[svandamme]

went to see a body shop a friend referred
he had a look at it , and is going to take care of the whole thing for me professionally

i live in a country with 250+ wet days a year, so i don't want to take any chances with rust prevention

the shop does great work, 2 older brothers who are semi retired and now restore cars mostly because they like doing it, i saw a Ford Consul completely beeing patched, fixed , primed ... those guys know how to weld
they also had a 68 camaro which probably looks better now than it did when it left the factory
amazing craftsmen
i hoped to be driving end of april, but it will delay my date for driving , i'm turning the car over beginning of march, they'll return it mid - end of may, by then i'll be ready fixing the oil leaks , two days of wrenching and i'll be firing up the beasty six

i think in the long run, i will not regret it