Steve,
Repair is the way to go. What's the latest body shell price? $4000.00?
I replaced inner and outer rockers, floors, boot lid and rear quarters for a
fraction of the shell cost. Besides it was more fun . Good luck
John (77MGB)
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Shoyer <steve@shoyer.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 12:20 AM
Subject: Sill repair vs. new bodyshell
>I have a feeling that the sills on my 1980 MGB need to be repaired (judging
>from other visible rust and the way the doors bind when the car is jacked
>up). There are some other areas of the car needing attention due to
>rusting (hood, trunk lid, front fenders), so I was wondering if it would be
>less expensive in the long run to get a new bodyshell (this is all, of
>course, after winning at least a small lottery jackpot). It would be
>easier to just get things done one by one, but if the end result has the
>costs almost equal, I'd thing that the new shell would be he way to go. It
>would cost more than I spent on the car, but so would repairing all of the
>visible rust and repainting.
>
>--Steve
>
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