Paid to restore a car.... Questions.
"Charger"...instead of "charges"...ha ha...must be predisposed to end that word that way...I even noticed it was done in a previous post and tried not to do it...
Hahaha I was texting about a Charger when I was typing. I had a guys wife telling me about their Charger and she is giving me a better price then the husband haha.
Yeah I would write up a contract on the car so that way you dont get burned and really I dont care how good of a friend is if they dont sign I dont do anything, same with family.
Mustangs are really known for bondo specials. I also or at least it looks like it in the pictures to have fender flares, does it have the wheel lip still left?
I know with my Vette guys are wanting a project they can do and then get mad at my price because it needs paint. They say body shops will paint and prep the car for $4000 and I reply I thought you were doing the car and wanted a project, if painting scares you that much maybe you should take up sewing.
I could take this car and blend the paint in and buff it and they would think it had an all over paint job that would look like a show car.
I would say set a price for week to week or at the end of the month, if that is not met, the car sits in your garage until paid and then I would take the title in hand to insure he will pay.
Charging by the hour is tricky when guys don't know how long something takes, a small spot could take longer then a big spot.
Shops in my area are charging 15 and hour and paint can be had for 1500 to 10,000 depending on what you want.
Oh and check the inter fenders and shock towers they rust really bad there. Also under the drivers side window at the cowel and around the vent another big time problem area for mustangs.