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Wait a minute...you said my 3 or 4 thousand dollar estimate for a custom paint job "is a little low". I don't understand 'cause then you turned around and said "a couple of grand will do".
As far as my wants and needs are concerned, if I can get a really good custom paint job for around a thousand dollars or less, then I just might keep the car.
That's why I'm going to explore the option of having it custom painted in Tijuana, Mexico.
Paint jobs can range from cheap, to outragious..! I am restoring a car right now, and am getting quotes from 8 to 12 thousand dollars. That is removing the interior, all the window, including windshield and rear window, removing all the chrome, sota blasting, everything to do a custom, high dollar job.
To take a car like yours to a good quality body shop, they can do a really good job for 2-3 grand (without figuring any body damage, which would be more) , and it will be as good as it came from the factory, maybe better. then there are the cheapo shops, who swish a piece of sand paper over it, spray it and shove it out the door, starting at about $199. A good quality shop will pay more for materials than a complete paint job would cost at cheapo Charlies, and there is a reason...!
Those are the reasons I mentioned different prices in my first post, and said you have lots of options, depending on your wants and needs...
So if your wax jobs were a labor of love .why not fixin the rust a labor of love too.? Ive done tons of restores in my time and yours doesnt look too serious. Its realy not theat hard, can be done w/hand tools and doesnt have to be done all at once. In fact, Bondo has a book that can show you just how to do it. When the rust is repaired the paint wont cost that much.
Paint jobs can range from cheap, to outragious..! I am restoring a car right now, and am getting quotes from 8 to 12 thousand dollars. That is removing the interior, all the window, including windshield and rear window, removing all the chrome, sota blasting, everything to do a custom, high dollar job.
To take a car like yours to a good quality body shop, they can do a really good job for 2-3 grand (without figuring any body damage, which would be more) , and it will be as good as it came from the factory, maybe better. then there are the cheapo shops, who swish a piece of sand paper over it, spray it and shove it out the door, starting at about $199. A good quality shop will pay more for materials than a complete paint job would cost at cheapo Charlies, and there is a reason...!
Those are the reasons I mentioned different prices in my first post, and said you have lots of options, depending on your wants and needs...
I've always wondered how much I could save if I stripped the car down for them, did the sanding myself and just let them do whatever final prep is needed before the paint.
If you do the sanding yourself they are not likely to stand by their paint if you get rust spots a few months later. Stripping down the car as far as outside trim will give a better job, not not lower the price any. They just mask it all off.
Thing is the year is not really a collectible here, kinda the same value as a Mustang 2. The value I am sure to the owner is in memories. But if sold might bring in $1500, a better paint job might not even raise that much. I would do a search on ebay to see a average price on the year before I invested too much money. The big money is on the '60's and early '70's Mustangs with big blocks, a lot with pony interiors sell cheap still.
Who the hell actually spends that much on paint? Those are numbers people throw out to appear to be Baller.
You can paint that car yourself for $50 & a weekend.
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