[tcb] Re: Need a VW friendly body shop in Dallas...
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
I have already said I would not give him one to restore; but that said:
restoration shops are lots of bucks. To do a ground up and do it right you are
looking at 500-1,000 hours of labor depending on the VW and the amount of work
that has to be done. Now if you calculate what most shops in Texas and
surrounding areas want ($50-$90 per hour) it doesn't take high level math to
figure the cost. That little vert that won best vintage at Ennis last Sunday
was done by Lenny Coop 4-5-6 years ago and my guestimate is that the bill was
at least $35,000. But it is an absolutely beautiful car (61 I think) and about
as close to original factory as possible. Met a guy a couple of years ago that
had talked to Lenny about restoring a hard top 56 oval. Lenny wanted a $20,000
up front deposit and a minimum of 24 months to work on the car.
--- On Tue, 3/31/09, mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Need a VW friendly body shop in Dallas...
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:32 AM
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Get ready for "Sticker Shock" I had asked him at last years Classic how much to
finish the restoration on my bug vert. $8,000.00 - 10,000.00 without even
looking at it.
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From: "Fred McDonald" <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:17:16 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
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Interesting you mentioned J & J Volkswagen,
Robert (owner) is coming out to my house to look at my bus and make a bid on
body & paint work.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Tripp
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:56 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Need a VW friendly body shop in Dallas...
J & J Volks Wagon(903) 989-2617
13376 S Highway 121
Trenton, TX 75490
Sam & Joe's Foreign Car Repair(817) 277-4321
2101 Duluth Drive
Arlington, TX 76013
Austin Vee Dub Inc1111 Old Bastrop Highway
Austin, TX 78742
Here's some places to check out James
Brad
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...so it was Friday the 13th and some A-hole came out of a topless bar parking
lot on NWHWY in the driving rain and proceeded to cause a 4 car 1 Bus collision
and left the scene. I was the last vehicle to be hit and if I had left work 5
seconds earlier I wouldn't be typing this email.
I'll be out $250 for the deductible. It could be worse. I only got un-insured
driver coverage 9 days earlier because of the miscreants I was driving next to
made me nervous on the way to Irving each day - thank God. Anyway the entire
driver's side of my bus was scraped by car number 4 and even messed up my brand
new front chrome bumper. Anyway I don't want to take it to their choice of body
shop, so any recommendations? Thanks!
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