Front end rebuild - what's it worth?

20 years a friend of mine paid $1,800 for the labor (1971 Barracuda) which I thought was WAY out of line. I start at $750, which is too low for most of these crusty cars out there. There's always something that eats up time. On the 1957 Dodge I did it was a torsion bar that was rusted to the rear socket. Fortunately those can be removed from the frame, but I spent fruitless hours trying to get it apart. Finally took to somebody with a torch to heat it up. Then again, I'm done working on other people's cars for this very reason.