gentleman,i recently traded a 69 chevy p/u for bodywork and a paintjob on my 72 cutlass 4 door. he is a paint and body man pretty good from what ive seen but he is kinda slow.i got a thousand for the truck,the car had minimal rust just a few minor patches was this a good trade

 

If you are happy it was a good trade. I hope it turns out well.

 

im happy with the trade ihavent seen my car in five months is that normal time hes tryn to work on mine when hes not working on his other jobs that come in

 

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My only issue would be time frame. No finish car, no truck; period. If he already has the truck then you and him should get together on the time frame ASAP, with consideration that he does have to run a business as well but I have heard some pretty nasty stories along these same lines.

 

Well, if the deal is you give him the truck after he is done, seems like you made out!

 

ive already let him take truck to get it out of the yard it was kind of an eyesore but i will get with him and see what we can do

 

Probably ought to get something in writing even if he is a friend or family. As I stated before these type deals can get ugly fast. And I would just tell him that this would be to protect us both......

 

X2 on the get it in writing. Years ago I left some motorcycle parts with a friend at a bike shop to sell on consignment. The guy said he needed to write it up and I told him I trusted him. His answer was this;


“Trust is fine, but if I get killed in a traffic accident on the way home tonight you're going to go through Hell dealing with the estate lawyers.”


I realized how good of a friend he really was.

 

He's been paid - got nothing coming - why should he rush??

I NEVER PAY IN ADVANCE!!

 

to a point i want him to take alittle time to the job right because if i rush him then he might make a mistake i dont want that .so ive given him a deadline pretty much.

 

Is the individual doing the bodywork any where near you?, why don't you stop in, un-announced, and see what progress has been made on your car so far.

 

Just so long as you understand that deals like this can take years to complete.

He's got the truck and he's got no timeframe for completing the car.
Expect him to take a l o n g time.

- Eric

 

his shop is close about 10 miles from where i live not quite for sure the location hes suppost to come next week so i can go to take pics of progress

 

and also found out yesterday that hes had to take on a second job
for quick cash something to do with one of his children. but i am going to set a deadline somewhere around summer i would like to be driving it by then.

 

Hope ya don't get a "Wall Job" [where they park it next to a wall forever]

 

no i hope that doesnt happen this is my car

 

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x3. As long as you are happy with it, then it is a good trade! I'm thinking about getting a sunroof installed in my 1991 Civic even tho it will cost me more than the car is worth lol but I want a sunroof and I love the car and will probably have it for a while so for me it is worth it even if other people think I'm an idiot for doing it I'm not doing it for them I'm doing it for me because it's what I want on my car can't please everybody lol sorry about the lack of punctuation.. english was always my worst subject