Help Wanted

Armchair quarter backing is easy to do.

Folks who have experience fixing cars with similar or worse rust than what’s been shown so far probably didn’t do while going to college, living in a state with winter for 6 months and no garage to store it in while it’s on blocks. No mention if he has another car to drive while the Duster is at the curb on blocks under a foot of snow. Is his priority getting through school or fixing a beater so it’s at least road worthy? It’s hard to have both as top priorities.

Sure, now that you’ve got experience, you can do the job quite efficiently. However, the first time you welded, did it take a little longer to do from inexperience? This guy has limited welding knowledge and no garage to keep the car in while he learns. And the limited knowledge is ok since we all had limited knowledge in everything once upon a time. Suggesting that he roll up his sleeves and ‘just get it done’ is easy with experience but not going to be easy for him. Suggesting it’s a $50 fix makes it seem like a 1hr job which it won’t be with limited experience.