Hope you can find place to get your work done! Here in Central Florida the big shops are so loaded down with insurance work...quick in...quick out that they won't even look at a project vehicle. I had to jump through hoops to even get them to squirt my full repaired and prepped 54 and then it took them 45 days to get it right!
The insurance jobs are much more lucrative and the turn-around quicker. Then there are the small shops that have a couple "project" vehicles gathering dust in the corners....you know they will never be completed....cost for rust repairs is just too prohibitive and the materials costs have gotten ridiculous. Toss in a "home owners" association raising cane if you even jack up a vehicle in your driveway....well, you know the story! Even if you can do all the work yourself, you've got to contend with somebody complaining about the "fumes" or "noise"!
I've got over 1500 hours plus $6K in parts in my "project"....and it's by no means a "show" quality restofication. Fortunately, I got a chance to leave the coast, build my own shops in a small town and can do my own work. Trying to resurrect "old iron" in an urban area is becoming a real hassle!!
Isn't "progress" great?
Dave
