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G'day All,

Am posting this question on behalf of a new owner of an FB wagon that requires rust repairs in the floor.

Question is - is $60 per hour a fair hourly rate at a panel shop for that sort of work? Shop is located in rural NSW.

regards
Stewart

hey parisian, my fb is going in for rust repairs on monday to olden holden in perth. will let you know what they charge

Hmm, if they actually work the whole hour I would say it's fair. (being there doesn't necessarily mean your working though!) Personally I would want a "maximum" quote to get the job done. That is not hard to work out based on worse case scenario.

I have a beater who charges $300.00 per 8 hour day and I thought that was a bit rich. But in a shop with overheads etc. Would seem about right.

Regards, Smooth

where is rural NSW may know someone

(AUST)Mod - ok no worries.

Smooth - many thanks for that.

Ratbox - will get back to you on that one.

Am away for a couple of weeks from tomorrow.

regards
Stewart

Hi, just to let you konw, up here in sunny Queensland, I am rebuilding a FB wagon, wasnt a bad idea until I had it completly sandblasted and primed. I found lots more than I bargained for, such as front/ rear floors needed replacing, I knew about the front ones. So I have found all the rust repair panels made for them including guards, floors, frames and rear quatrers and so on. Now the the fun begins, I found a ex panel beater/painter who has won a few shows with paint and panel jobs. He did his early years on these models and does a great job, his price to me is $30.00 per hour out of his shed and I supply the paint. he does work as I can afford it and gives me rough price per item or load of goodies I give him. So,as long as the shop does a good job, $60.00 per hour (paint supplied) is not a bad price as long as they can give you an approx maximum amount. But in saying that, there will always be more that they will find to fix. Hence a full sandblast to find everything.

Keep up the good work guys and girls, this forum is well appreciated and used.
FB4655
Hervey Bay Qld

Don't suppose anyone knows a retired panel beater up my way looking for a bit of work, beautiful Ballina. I think I will be lucky with the rust situation, as the body of the car is pretty good. Main rust is front inner guards, quite a popular spot apparently, rails and the usual bits around boot rubber areas and door rubber areas, the sandblast will fix some spots and no doubt uncover a bit more! My floor panels are rust free thank goodness!
Now I'm looking for quotes for the sandblast...