Hello all. Thank you so much for your contributions. I work in a group home, so I don't know what I am doing fooling around with an old vw, I just love them. The shop the Ghia is at is Adria Imports, 794 East Broadway. 872-8512... It is in their back room. It is a young guy named mark, and his dad, tony. They seemed good, but they told us at first they would bring someone in to do the body, then it seems that his dad has been doing the work. The $1000 was for 3 hours the dad spent fixing the door hinge, stripping the cars interior, taking off the wheels and taking out the motor. From my phone conversation with Mark yesterday, the $1000 would include putting the car back together so it could be driven home. (Although I am not certain of that, he said he would email me, although I haven't heard) Adria also got the motor running, it wasn't getting gas they said. It is Adria that says the motor is good, I just talked to Bill at BowWow, and cried on his shoulder. He is the one that told me about you guys. From what my Dad says, (Rudy) the old mechanic, (anton) said that no one would touch the job for less than $16,000 and it might cost more than that too. Our concern is why their estimate changed so much, and why after they took it all apart? They said that it was hidden damage. Adria seems to want the car gone asap, unless I agree to their terms. They have my registration papers and a $2000 advance that I gave them for the work on my Credit Card. Unfortunately, I am working tommorrow and tuesday in Whonnock near MapleRidge until 3, but maybe I could get there before they close if I left right after work. I know my dad, (Rudy) would want to go too. I don't know how it works, at garages, if they will let you guys in to look if we aren't there? My wife is pretty upset about the whole thing, and I had given up on my ghia myself. I was just calling BowWow to find out what I could do with the good engine to try to minimize the loss. (es) Oh, and I did find out from someplace called the bug shop in surrey that they have a ghia chassis for sale without a drive train. Yes, I think too that I should get it back to my dad's house in Maple Ridge, and decide what to do from there. I don't know if it is the cheapest way to go, or to pay them to put it back together. The last time I hired Maple Ridge Towing, it was $175 to tow it into East Van from M.Ridge. Hey, thanks again, you guys are the bomb. I thought I was the only one with old VW pics on my office wall. - X-Steve-