What should I be prepared to pay to have this repaired. Both quarters are toast and I can not weld. I understand. That some markets are more $$ than others. I am in South Carolina. I have never paid for bodywork so I am clueless.
Rear quarter repair
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I would reach out to the closest land cruiser club for guidance. They can help ballpark $ and probably can steer you to a quality shop that knows old vehicles, that’s important imo.
This got to be done right. It will cost a lot. I have spent hours on mine and still not even close to done. I am however investing my own time and not paying anyone to do it. I should think it is going to cost you at least 2 to 3 k for what is visible there!
tmxmotorsports
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There's definitely more lurking
That's not NEARLY as bad as most, but there's surely more lurking.
For what it costs to repair, you could buy a welder with gas, wire your garage, buy the steel and set out to fix this on your own. Whether you do this depends on what you consider a hobby and 'fun'. Every professional started out at some point on his first job with little idea of what he was doing
. You can always test-weld metal together on your garage floor before you start into the truck itself.
If you hire it out, watch at each step and be sure they are welding metal in properly, and not just stuffing holes with filler, and then rustproof it all (with lots of grease) when they/you are all done. Rusted-and-repaired areas will rust again, and faster than they did when new, unless rustproofed.
For what it costs to repair, you could buy a welder with gas, wire your garage, buy the steel and set out to fix this on your own. Whether you do this depends on what you consider a hobby and 'fun'. Every professional started out at some point on his first job with little idea of what he was doing
. You can always test-weld metal together on your garage floor before you start into the truck itself.If you hire it out, watch at each step and be sure they are welding metal in properly, and not just stuffing holes with filler, and then rustproof it all (with lots of grease) when they/you are all done. Rusted-and-repaired areas will rust again, and faster than they did when new, unless rustproofed.