Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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I'm curious for those that work on other peoples Mopars, roughly what do you charge them for labor rates? Most of the stuff I work on is my own, my immediate family, or close personal friends. lately I've been working on a 69 Charger. Was a complete running car when it arrived. Original 383 2 Bbl car. Here is a list of the things I've done to it:
R&R 906 heads with 440 Stealth heads. R&R the original single exhaust, with TTi headers, and exhaust Rebuilt the front suspension Installed disk brakes New master cylinder Removed oil pan, and transmission pan, cleaned and reinstalled for leaks Installed electronic ignition Stripped, cleaned, painted original valve covers Installed Performer RPM intake Installed Edelbrock carburetor Install new starter Remove interior, install new carpet, reinstall interior Install new washer bottle
I have a bunch of time into cleaning all the parts, and painting stuff. EVERYTHING was super greasy. Pretty sure the original short block has never been out of the car.
I just want to see if my bill to the customer is in line with others.
Thanks.
Jeff
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
[Re: NITROUSN]
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How many hours do you have in it and what are you charging per hour. I see an easy 35- 40 hours of labor. I have well over that into it hour/labor wise.
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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Seems that nowadays, specialty-car shops are at $75-$125/hour depending on the type of work. When I've had a business deal (vs. helping or working on a buddy's deal, which of course is free) I never had the nerve to charge more than $25/hour. I didn't charge for research time, just materials and actual labor, with the vehicle in my garage. That wouldn't be a good business model, nor particularly profitable, but more about someone wanting to pay for my time. That was a few years ago, and the customer was happy. I've turned down a couple jobs since - when I had no space - and now with moving, I'm not taking anything on.
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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08/08/23 11:49 AM
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Close friends small job no charge just bring drinks. Club member with larger project $25 per hour. Non club member more involved project $50.00 and hour Thats all for mechanical and restoration work. Paint and body I charge buy the job client buys all paint and materials. I start at $10,000. and go from there.
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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i pick and choose what i do for others anymore, and it mostly is for friends and relatives. if it only involves a few hours, it is zero cost, or a donation. if it involves a major amount of time, i charge $15.00 per hour. most of the time, i work for free................[i always say i'm the lowest paid guy on the city payroll. ]
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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08/08/23 12:32 PM
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I've been charging $25.00 for years, I should probably raise it to $40.00 or maybe a little more? I work out of my shop at home (no rent or other over head costs ) building motors only, I try not to work on cars as I don't have enough shop space or desire anymore to work on other peoples cars
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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I charge whatever my overtime rate is at work. Still way cheaper than any shop.
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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Seems I'm not out of line with what the customers bill is. I'm not working for free. My time is worth something IMO. Somethings aren't bad to do, but I HATE getting greasy up to my elbows every time I worked on something on this car. It takes a lot of time to clean things up. When I pulled the oil pan, it had so much sludge in the bottom of the pan, the pickup tube was almost blocked off. Who ever rebuilt the heads last time, never took the time to clean all the rocker arms, shafts, and push rods. All covered in gunk. They looked like new, when I installed them. I have 74 hours into this project. For reference, here is what I stated with:
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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I don't do work for anyone, too much liability. Years ago I did more and got caught more than once with the "you changed my headlight and then my front wheel fell off, it must have been something you did". Now I will HELP people with repairs on their cars but they know up front THEY will be doing it. Same way with welding, "Can you weld? Yes. There's the welder, have at it".
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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Seems I'm not out of line with what the customers bill is. I'm not working for free. My time is worth something IMO. Somethings aren't bad to do, but I HATE getting greasy up to my elbows every time I worked on something on this car. It takes a lot of time to clean things up. When I pulled the oil pan, it had so much sludge in the bottom of the pan, the pickup tube was almost blocked off. Who ever rebuilt the heads last time, never took the time to clean all the rocker arms, shafts, and push rods. All covered in gunk. They looked like new, when I installed them. I have 74 hours into this project. For reference, here is what I stated with: So, 74 hours at, let's just say $75 an hour, would be.........$5,550. Or somewhere there abouts. Or are you thinking more like $50 an hour? Then it would be $3,700. Are you going to tell us what you are actually charging the guy?
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Re: Labor rate for working on Mopars?
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I don't do work for anyone, too much liability. Years ago I did more and got caught more than once with the "you changed my headlight and then my front wheel fell off, it must have been something you did". Now I will HELP people with repairs on their cars but they know up front THEY will be doing it. Same way with welding, "Can you weld? Yes. There's the welder, have at it". Yea: they always Remember the Last person who did Anything on their car, as the Cause for Any future problems.
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