Just a tad bit overpriced...

[carcrazyguy]

Well I got my bid on paint the Cuda.     It was something like this 

The bid was $20,000 - $25,000  plus any body parts, and weather strip.  That was tearing the car down.   Basically the cost was for the bodywork and paint.  They would reinstall the K-frame and the front susthingyon but it would be up to me to repaint the K-frame and all the suspension.   That doesn't include any interior at all just repainting the complete car inside out, top and bottom.  Also it would be up to me to detail the stainless trim and all that but they would reinstall those and the bumpers.  Anyway I am still   

[Carlwalski]

Dang! If it were me I'd take my business else where.......
No paint job is worth that unless you choose Fooze and his over the top prices.

Have you seen their work? They must be really good! 

Took me a while to make sense of your post, then I clicked "bid" should be quote. 
So, I guess your going to accept their quote eh? 

[carcrazyguy]

Took me a while to make sense of your post, then I clicked "bid" should be quote. 
So, I guess your going to accept their quote eh? 

Do you think I am that  ? 

No way I would pay 20-25k for paint.  Heck if they were buying new bumpers, buying the AAR hood, AAR rear spoiler, detailing the suspension and all that I MIGHT go for it.  But  25k for paint.

What I was trying to get was a bid/quote to restore the car less motor/trans and wheels.  I basically wanted a restored roll car just like it is now just restored in and out.  But the shop did not want to do the suspension unless they were building and installing the motor/trans.  But they wanted to do 5.7 EFI Hemi.   But the bid went to 40k.  

[TKat13]

I used to live in Little Elm, Texas; which by the looks of your house you live there or nearby. If so, I hear there is a body shop down 720 that does good work, just over the bridge but this is all strickly word of mouth and I have not seen their work. If you would like, I can call a couple buddies and they may be able to help you out, but that is of course if I got your location close...

[Street_Challenged73]

    That's quite a quote for just bodywork and paint!  The shop I go to has built extremely nice, complete cars that needed a fair share of rust repair for $25,000-$30,000 max. (that's literally making everything that was beat up either rebuilt or new replacements were used.)

[Hemi Challenger]

do the work yourself and save 20 thousand, it about time people start working on car  themself, the way gas is today what else have you got to do beside work make it a family thing like someone else on the board is doing, you can do it  I know you can keep up the good work

[Steve]

IF he was really going to do it right and make it mirror straight, that price is about right. The amount of work that goes into a GOOD job is phenomenal.

Body work is just nasty...I have dust all over the garage...but, as you have found out, I'm saving some big dollars. A lot of the work is fairly low-skill but involves a lot of elbow grease.

[crcarch]

IF he was really going to do it right and make it mirror straight, that price is about right. The amount of work that goes into a GOOD job is phenomenal.

Body work is just nasty...I have dust all over the garage...but, as you have found out, I'm saving some big dollars. A lot of the work is fairly low-skill but involves a lot of elbow grease.

If you look at his estimate as hours=$, then that's probably 400-500 hours, which sounds right to me. Still blows my mind, though! From what I've seen, every hour spent working on the body yourself should be worth about $50. Of course you'll never see it, but if you do all the body prep work yourself, including blocking and send them just the shell, you can probably have it painted for about $3-5k. (I got an estimate to complete my Chally from the guys who did Oldschool's Cuda and they had just under $3k in their estimate for the paint.)

[carcrazyguy]

The plan as of now is... ....to leave the car as it is until my wife finishes school.  Then were ever we end up for her residency, we will try to find someone that is willing to take on the resto (where I can help and learn).  That was the original plan to begin with.  But you know somtimes I just get a litttle impatient.    I still need to finsih my Dart. Then I want to start on the Duster.  That should take me until 2008.  Then the CUDA will have its day. 

The main reason I got he bid now was.  I fiqured that if I could get the car painted and rolling again for about 10-12k I would send it to the bodyshop.  We had talked to the shop owner and what they wanted to do was work on this in the "off hours" (when they were slow and after hours) and I would be billed for materials and labor by the month.  When I first had word of this plan.  I was under the impression that it would be around $500 (and not over $1000) a month depending on the amount of hours they got to work on the car each month. And the time frame given for the project it should be completed in 18-24 months.  Well the bid was more like $1000 a month for the 24 months.  

Anyway, I think I will just go back to my original plan and try to be patient about it. 

[dwbiggs]

Guy that does my cars gave me a price of $10K to blast GTO body on rotisserie and paint inside and out.

Dan

[carcrazyguy]

Guy that does my cars gave me a price of $10K to blast GTO body on rotisserie and paint inside and out.

Dan

If that was the bid I got,  I would be posting pics of the car sitting in the shop today.  :

[Steve]

Guy that does my cars gave me a price of $10K to blast GTO body on rotisserie and paint inside and out.

Dan

IF he does good work, post his address so people can send their cars his way! You can't beat that price. Hell, I'll have over $6k in blasting costs and materials by the time my car is in paint. That doesn't include the metal work and supplies.

I cannot stress this point enough: know what you are getting when you get bodywork done! A so-so job will cost you more in the long run...trust me!

Now, if you are wondering about my bodywork, a long time friend of mine introduced me to a young friend of his that recently moved to Orlando. This kid has done about 5 restorations and he's only 20! He really likes the 'cuda and is helping me gratis! I do the metal work and rough body work and he is doing the filling and blocking. He's good! I don't know what I did to deserve such a break, but I shouldn't question it.   

[Street_Challenged73]

As far as bodywork goes, I should be set quite well if I were to ask one of my friends to help me.  He's been ranked second in the nation for autobody repair/refinishing and he's just 20.

[360 'CUDA]

No problem ccg

I'll do it for $3500 and do it right,  just bring it by on saturday....

[carcrazyguy]

No problem ccg

I'll do it for $3500 and do it right,  just bring it by on saturday....

Whats that address??? See you around what about 9am??