Track car body work estimate

[OldSpool87]

I know the answer to my question is highly variable but I’m trying to get in the ballpark.

I have an ‘82 SC (track car) that needs a new rear bumper (fiberglass), a ducktail fitteded and painted (ducktail is used and previously fitted (Karousel is the brand- it’s old- and blue).

The car is a flat orange (DuPont color unknown).

Don’t need show winner just something to feel good about.

I’m in New York about 30mins north of Manhattan and have a lead on a shop that works on older Porsches and vintage cars.

Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks!

[962porsche]

even a ball park price is impossible to really give for what your looking for.
1st your looking for a new FG rear bumper.
do bumper brackets need to be fabricated ? then even the same make of FG parts will very on how they fit from part to part so that's more of a time and material cost then a out right straight on price.
as for the engine lid it's pretty much the same thing. just because it fit or was made to fit another car in no way means it's going to mount right up to your car. just look at all the rear engine lids people will buy and find out it doesn't fit on there car the same as it was on another car.
even in the 80's your still dealing with a car that was kind of hand built.

color- who knows what it will take to match the color? ok so it's dupont you may find the color in the dupont color book right away. or you maybe looking at lots of different oranges in the book and doing spray out to see just what they painted the car in.
with low gloss colors your not only having to match the color your also having to match the gloss.

then your also dealing with locations and the labor rates of the location of a shop.
just in CT your looking at 4 different labor rates for what part of the state the shop is in.
the closer the shop is to NY the higher the labor rate will be.
then your also dealing with shops over head with pricing.
just with the over head there is or could be a big difference in pricing.
when i had my old big restoration shop with 10 workers in the shop my labor rate was 90 tp 120 an hour depending on what was being done.
now i'm retired and just do some work out of my small shop by my self and my labor rate is half that simply because my over head is also half that of what it used to be.
if you roll into my shop now with a job like that i would tell you your looking at a starting price of about 2K if it was my old shop you would be looking at a starting price of 4K.

[OldSpool87]

Thanks 962! I appreciate the candor and insight.

[Bill Douglas]

The fact that it's a track car and you want it to look look good, but not amazing, will bring the price right down.

It's the huge amount of prep' and the polishing afterwards that adds to any paintwork. But if you don't need this, the price should come right down.

Sorry, I live in a different country so have no idea of prices, but it's the sort of work the apprentice at the paint shop could do a great job of.

[Dpmulvan]

If you live in Rye, Harrison area your gonna pay more than Midwest.

[962porsche]

because it's a low gloss color there is no polishing wet sanding or buffing of the finish after it's painted. even if it was a full gloss to polish a duct tail and rear bumper it wouldn't be a hole lot of time and cost savings.