*NFB* I am still alive

[SFC AL]

yes I am still alive.. just been VERY busy with work and plus with the car in hybernation its just too painful to read what everyone else is doing with their cars

BUT I now have what I HOPE is enough to get the car painted this spring (3,200 smackers) and I am now looking for a good place to give my hard earned money too... question.. how long should I expect the car to be in the shop? I know I know.. a lot depends on X,Y And Z.. but typically how long? 2 weeks, a month?

thanks
AL

[azkkn]

plan on 3 weeks, and before you comit to some one, ask to look at current examples of there work. in person too, not some pics, or something that came out of thier shop 15 years ago either.

[Master of Stiks]

What is your paint scheme? If it is single color then it should be proportionately faster than multi color schemes. With a single color you prep, go in and paint, and out she goes.(simplified version ) With two or more colors you prep, paint, mask off the first color, prep, paint, etc. If you are doing some sort of blends or whatever then I really don't know. My father and I do our own paint and body work so for me it's a week of after work prep, and a weekend spraying primer, blocking it out and then painting it, and we usually do base coat then clear as opposed to the single stage jobs, I personally think that it looks better in the end. Anyway depending on the paint that I want, supplies only cost me about $600-$1000 tops. I will have to post some pictures of the work that we have done over the years. This past summer we did a full restoration on a '53 Chevy stepside for my uncle, it was beautiful. I did not know that body shops charged so much. I am just glad I do it myself. More money for performance, less for appearance.

[SFC AL]

I am just going to have them paint it like it came from the factory...

thanks for the advice..

AL

[lt1maro]

did you get any quotes as to how much it was gonna cost to get it painted?And are you getting it painted the same coilor?

[SFC AL]

no "actual" quotes just called a couple of places and got some "general" quotes of 2-3K ... when I get it out in April I will take it around and get the actual quotes..thru word of mouth I have found a couple of "they do REAL good work" places to go check out... even found a couple to stay way from..

and its staying factory color..dark green...

AL

[wolfdogs]

its a good thing to be alive.........

good luck on the paint job... thats always "fun".........

[TraceZ]

I can't wait to see it. We'll have to hit the panquin again this summer... maybe on a warm day this time?

[SFC AL]

LOL yeah a warm day.. I am going to be gone for two weeks from 18 June but other than that I don't have much going on all summer... keeping my fingers crossed.

AL

[JM94Camaro]

I think your car looks sweet the way it is, i wouldnt go spending money on a new paint job when that color loooks great. Thats my .02 cents for the day Good luck

[SFC AL]

I think your car looks sweet the way it is, i wouldnt go spending money on a new paint job when that color loooks great. Thats my .02 cents for the day Good luck

TRUST ME and Terry can attest to it.. its a 20 ft car.. it looks nice from a distance but once you get up close.. EWWWWWWWW it looks like POOH! It DEFINATELY needs the body massaged... yeah I could drive it and not do anything but I just cringe when folks look at it up close and even people that don't know anything about cars say hey why is this like this???? LOL so its ALL getting fixed. My goal is to go from a 20 ft car to a 5 ft. Any less and I am looking at BIG BIG bucks

AL

[TraceZ]

Who is Terry?






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