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PRINCIPLES OF ESTIMATING

"THETIMES LISTED INTHIS MANUAL SHOULD BE USED AS A GUIDE TO FAIR AND EQUITABLE ESTIMATES OF COLLISION DAMAGE. CERTAIN FACTS ABOUT THE TIMES SHOWN SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD IN ORDERTO USE THEM AS INTENDED"

This begins Mitchell's Procedure Pages from the early 1960s.

Those statements still ring true today, although many things have changed in the world of collision repair.Vehicles are more complicated, repairs are more high-tech and estimating negotiations seem much more contentious, it might appear that things were easier back then, without collision energy management systems, multi-stage paints and direct repair programs. Even hand-written estimates bring back memories ...

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