 Kansas City Area Body shop/restoration shop, Does anyone have any recommendations? |
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| 442nd914s |
 May 12 2013, 07:11 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 25-July 12 From: KC Suburb Member No.: 14,718 Region Association: None  |
I'm in the search for a good body shop in the KC area or within a reasonable driving distance. Most of the body shops in my home town don't do "restoration" jobs (so I've been told by all of them). I guess they rather deal with quick insurance claims than cash on hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
Here are my trouble spots: Drivers side B pilar Drivers door jamb Both jack points Front right fender Not only would welding be needed, but paint work also.     Thanks for y'alls help |
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| 1988Hawk |
May 12 2013, 07:16 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 17-April 08 From: Chicago Member No.: 8,929 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(442nd914s @ May 12 2013, 08:11 PM)  I'm in the search for a good body shop in the KC area or within a reasonable driving distance. Most of the body shops in my home town don't do "restoration" jobs (so I've been told by all of them). I guess they rather deal with quick insurance claims than cash on hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Here are my trouble spots: Drivers side B pilar Drivers door jamb Both jack points Front right fender Not only would welding be needed, but paint work also. Thanks for y'alls help If you're near Liberty Mo, Gerald Wicklund does excellent work (Carstar). |
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| rick 918-S |
May 12 2013, 07:35 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,460 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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PM "Kanas914" Mike Moorman. He has a guy that worked on his Willow car.
Now here's my advice. If that is a nice running car use it to transfer the parts to a better chassis. There are a couple rollers in the classifieds right now that would take far less work to repair and paint. Here's why I say that. The shop will have to strip the car to the shell anyway. During the process the car very very likely sag or break in half. If they are not 914 saavy this will likely freak the guy out. The cost to repair that car will be well over the cost to purchase a better roller, ship it to the shop, have repairs completed and transfer your parts from your runner. After working on cars and owning a shop for over half my life I think I'm posting from experience. Do as you want but that's the direction I would steer you if you came to my shop. |
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| Cairo94507 |
May 12 2013, 08:41 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,759 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Or you could ship it +- 1,100 miles to Charles City VA to Scotty B and know it will be done correctly.
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| Axel |
May 15 2013, 08:03 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 15-May 13 From: Lenexa, Kansas Member No.: 15,875 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Nice to have you in town.
Don't have an answer for body work, I'm still trying to find a good mechanic for anything I'm not willing to tackle. |
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| 442nd914s |
May 15 2013, 08:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 25-July 12 From: KC Suburb Member No.: 14,718 Region Association: None |
I took a better picture. Is this as bad as it looks? Or is there hope?
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| 914itis |
May 15 2013, 08:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(rick 918-S @ May 12 2013, 09:35 PM) PM "Kanas914" Mike Moorman. He has a guy that worked on his Willow car. Now here's my advice. If that is a nice running car use it to transfer the parts to a better chassis. There are a couple rollers in the classifieds right now that would take far less work to repair and paint. Here's why I say that. The shop will have to strip the car to the shell anyway. During the process the car very very likely sag or break in half. If they are not 914 saavy this will likely freak the guy out. The cost to repair that car will be well over the cost to purchase a better roller, ship it to the shop, have repairs completed and transfer your parts from your runner. After working on cars and owning a shop for over half my life I think I'm posting from experience. Do as you want but that's the direction I would steer you if you came to my shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
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