I'm just about ready to go out and get some bids on my '54 Chevy 1/2 ton 5
window and would like some advice from the group. This is a slightly long
e-mail but this is a big investment so I hope it's okay.
I have all the body parts and hardware off the truck and have had all parts
professionally stripped (mineral blasted) and primed black. Of course there
are plenty of dents (virtually all of them are smaller than a baseball) and
some panel waves but the truck has obviously never been in any sort of a wreck.
The rear cab corners are gone but I have the replacement panels. Also, the PO
had some fancy mirrors on the doors which required some extra holes that I'd
like covered up.
I will be replacing the rear fenders with repro's and will plan on doing the
inside of the cab, under the hood and engine compartment including firewall. I
had the guy come out who did the blasting and priming as he also does body work
and paint at $60.00/hour. He estimated $10,000 for the job which requires me
to do some other work like the 1,000 grit sand, cleaning in prep for the paint,
etc...all of which I have no problems doing.
His (and therefore mine) dilemma is that he said it's difficult to know
when/where to stop as for 10 grand, it will be very nice, but not perfect. I
believe I trust his judgment on this but the other problem is that he probably
can't get to it for nearly a year.
Any advice? Any recommendations (Northern California)? I probably don't have
the time (or much of the skill) to do the body/pain work.
Thanks for your help.
Michael
'54 Chevy 3100
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Michael E. Mendonga
Phone (925) 372-6563
Fax (925) 215-2321
e-mail: mm@service-quality.com
website: http://www.service-quality.com
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