Too many hours to count... I had to break it up into "mini" projects to keep from getting overwhelmed. Did each in the steps I showed... cage, roof rack, tailgate/liftgate, doors, cut top, sheetmetal body, sheetmetal top. Oh and add hacking apart my garage to add the electric hoist and 7' x 9' openening all of which had to be reframed because I cut apart the trusses to make the hole. Its all in a days work, I knew it wouldn't be done in a month or even a year so just gotta have a plan and stick to it.
I post some pics and how to on the flares tomorrow.