What's with auto body people? . . . .

Body guys are temperamental fume sniffing flakes. Your guys have no manners to boot.quote]

I take offense to that because i worked in a shop with a lot of great guys that were nothing like that and the owner is a great guy as well. They aren't all like that...

Sorry to hear about these guys being such assholes man. But I do suggest practicing welding and maybe trying things yourself. The cost to have that done would be more than finding another car...