3 months and $1500 wasted, but she's back safe. My buddy and I will prep it, and hes going to paint it. And we will have fun doing it!
Been there, done that - with my '55 in the early 90s.....except I was stupid enough to listen to excuses for almost a year...
I saw the writing on the wall. Also started asking around and heard horror stories. The whole reason I took it to him was a 1 month turn around. I was very specific that I wanted a driver quality paint job. I intend to drive and race this car, not building a show car. I'm putting a lot of original parts back on it. I'm a weekend warrior, it was going to take me months. And well, here I am.
Man, I hate to hear these stories of body shops. Back when I was painting, I took in several jobs after the owners had been screwed over by the previous shops.
I try to stay upwind. However there was that time with the hatcheck girl, the can of whipped cream, and the Fez… but I’m much better now
You got your car back, time to move on. I pulled my Chevy out of 3 different body shops due to being strung along. Ended up doing it in my own shop.
Just be happy you got it out in time. I did the bodywork and paint on my own car and it still took over 10 years to finish!
Thankfully I have experience doing prep work. I worked in the paint shops at Roush and Saleen for many years. I have a friend who's a painter. I am going to block it with his help, and he is going to squirt it. Black gloss on the dash and semi-gloss black on the firewall. We're going to exterior white with a subtle gl*** flake for fun. Like I said we can do it, I was just trying to hire someone to do it full time and bang it out. It's ok, just going to take me a lot longer.
The Jalopy Journal
