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Originally Posted by tom s
A friend of mine(3 pontiac guy) owns 2 body shops,does high end MB,Lexus etc insurance work.He will not do any classic car at all.Just cant make any money on them.When I had my 63 tempest vert that needed body and paint work he let a couple of his guys do the body work on their own time.They did great work but he would not paint the car,had to find another shop to do it.Got REAL lucky,a friend put me on the a local shop that would do it as all they had to do is scratch and shoot it in single stage.I got out alive for about $4500 for the complete job.The shops that do that kind of work and leave you in paint shop hell wanted about 10K.FWIW,Tom
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Why, after doing all the hard work, wouldn't they paint the car?