Paint job Options

[partwerks]

My car is on it's second color already, and I would like to change it from the previous owner.

I'm wondering how the body shop goes about painting over existing colors to get it to stick??

[rdomeck]

I run a fabrication business and I take in restoration work as filling work. It keeps me in the shop so I am more accessible to my employee's. I do about 3 body restorations a year. Sometime more sometimes less. I have prices that I use as a baseline. I come out ok on these numbers, but I always have more time in than I should because I like to do things correctly.

I have attached an estimate that I wrote last year and the car just showed up to my shop for me to start the repairs. This car is rusted, but is savable. I break down each aspect of the job for all this type of work. I currently have an early 70 BMW CS2800, Early 60's MGA and a late 60's 911. Last year I did a late 50's Jaguar and late 60's 912. Not to mention all of my current projects... A couple of 914's, late 40's Willy's Wagon, 1915 Model T, and a few more I haven't started on.

My point is that body wok takes time... Lot's of time. You can either choose to do the work yourself and save some money or pay someone to do it for you. Lot's of ways to go about doing a body restoration. The right way cost money. Doing it yourself will take a lot of your time....