pop up under a paint job.
Or hitting bump & finding bondo on window screen on that wheel well you thought was fixed.
Nothing like spending a bunch of money & a month later & seeing bubbles pop up under a paint job.
Or hitting bump & finding bondo on window screen on that wheel well you thought was fixed.
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Didn't say it was. I purchased a rust free truck for $4850 11 years ago & my widow will never get what I have sunk into it & she doesn't care. Its my hobby & entertainment.
Yes it does. But cutting out rust & welding in metal (The only proper way to repair rust) ain't cheap.
Nothing like spending a bunch of money & a month later & seeing bubbles pop up under a paint job.
Or hitting bump & finding bondo on window screen on that wheel well you thought was fixed.
Yes it does. But cutting out rust & welding in metal (The only proper way to repair rust) ain't cheap.
Nothing like spending a bunch of money & a month later & seeing bubbles pop up under a paint job.
Or hitting bump & finding bondo on window screen on that wheel well you thought was fixed.
Which is why I do my homework first and make sure I take it to a reputable shop that will fix it right and not just slap some bondo and paint on it.
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