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Wow.
Dealers are a non-starter as they are insurance-job based and in my experience, charge accordingly for anything they do (insurance jobs generally are 30-50 percent more than 'street' rates).
Too bad I am so far away, I would like to meet the guy in #1, just for a laugh. "Something weird"?
The restorer may be smart enough that he sees a potential full job from you on the car, some day down the road. But that level of attention is impressive on an estimate like that, even if putting on the hoist was to see if he could upsell into some floor repairs....
When I had the complete paint done on my w116 back in 2001, I had estimates from $1700 to $4700 and as you found, the apparent look of the place had little bearing on what was proposed.
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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d
“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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