Pacific Northwest restoration shops

[Sven]

Hello,

I am up in the Seattle area and am looking for any recommendations for a good restoration shop in the Seattle/Portland area. I have a 72 3.0 CS that I will be stripping down to the body (off frame). The front and rear quarter panels will need to be removed to get at the areas underneath – the usual welding, patching, rust removal and complete paint job are necessary. I expect I will be doing most of the disassembly and putting back together of the non-body components. A shop that could potentially do some of this might be useful.

I have observed one shop (EuroTech Bodywerkes in Kirkland) restore a yellow CS last year. They seemed to have done a nice job.

Any guidance appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Honolulu]

sure you know where you're going?

Resto/rebuilds take a shitload of dough.

By the by, there is no frame from which coupe bodywork can be remvoed. Typo or mistake? Could be telling.

 

[jhjacobs]

Good luck. My limited experience is that if a shop is good at this they will never agree to do it again. My shop here in Maryland only charged $4500 for this work with me doing most of the strip down/reassembly work. Although it took 13 months and they did a great job, the owner will never agree to do another one; he learned his lesson well. He now hates old BMWs. During the process I occasionally slipped $100 tips to the actual body guy to keep him focused on quality work. Now he wants to come to my house to help with new floor pans and a new spare tire pan; all I have to do is buy a MIG welder. ...sounds like a deal!

 

[racerxx]

It Always Rains In Seattle

JJ,

I like the way you think and do business, that's the way we do it on the East coast. However, I use to live and work in Seattle and things are done a little different there, not better or worse, just different.

John Raho - Westport, Connecticut
'73 coupe