1958 Corvette

a 2 post lift works best . i have a cradle that hooks to the lower door hinge and the seat belt mount . lifting at 4 corners will crack all 4 fender joints .
 
It def looks like someone has done some glass work on it. Have you tried looking inside the panels to see how much work has been done (like the hood looks)? you can tell a lot there, I've seen where people pile up that roving glass and try to build off that or make some other huge mess on the backside and bondo the heck out of it after that.
I also agree with Barry about missing parts. it's much better to take them apart and label things and I’m also I big fan of pictures before disassembly.
well, there is my one cent.
 
Update:

Well, I never did get the job after I submitted my bid. It went to a local auto body shop that was planning to gel-coat it from what I heard.
From what I was told the only reason I didn't get the job was if something went wrong with the paint down the road they would have no "business or Shop" to sue. It was my brothers boss just covering his ass.

Note:
Just this week the shop that has the corvette came back with another $4000 add, because they said it had a lot more cracking and they needed to strip it completely for repair. This of course was in my bid from the start as I stated I would strip the car and repair all cracks first. Oh, well.

I'll update this thread when the finished painted car returns to my brothers shop for assembly.
 
Wow. Tells alot about the parties involved. Automatically assuming if something happens there will be a lawsuit. Count your blessings and be glad you didn't get the job.
 
It makes me wonder if even a guy working on the side ought to have some insurance in place to cover operations when working on high dollar vehicles. I'm covered for $150K worth of customer vehicles, but once in a while I have more than that in my shop, and I think, "what if this is the night it burned down?"
 
crashtech;28302 said:
It makes me wonder if even a guy working on the side ought to have some insurance in place to cover operations when working on high dollar vehicles. I'm covered for $150K worth of customer vehicles, but once in a while I have more than that in my shop, and I think, "what if this is the night it burned down?"
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You saying that makes me think back to when I used to do chip tuning. I was much younger, and really had no idea of legal protection via incorporating or even something as simple as insurance. Boy I feel very lucky looking back :)
 
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