<Costs include:
2 gallons of fiberglass resin, several yards
of cloth, and many disposable paintbrushes: 80.00
POR 15, one quart 40.00>
What did you use the fiber glass for?? Not to repair rust I hope
Mike Kerr
Roadster Restoration
3730 Todrob LN.
Placerville CA. 95667
Ph.# 530-644-6777
Fax# 530-644-7252
E-mail: mikekerr@innercite.com
Web page : http://www.innercite.com/~wolfgang
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-----Original Message-----
From: HIGHKIX4@aol.com <HIGHKIX4@aol.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:01 PM
Subject: body work costs
>Just thought I'd post a quick self help body work cost breakdown
>for the folks out there deciding how to go with their project.
>I started bodywork last spring and just came into check my E
>mail, after wetsanding for several hours. One more coat of
>primer is next, then the color coat, so time wise I am almost
>done. It has taken about 200 hours of my part-time-weather
>no-good-for-fishing efforts to get this far, over the course of
>about 8 months. This is with the help of an air cut off tool,
>and an air long board sander. My car, although a California
>car and not that rusty, had all manor of dings and dents,
>needed a new used hood, and considerable porta-power
>hydraulic help (yea, I have one of those also) to make the
>rear valance panel, and one of the front hood mounts return
>to their normal positions.
>Costs include:
>2 gallons of fiberglass resin, several yards
>of cloth, and many disposable paintbrushes: 80.00
>POR 15, one quart 40.00
>1 gallon bondo 12.00
>many, many 36 grit long board sandpapers 20.00
>wet sandpaper, 320, 360, and 400 grit 15.00
>2 quarts of Dupont red oxide primer 44.00
>2 gallons of Dupont thinner 28.00
>1quart and a pint of Dupont red acrylic enamel 90.00
>total: 329.00
>(costs are approximate)
>
>This amount of body work, and effort would probably cost
>2 or 3K if done by a resonably competant body shop.
>And does resonably competant describe my finished product?
>Well, that is still to be seen, but I sure hope so.
>I know who to take it back to and bitch at if its got flaws!
>My goal is to match the quality and color of the original product.
>
>Next is chrome getting re-chromed, and the interior kit,
>so there is a long way to go with this. I am fortunate to
>have a great engine, new tires, new top,
>and the remainder of the drivetrain
>and mechanical bits and pieces in resonable shape,
>or I would never have started this thing.
>
>The list has been the greatest solver of problems,
>combined with the suppliers and others
>(whom I got in contact with thru the list)
>Just like to say thanks, so far
>Jim
>1967 pushrod 2L/5 spd
>Chesapeake Va
>
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