Ron,
I have come up against the same problem. The approach that I am taking is a
follows:
I will dissassemble the car completely, and take it a place that that does
media stripping (Quick Strip in Carteret NJ)about $500-600 to strip the
entire care plus another $250 or so to do the chassis. It appears that
undercoating may be a problem here, this process does not remove it well.
The sheetmetal and body work will get done by a sheetmetal fabricator, who
does only this type of work (no paint). The guy I talked to can fabricate
the entire sections or he is willing to hang any replacement panels that I
come up with. (at $55 per hour I am looking at the most economic solution
here) As an added bonus all the metal will be as close to ready to paint as
possible with lead filler instead of plastic and the inaccessible sections
properly rustproofed (I may try to use POR-15 in these areas). I think that
this will be the most expensive part of the job but money spent in the right
place. The trick is finding someone who will work with you. Some Resto shops
may be willing to do this part of the work also.
Next a body shop can do the final prep and paint. This is what they do best
and they won't get caught up in all of the rust repair and fabrication that
make these jobs unprofitable for them.
Get a copy of the Bargain News, Special Interest Vehicles I seem to recall
that there are a few resto shops and other advertisers from CT in there. I
get mine in 7-11 but there is a web site www.specialinterest.com a good
source of info for those of you in the tri-state area. Another good source
of local shops is the newsletter of a local track. Raceway News from
Englishtown NJ is where I found the stripper and metal fabricator.
GOOD LUCK.
Scott
1956 Dodge Custom Royal
1956 Plymouth Savoy
From: Ron Waters <Ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] Need Body Shop in CT or MA
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:36:25 -0500
Hi All -
I have a car that needs to be stripped and repainted. I've been looking in
the area (I live in central CT) for a shop that is willing to paint my
project, but all the shops I've spoken to will only do collision work. The
specialty restoration shops are asking around $10,000 to do the job, which
is outrageous. The remaining shops want to work on it between jobs and
tell
me it may take close to a year to get it done. BTW, the car has no rust
and
is just a body shell on a frame. I am looking for a shop that will do an
excellent job and is enthusiastic about working on an older car. I also
need it done by next summer.
Anyone have any recommendations for a shop that will make me and my car
happy ? I am looking for a place within an hour of Hartford, CT.
Thanks,
Ron
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