Hey, Mike.. sounds as if it'all work it self out. A good career path would be multimedia and greaqt job potential. Good move imo. Better job/salary = more fun w/ the automotive hobby!!
On another note. My brother's vert should be done in a couple of weeks. they too are block sanding and the body lines look awesome. Of course the shop has not given him an estimate yet.. shop owner just keeps saying that he trying to get a reputation on classic cars & would like my brother's 70 vert to be the poster child. However, he's saying that he has "800" hours in the car.. BS!!!! Maybe for someon not knowing what they're doing. the guy actually doing the work is meticulous and from the old school.
Shop owner said to me this weekend.. "you see this deck lid??, my guy has 50 hours in this" I didn't say anything, becasue it's not mine. My brother says it was 30 hours the other day. i feel like the guy is just making up hours.
They did alot of metal work, but 800 hours is out of control. He said my brother would pay about 1/2 what he's got into it.
800 hrs * 45/hr = 36,000 /2 = $18k. I told my brother expect to pay 20-25k. Anything over that.. take him to court. My brother has an org quote for $6k. But obviously needs much more work.
What's the going shop rate these days??
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