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mr48chev · 01-31-2019, 04:18 PM

The big problem is that Dan's Forte is restoring 60's / early 70's Mustangs and Corvettes and when they get some of the rigs like AD trucks they are lost.

They wasted hundreds of hours doing little patch jobs on sections where most of the guys here would have replaced a complete section. It's almost like they think that "while we can buy a replacement panel for 60 bucks and spot weld it in just like the original in two hours we can put 40 hours of labor on the bill if we cut the little rust holes out, hand form patch panels and weld them in and then metal finish them until they don't show even though this is the floorboard or support brace..

01-31-2019, 04:18 PM	#11
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,342	Re: $188,000 Pickup The big problem is that Dan's Forte is restoring 60's / early 70's Mustangs and Corvettes and when they get some of the rigs like AD trucks they are lost. They wasted hundreds of hours doing little patch jobs on sections where most of the guys here would have replaced a complete section. It's almost like they think that "while we can buy a replacement panel for 60 bucks and spot weld it in just like the original in two hours we can put 40 hours of labor on the bill if we cut the little rust holes out, hand form patch panels and weld them in and then metal finish them until they don't show even though this is the floorboard or support brace.. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.