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Love the color!
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You got real fortunate that someone put something on that roof. I may be able to find some pictures of mine as it was when I got it. I had to replace a lot of the roof skin and both sail panels. Of course, 20 years later if I had to do it again I would have just replaced the entire roof skin and maybe quarters. But at the time I was trying to keep as much of the original car there as possible. Your car looks great and that dark blue over black thing always looks tough on a muscle car!
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Yeah, so far so good. It's really nice to have my car less than 2 miles away from my house. This isn't a price that I got because he's a friend of mine. I met him at the gas station because I was checking out his old "OJ Simpson" Bronco. We started talking and he told me that he does paint and bodywork close by. I ended up staying in touch with the guy. After my car got to his shop, I referred him to a buddy of mine that has a 68 Ford Torino GT convertible and his car is getting painted as well. The Torino (at this point) doesn't need the amount of work that mine did and he's charging him $9,000 (I assume for a scuff and shoot). He does have a disclaimer on the contract that if he he finds more work as hes sanding down the car, it will cost more. He said he likes to have 2 cars at a time at the same time so he can go back and forth working on them. His only requirement is that the car has to be able to move on it's own power.
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It's really funny to me how the people who have a real problem with vinyl tops because of the rust have no problem with a convertible top. There's really no difference. Maintain it and keep the water out.
I'm glad I was talked into keeping mine. For my particular color and interior combo being roughly the same color it helps break it up a bit for me. Adds a little contrast.
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That's funny because I still have the set of white letters that I bought also. I really believe mine came with white letters but I decided to go black after a friend here on the forums voted black rather decisively... LOL
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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That is an excellent price. I'm sure I've read in a paint cost thread here or another forum that materials could be upwards of $5k or more. I'd like to find a 'backyard' guy like that. Took my car to a restore shop and off the top of his head said $35K +/-.
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Thats exactly around the same price I got from a shop in Northern Virginia.
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We did a test spray of the PPG Blue Charcoal Poly. This is 4 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear. He's going to wet sand it tomorrow so I can get a better idea of what it's going to look like in natural light. It's a little darker than I expected but so far I like it. The lighting in his shop is not the greatest but looking forward to seeing it tomorrow.
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Greg, your car looks really nice. Would love to see more pics. Do you have more already posted here somewhere?
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Yes on the Poly. That's going to be awesome.
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Well, if there was ever a doubt on the color...there isn't now. It's amazing how this color changes with different lighting. I'm really looking forward to seeing the whole car painted with a black vinyl top!
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We just had a 76 TA done and was a color change from Maroon too blk and it was 25K.Tom
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I got a quote for $25,000 from a shop for a scuff and shoot but with the metal work my car needed it would have been more than $35,000. I'm pretty lucky to get out of this for only $12,000. and the guy does excellent work from what I've seen.
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We need an update
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Starting to spray a little color. Sorry the pictures aren't that great but I think my painter needs a new phone or he's just not a great photographer! Coming along pretty nice. Blue charcoal is definitely a unique color. You can see hints of blue, green and grey. He should be done by the weekend and he'll let it sit for a week or so then wet sand and buff. Looking forward to see the final product.
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