Date:         Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:49:03 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Body parts for Mellow Yellow [SOLVED]
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And the body shop has to use additional labor to clean up the used
parts. I've got both shops searching for used parts and re-quoting.
--
Rocky J Squirrel
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> Body shops often have sources for used parts, though they may charge
> the same as for new parts.
>
> ---- "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> As I've previously mentioned, I don't know how to get straight used
>>  parts. I possess neither a cutting torch nor the skill to use one,
>> don't have a parts van, and don't have a place to put one even if I
>> had one.
>>
>> -- Rocky J Squirrel 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical
>> Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan
>> Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> Karl Wolz wrote:
>>> You might ask the kind folks at any of the shops how they feel
>>> about welding in straight used parts instead.
>>>
>>> Karl Wolz
>>>
>>> |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List
>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Mike "Rocket J
>>> Squirrel" |Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:22 PM |To:
>>> vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Body parts for Mellow
>>> Yellow [SOLVED] | |The insurance company of the guy that smashed
>>> into the two cars (one |1972 VW bus, which then rammed into my
>>> 1984 van) is mailing out a check |for $2800. | |Two body shops
>>> quoted $2800 - $3000 to do the repairs using new parts, |but
>>> those were imaginary parts because they have been discontinued,
>>> but |that's how their systems do the quoting. | |Since I can't
>>> find the parts, those two quotes are pretty useless. | |A third
>>> shop quoted doing the repair by banging out the old parts,
>>> |filling and pasting as needed, then painting for $2300. This
>>> appears to |be the only route to take since new parts are not
>>> available. | |That leaves $500 which I will apply toward rust
>>> abatement. | |All in all, though I'm not happy that new parts
>>> cannot be obtained, I'm |pretty okay with the outcome -- so far.
>>> We'll see how pretty the body |shop's work is. | |BTW, for anyone
>>> in Bend, Oregon, the two shops that would use new parts |if they
>>> existed were Crabtree's Auto Body and Paint, and Auto Body
>>> |Concepts. The shop that looks at it as a bang-it-out job is
>>> Ron's Body |Shop. | |-- |Rocky J Squirrel |84 Westfalia: Mellow
>>> Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") |74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer
>>> company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) |Bend, OR |KG6RCR
>>>
>
> -- David McNeely