I just had the floorpan (1) replaced on my '3. $37/hour labor rate plus 1
cut off wheel (yeah, like nickel & dime). Charged for 20 hours of labor. A
lot of it had to do with replacing the captive nuts on the underside
including 2 hours to go get the nuts& 3 1/4 hours to cut out the old ones.
(At least they didn't charge me for the nuts :^). Wish I had known about
that as I could have bought new captives & nuts in advance for less than
$10.
They gave me an estimate in advance of 12 hours depending on any unforeseen
difficulties. (8 3/4 was dealing with the captive nuts) - so the 12 hours
was pretty close for everything else.
Hope this helps.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith McGahan [mailto:keithmcgahan@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:49 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Body work
I need some help understanding the body work market. I am trying to have the
floorboard and rockers installed on my TR4 and some work done on the rear
where the fenders meet the tub. I have gotten several quotes ranging from
$2500 to $5000. These prices seem outrageous. I can buy another car for
those prices, but that would seem like such a waste since I just had the tub
blasted. Are these prices in line with the current market? How much does it
cost to buy a rust free tub? Thanks for all of your help
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