My Duster needs a new quarter skin and there is a small one man show Garage in the town where I grew up. Last weekend when I headed up to visit my sister I saw the bay door open so I stopped in. The place still looks the same as it did when I had my 69 Barracuda there when I was in high school.
Back in the day this guy painted many a hot rod and he painted the up and over stripe on my 69 back in 1977.
So we start shooting the breeze about the old days and I tell him about my Duster and I ask if he still takes on work like my quarter replacement. He looks at me like I'm insane and says "why do you think I'm still here."
There is a 78 short bed power wagon on jackstands and the restoration work looks really nice.
He tells me if I can leave the car from a Friday morning to the next Monday he can replace the skin for $550 labor plus the cost of the material.
I like the price and there is something about getting it done by the old timer that makes it all seam perfect.
Except, he still brazes panel repairs. I read somewhere in a thread on this forum that if you have a brazed repair you should grind it out and mig weld it?
I need some feedback on this from you all.
Back in the day this guy painted many a hot rod and he painted the up and over stripe on my 69 back in 1977.
So we start shooting the breeze about the old days and I tell him about my Duster and I ask if he still takes on work like my quarter replacement. He looks at me like I'm insane and says "why do you think I'm still here."
There is a 78 short bed power wagon on jackstands and the restoration work looks really nice.
He tells me if I can leave the car from a Friday morning to the next Monday he can replace the skin for $550 labor plus the cost of the material.
I like the price and there is something about getting it done by the old timer that makes it all seam perfect.
Except, he still brazes panel repairs. I read somewhere in a thread on this forum that if you have a brazed repair you should grind it out and mig weld it?
I need some feedback on this from you all.
