1984 Mustang Rear Shocks

I am completely aware of the OP's age but my dad is 82 and still turns wrenches so I still see the world through his glasses. Hopefully I am crawling in an out of the trunk of cars when I am his age. I need to start training a kid in my neighborhood the ways of the dark side so I can have him do this crap for me at third the cost of a shop. I feel that is fair being it would be in my shop and using my tools.

I just swapped out my rear shocks, changed the rear springs and removed the quads (for my torque arm).
Yes i have a lift with a hydraulic slide jack, so that does make it easier.
Took about a total of 45 minutes and i am not a professional mechanic.
I also did it without removing the rear wheels and they are pretty wide and i had to take off one bolt from the panhard bar rod.

I bet the shocks and quads could be done without a jack at all.

So yes $300 is high, but if there is no option B, i guess it is what it is.