Thanks! I'll check them out. Sachse Hot Rod shop is the real deal but I think it might be a bit overkill to go that route. I would still need someone to do the interior after dropping all that cash. I am leaning towards trailering it up to Sewfine after it's painted. I have heard of a place called Yo Boys past Lavon recommended by a VW guy in Nevada, Tx. Anyone heard of them? --- On Sat, 5/30/09, Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: Shopped my 23 Window around the body shops yesterday... To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 7:16 PM I went to Sachse Hot Rod Shop for a bid. They wouldn't give me one, all they talked about is how far down I want to take it and what there hourly rates were. I ran away very fast. I just got my bus out of the shop, I used Dallas Roadster in Plano TX. I am very impressed with the work that was done. Rust, body work, paint and they installed my safari windows and they did in in just over 30 days. I would recommend them. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Dwan To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:15 AM Subject: [tcb] Shopped my 23 Window around the body shops yesterday... .... damn. I went to Sachse Hot Rod Shop http://www.sachserodshop.com/ and they have some top notch restos coming outta there. They want to dip it and quoted me 15-20k for the minimum and 35-40k for the full concourse resto and at least a year...that doesn't include the headliner. I think I need to have a garage sale. Another option was a collision shop and he wants 10k but that doesn't include the suspension or the powder coating or interior. A friend of mine is impressed with his work but I wasn't able to see any finished projects yesterday. 3 month turn around The last place we went to was a very nice shop in Lewisville called Dusold. http://www.dusolddesigns.com/ I got a good vibe from that place. He will call with an estimate on Monday Min 20k. Wow...