Making the grown up decision

Oklacarcollecto said

WOAH, back that baby up!! If a guy is trying to charge you $8500 to repair that he is screwing you over unless there is major issues under the car. That car looks like it only needs some patch panels. What is the floor pans, frame rails and the spare well like?

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Damn, that car is too clean to part out. I was talking to a good body guy yesterday and asked him how much would it be to paint my son's 71 Valiant. He stated that just a paint job runs $3 k.

There is no way that there is 5 k of body work on there.

Have you tried looking at Tamraz auto parts for the patch panels? They have some for early a bodies.

Get more quotes from other body guys. That guy is too high. If not, drive it down here. I'll treat you to pizza and give you a ride to the airport and back to pick it up when it is done.

As far as the other mechanical problems, they can be fixed for the 5K difference (or way less) the other body guy was going to charge...

That is a nice Scamp, it would be a shame to part it out.