How many labor hours for paint?, clueless Options

[TravisNeff]

I know this has been asked many times, and it is a subjective question - but here goes

I am stripping down my car for paint, removing decklids, engine tranny, bumpers, seals, lights, pulling wiring back and initially taking down the first layer of paint. The car is fairly straight.

How much labor hours in a guesstimate would it take for paint? painting trunks, jambs, maybe engine compartment in the same, stock light ivory color. And a guesstimate in color sanding as well.

[azbill]

A friend of my is just completing a repaint of my '73. No color change. Took off all the lights, door handles, locks, windshield and rear glass out, bumpers, rocker panels. Sanded the car with 80 grit to remove all oxidized paint.

The outside skin was block sanded four times all the low spots were filled with body glaze. Gray primer/ sealer was applied once and blocked twice. Then black primer was applied and blocked with 140, 180 and 200 grit sandings. The hood had some issues. It was striped to bare metal and filled as needed.

Six coats of sunflower yellow and four clear coats. Color sanded twice and polished several times. As of today there is about 80 to 90 hours of labor and I started with a pretty nice tub. In the morning will be painting the black and starting to reassemble. I hope it will be completed on Sunday if not next week for sure.

All new rubber and window seals, rechromed bumpers and miscellanous parts and dudads to date the total cost has been in the neighborhood of $9,000. Next summer is the undercarrage. I think it will be a NICE 914. Will post pics when completed.
Azbill