Reid
I had my my 75 Spit painted at The loacal state prison.They have a vo-tech
school and the instructor specializes in custom work.They had the car for 6
months but the wait was well worth it.They completely
disassembled the car and and painted inside and out.I shelled out2500
for materials but am told that i have the equivalent of a6000 to 8000
dollar paint job. The car has 10 coats of base and 15 coats of clear.
Earl
75,76,&79 Spitfires
>From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
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>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:01:29 -0700
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>Curtis;
>
>I will be getting my '79 repainted in the near future when I get it all
>back
>together and through emissions inspection. I will be doing what little
>body
>work needs to be done myself because I can do it far better than any body
>shop I know of. I am also going to remove everything I possibly can to cut
>down on the amount of taping and prep work required (I can also do this
>better than they can). But when it comes to the actual painting, I will
>leave that to the pros. My strategy for finding a good paint shop will be
>to stay away from the national chains (Joe's right about that), focus more
>on the specialty shops and visit and inspect the work of as many of them as
>I can. I can be REALLY, REALLY picky and very critical when it comes to
>paint jobs on my cars!
>
>Reid
>'79 Spitfire (coming together verrrry slowly)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
>Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 12:58 AM
>To: Curtis Eads
>Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: new mg
>
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>
>
>Curtis Eads wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah - I'm considering having the Spit painted. Are there any good
> > national chains, or can somebody reccomend a place in the Denver area?
>
>Curtis,
>
>I think the terms "Good" and "National Chain" are mutually exclusive
>when it comes to paint shops!
>
>Joe
>
>--
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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