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Redoing my 74.... |
type2man |
Feb 24 2013, 06:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 3-March 09 From: Miami, Fl Member No.: 10,127 Region Association: South East States |
So I've had my 74 for the last 4 or 5 years. I've put about 10k miles on it as I have a few VW's I drive on the weekends. I tried to sell it to focus on my other cars but no biters so I have pulled the gun and I am redoing the car to keep. It's a fully loaded 74 with A/C and an appearance group. It's delphi green with the Ricardo Montalban dark corinthian leather interior (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I figured if i post pics of my progress it will motivate me to finish it. So here it is...
It was poorly repainted and although it looks presentable, the paint is shit. It is super clean as far as rust and interior paint so I am only doing an outer respray. Here are some progress pics... That's all I've done this week. My friend is helping with the body work. He's pretty damn good. Will post more pics as I go along. |
turk22 |
Apr 4 2013, 10:02 AM
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Treetop Flyer Group: Members Posts: 735 Joined: 27-July 12 From: Cincinnati OH Member No.: 14,725 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Looks amazing, I really love that color and was so close to buying one that color, but I lost out on it. If its possible can you tell me what something like that costs? I have an L80E that I would love to have someone do the same type of respray, but I'm clueless as to what ballpark I would be in for that. Turk I've had 3 estimates on my L80E all at $3000-$3500 if I R&R all the stuff. That included sanding down to metal and touching up the door/parking lot dings. Unforseen body work would be extra. L80E would be an "easy " color to paint. I had a signal orange one done that took 6 coats and still the doors don't QUITE match the fenders. The metallic colors would probably be more. Drive around to a couple of body shops. They're usually pretty good to talk to you. Sometimes you'll fine the high volume ones just want to do insurance claims. Sorry to hijack the tread. Let's see more of that gorgeous green. Looks amazing, I really love that color and was so close to buying one that color, but I lost out on it. If its possible can you tell me what something like that costs? I have an L80E that I would love to have someone do the same type of respray, but I'm clueless as to what ballpark I would be in for that. Turk I have about $800 in paint and supplies and $1000 in bodywork and paint labor. I dismantled the car myself and helped block the body. Although there was no rust, i found it is a very time consuming process to do the bodywork. There's about 60 hours so far, and it still needs wetsanding and buffing Thanks guys that helps a lot. I did a respray on an Alaska Blue Metallic in the late 80's, but had the help of a guy who was experienced. I appreciate the feedback, and I love watching this thread....it is so cool to see the progress of this paint job, and it looks like it came out perfect. |
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