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After watching Boyd's new show on Discovery and seeing how many screw ups they made I don't think I would let them fix my car either! LOL I agree with you about some folks fixing wrecks. I have seen a lot of corners cut on salvage repairs done by back door shops for a quick resale. If obtained properly and inspected upon completion by the DMV the public has some assurance of the quality of the repairs. If someone chooses to violate the law that is the technicians fault, not the vehicles. I guess if we look at our court dockets though, this is not the only law broken in this country. As I stated though if done by a reputable shop by certified technicians with state of the art equipment clipping is an acceptable, reliable, and cost effective repair that in some cases is better by far than piecing a large part of the structure back together from a pile of replacement sheet metal. I am neither pro or con on the issue, but again it is an acceptable process and is authorized by insurance companies if applicable to the situation. I don't think insurance companies are going to endorse the work of someone moonlighting out of a home shop anyway. You have any additional information why if these folks suspected something wrong with the blazer they drove it for 6 months, and what the part was that failed after 6 months? Also in shops here body men are just that - body men. They repair the bodies. Any mechanical issues are handled by the mechanics in the service area where they too are certified to inspect suspension and drive train components. As to the 50K Z/28 I also would think that would depend on the car. There are a lot of nice originals, there are a lot of nice minor restorations where a bit of freshening was done on a good driver. I don't think in reality there are a lot of really nice cars taken apart for a total restoration anyway. Resto costs are just too high for that. When a guy lists every body panel replaced except the roof is it because he wants new panels, he wants to make sure there is no rust or gremlins hidden somewhere, or the body was shot and they needed replaced? If you put in new inner and outer rockers and a floor pan technically you just cut the car in two anyway, but in two places instead of one. I think in reality we really have two issues here. One is the structural integrity of the repair which if done by professionals is OK. You can screw up anything if you don't know what you are doing - it doesn't just apply to cars. The second issue is pedigree. I think some folks just can't accept that the rear might have been a lowly 6 cylinder. That clip knows in it's heart that it is not worthy of being on that car, and everyone that comes in contact with it can pick up on the insecurity and negative vibes it emits. You know I think we may need to look at the experiences of those that have gone before us. The A and T model guys, the hotrod guys, and the 50's era guys have all experienced the same things and have got past it as they have come to realize that the salvage left is quickly running out of prestine shells, parts cars, etc. to work with and now gladly repair what they can find. We will too someday. We just aren't quite there yet.