It sounds like he gave a very detailed estimate of the work to be done. I've
never had an estimate with that much detail. I spent a lot more then that amount
to have my 60 done around 10 years ago, & was far from satisfied with the
results. A fellow Imperialist with a 66 had his done at the same shop & he spent
a lot also for his work & wasn't satisfied either. I would say that if you think
the work you've seen him do is good & based on such a detailed estimate of the
work you require, I would be inclined to give him the job. I havn't seen your
Imperial, but the price sounds very reasonable for a quality job.
Kevin Pacheco wrote:
> got some free estimates today for some body work and paint job. People
> recomended to me b&w body shop. I saw some of his work, and its very good.
> He said there was 17 "things" to be done. he needs to work on panel,
> hood. fender front left, fender front right, door shell front left. door
> shell right. door shell rear both left and right. panel roof. penel quarter
> left. panel quarter tight. lid, rear deck. and other things like taking
> time to mask the car, taking off letters and puting them back taking off
> trim etc. Which is 108 hours of labor, plus 10 dollars a day storage, is
> 230 dollars for 29 regular 8 hour days. labor comes out to 4,100.20!!!! It
> all comes out to 2489.50 for the paint, and 2654.80 for the body work.
> Grand total of 5,374.30 All I have to say is WOW. Is this a reasonable
> price? much work is needed to be done on this car.
> Kevin Pacheco
> currently looking for 3 more jobs to get enough money to paint his car...
> 71 Imperial Lebaron
>
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