opinions..... front end rebuild
25 years ago a friend of mine had the front end rebuilt on his '71 Barracuda. As I recall the labor was $1,800. I rebuilt the front suspension on a '57 Dodge in 2018. I charged $750 and it took much longer than 6 hours due to some rust issues. $600 is a bargain. If I took another in I'd be at $1,000 for labor. I also charge $75 per control arm to replace bushings and upper ball joints and feel that's a bit low.
I have a 64 Comet same as Falcon, I have ALL new parts for the rebuild. Loaded ( as in installed bushings, in the upper and lower control arms), NOTHING like dealing with a press and Mopar arms, new coil springs, new idler and pitman, new tie rod ins with sleeves, a pair of new shocks, Loaded spindles ( as in all new brake shoes, etc. everything already mounted to backing plate.
I went ahead and took it ALL part other day, 1 1/2 hours, including lunch. I can hardly put one foot in front of the other.
I am sure $600 is a bargain no doubt.
I will just keep my $600.
Yea, I used my electric impart, a pickle fork, and a hammer.
For sure, slow as I am it will take me quite a bit longer to install the all NEW parts/ NO hurry!