I couldn't help but weigh in on this some. If you do't mind a bit of work
you can save mucho dinero by doing a lot of stuff yourself. I had an old
Dodge truck that was quoted $1500 for an average paint job. By removing all
the chrome and other stuff myself and doing a lot of the sanding I was able
to save nearly a grand on the labor. Then I took the grand I saved and put
it back into the paint job for a better paint job. 5 years later the truck
still looks like new. So it is possible to get a better paint job for a
lower price.
Jack W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lofgren" <tom.lofgren@stanfordalumni.org>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: restoration paint job
> Hi,
>
> Here is another data point on paint jobs. I found a guy who paints cars
in
> his spare time, and actually has his own paint booth on his property. I
paid
> him $4200 to paint my TR6. About half of that was for body work - new
front
> and rear valances welded in and repair of various minor dents from the
car's
> history. I completely disassembled everything and stripped the paint off
with
> a combination of sanding, paint stripper, and walnut shell blasting before
> giving it to him.
>
> The paint turned out very well - not a show car finish, but it looks
really
> nice.
>
> I had gotten other quotes as high as $9500. This is in the San Francisco
Bay
> Area, which I have to think has higher than average costs. My painter was
> closer to Sacramento.
>
> Tom
> '69 TR6 CC25230
>
>
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