The insurance company of the guy that smashed into the two cars (one
1972 VW bus, which then rammed into my 1984 van) is mailing out a check
for $2800.

Two body shops quoted $2800 - $3000 to do the repairs using new parts,
but those were imaginary parts because they have been discontinued, but
that's how their systems do the quoting.

Since I can't find the parts, those two quotes are pretty useless.

A third shop quoted doing the repair by banging out the old parts,
filling and pasting as needed, then painting for $2300. This appears to
be the only route to take since new parts are not available.

That leaves $500 which I will apply toward rust abatement.

All in all, though I'm not happy that new parts cannot be obtained, I'm
pretty okay with the outcome -- so far. We'll see how pretty the body
shop's work is.

BTW, for anyone in Bend, Oregon, the two shops that would use new parts
if they existed were Crabtree's Auto Body and Paint, and Auto Body
Concepts. The shop that looks at it as a bang-it-out job is Ron's Body
Shop.

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Rocky J Squirrel
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR