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Originally Posted by Jeff Walker
900 hours and there still isn't paint on the car yet???? I think someone is really milking the hours!!
To give you an example I just finished restoring a customers 57 Chevy this summer. It was a complete running car when I started. The car was completely disassembled down to the point of the bare shell on the frame. The car had some minor rust that I had to repair. All the drivetrain was rebuilt, also disc brakes and aftermarket A/C were added. The billable time I had into this car came up to just shy of 830 hrs and he probably supplied another 100 of his own time. And I don't consider myself a really fast worker.
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Milking the hours is an understatement. 900 hours and there isn't even a roof on the car.
when we were there he kept talking about a weekend he spent searching junkyards for sheetmetal for the car. He came up empty handed, but I wouldn't be surprised if all that time he "spent chasing parts around goddamn pennsylvania" showed up on the bills, if we ever see the bills.
I think this situation is just the pits and the owner is just trying to extort money out of my friend.