Well,
I think we have all gone to the Caswell web site by now,
$655.00 to do nuts and bolts, THAT'S A DEAL, I can get large bumpers show quality chromed for a little more than that!
$6000.00 for a 16 Gal. kit! That's not even large enough to do a radiator shell!
I stick with my plater, lets see;
They send a truck to pick up my bumpers,
I don't have to do squat.
They straighten out the dents, fill the rust holes,
I do my books, have a brew.
They remove the old chrome,
O YEA that's something I wanna do, imagine the toxic chemicals that takes! They polish and fill, sweat and strain
I sit in my a/c'ed office.
They plate, and plate, and plate again,
you know till it looks like chrome that a customer would pay for, and if they screw it up, THEY EAT THE COST,
I continue to drink, I mean, work on other things.
They bring me back BETTER THAT NEW beautiful LARGE front and rear 50's era bumpers,
with an invoice of under a GRAND!
Here's where I gotta do some WORK --- I WRITE THE CHECK! GLADLY
Ron's .02
In a message dated 05/30/02 10:14:56 PM Central Daylight Time, aprtay@xxxxxxx writes:
I agree with Arran on this one. I do ALL of the work on my own cars. I would
rather spend the money on the right equipment to do it myself than risk
paying someone else to do something that I would not be happy with.
Personally I love to restore cars, every bit of them. I have been known to
spend days on a job that would only cost $100 to have done. But theres one
thing that I know that the guy that farms out his work doesn't. I know that
every little peice is done to perfection, and if I don't like it later then
I will just redo it. I guess I am just a perfectionist. I am very interested
in this chrome thread, 67's as we all know are nothing but chrome, so I
stand to save a lot of money and headache.
Brian
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