Re: Body shops Mpls area

["Jorel Jackson" <kondor77@hotmail.com>]

>(this is a continuation of an earlier conversation, just thought that
>someone else might want to hear about body shops in Mpls)
>    I checked out Raymond, they kept me waiting which wasn't a big 
deal,
>but the demeanor of the guy who was supposed to be helping me, wasn't
>helpful.   He looked at my car, stuck his hands in his pokets and said,
>"Yep, looks like about two grand worth of body work!!"   I then
>explained to himt that I thought I might be able to get parts for the
>car and what would it cost for just painting.   He muttered somthing
>indeterminate, made no attempt to look up parts, labor, or anything
>else.   That's fine I thought, what did I expect? not being really
>impressed.   I then drove out to Park Auto body in Spring lake park
>where I met with Jerry, the guy who did the Chevelle trunk pans.   
Jerry
>had me pull my car in the garage and open the hood, then proceded to 
get
>on his knees and give the car a work over.   I explained to him also I
>thought I could get parts, and he stopped and began to converse
>intelligently and hopefully, weighing the cost of labor to straighten
>the panels vs. just painting the used parts.   He also ID'ed bends and
>ripples which I and everybody else had missed, then proceded to give me
>an estimate $400 less than volkswagen and $1200 less than Raymond.
>Jerry's got the job!
>
>Greg
>

Thanks for that post Greg, living in the area that was useful 
information. I've always been impressed with Shoonover's, but they are 
fantastically expensive. I need to think about taking my '85 in soon, so 
I'll check this guy out too.

JSJackson

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