Thread: Body work and some concerns..

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This summer I'm getting a job and I have a new fender for my driver side and i'm in need of some bumper brackets, i'm having to do a little bit of collision repair. I am wanting to do any body filling and smoothing MYSELF this summer.

Surely theres some things you can all tell me what to do and what not to do?

This is going to be my first time playing with the body..

As for rust.. what would you guys suggest I do? I am not about to do what this one guy at the last hotrod show told me "Yeah that rear window is going to cost you around 6000$ just to have the metal bent and all the rust cut out and then welded in there." No way am I doing that. Surely there is something wrong with that guy's estimate???

I have a 66 Impala 4 door sedan fyi.

I'm only going to be able to make around 5000$ this summer so. thats my budget including gas expenses =\

I mean I do have an older friend who's painted air planes for 40 some years and he keeps saying we could borrow his friend's booth downtown and he said all i'd be paying for would be paint. He restores classic Olds for a hobby and stuff.