Getting body repair on a “vintage” Car?
My buddies and I own an early 1980s F150. Not a perfect truck but body is actually very straight and only 2 cancer spots, but it a show car just a fun old truck. Neighbors daughter backed into it and but a huge panel dent in the bed. Every auto body shop I’ve called won’t touch it due to age and tells me to go to a restoration shop. Any other options (the first ones I’ve called all have 5-10k mins? Located in Denver if that matters

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Most body shops exist to do collision repair - insurance pays for it, several thousand dollars per job, etc. Some shops do side work, and certain shops exist only to do side work like what you’re looking for. If a body shop turns you down, ask if they know anyone that would be interested in doing some side work - body men are a tight community and most of them are happy to point you to a buddy that can help. This is how I found a guy to do rust repair on an old AMG among other random side projects.

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