Most of the time "grinding out rust" is a waste
of time. The best way to remove rust, is sand blasting.
Then a coat of some chemical rust stop. Then sand blast
again. Epoxy prime, body work and paint. Doesn't look
like this money is being spent very well, unless they give
you a garrentee, on the rust. It's very unlikely they will.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Dieter Thiessen wrote:

> Folks,
> I just received a hard jolt knocking me back to reality.  Diehl collision
> center just gave me a preliminary estitmate on painting my 84 GL.  The
> estimate includes grinding out all seams
> removing all outside hard ware
> removing windows and reinstall
> sanding and repainting entire van
> clearcoat
> now hold your socks on
> body labor 50.5hr......1717.00
> paint labor 50.2hr......1706.80
> paint supplies 57.1hr...970.70
> parts............................99.70
>
> TOTAL.....................4494.20 plus 6% sales tax....269.65
>
> any moonliters around York,PA that need extra money?
>
> Thanks,  I needed to get this off my chest, as I was hoping to repaint for
> about half the estimate.
> Dieter
> 84GL
>