Hurst olds with T-top rust... how much $$$?

[badwoogie]

So recently got a set of replacement seals for the t-tops on my 83 H/O since they were all dried and cracking, pretty sure they were original. Anyways, I was hoping since the rest of the car has virtually no rust on the undercarriage or anywhere else, that maybe I'd get lucky and the t-tops would be okay. NOPE!!! I have the replacement header panel and parts on order from gbodyparts, of course not exactly cheap. At least the A pillars look ok. I'm just curious what a ballpark figure this is gonna cost me to get fixed by a body shop. I have neither the skills nor the equipment to do this myself. I know a lot of you guys have been through this already, how much am I looking at? Any other advice would be welcome as well.

 

[Pharozen]

So recently got a set of replacement seals for the t-tops on my 83 H/O since they were all dried and cracking, pretty sure they were original. Anyways, I was hoping since the rest of the car has virtually no rust on the undercarriage or anywhere else, that maybe I'd get lucky and the t-tops would be okay. NOPE!!! I have the replacement header panel and parts on order from gbodyparts, of course not exactly cheap. At least the A pillars look ok. I'm just curious what a ballpark figure this is gonna cost me to get fixed by a body shop. I have neither the skills nor the equipment to do this myself. I know a lot of you guys have been through this already, how much am I looking at? Any other advice would be welcome as well.

I've had a similar issue but my t-tops weren't as bad as the ones on your picture/post. You will just need to price around at quality body shops to see how much they will charge to fix your issue. My advice is to purchase a t-top headliner piece from 'autobodyspecialt' for around $500 and pay a metal guy to weld it in for you. I'll attach a few photos so you can see my process.