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Hey rich, The answer to this question lies mainly within you as to how much money you got and want to sink into your project. All of the possibilities you mention are doable, but in light of the facts in your specific situation and the fact that it will not be a no holds barred show car but a 1st car dailt driver, my opinion would be to cut & weld as a first choice. hisham 70 sq. --- Original Message ----- From: "Schlegel, Richard" <RSCHLEGEL@OCSD.COM> > Hey All, > I took my car to ISP west and they told me it would be $6000.00 to fix > the rust and paint it! But they had an un-touched 1971 SB body that he > didn't want to cut up because it didn't have any rust. He wanted > $1000.00 for the body and $600.00 to put it on. Would this change the > value of the car? My car has a cool history and I just wouldn't feel > right telling people about if all I am talking about is the pan. I can't > really afford this right now so what do you do to fix rust? Cut it out > and replace it or grind it and bondo it? I looked at the "Rust FAQ" but > it didn't really say much. > Take care, > Rich & Nicole (Daughter), Orange County, CA > 70 Squareback MT FI > http://community.webshots.com/user/schlegelr > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet] > >