#06450 Chaires and Flares

well that blows my 50K resto budget!

 

If you can do a lot of the work then you can save labor costs and it is quite rewarding working on your own Dino.

 

thanks to your threads, everything!!!! the bar has been raised!
I have a handle on most costs, but cost of paint is a mystery to me. I can see the quality but 400 hours, is beyond my comprehension, was that just on paint or on sorting the body as well?
I would not allow myself to touch that car for fear of leaving a finger print let alone a stone chip!
So how much of that budget should go to paint....starting with, for the purposes of this discussion, with a straight body?

 

Agreed, I do all that stuff.
Except body and paint, can't do that , and the things I can't do for myself have me perplexed. when anybody hears the words Dino, they quote prices that sound like telephone numbers. Which irks me because it is such a simple car, very basic.

 

I have 2,000+ hours in my L series, up and to the paint.

Just getting the transaxle right took over 200 hours, repairing all the goofs from previous cretins that left parts out of it and ran it that way, and it's still not ready. Locating the bearings in Italy was another great one.

Of course, my L required rebuilding/remanufacturing the whole car, or almost. The only part unmolested was the roof, and even at that it was missing the interior light housing.

All that I need to do now, is to reassemble it

There are paint jobs on other incredibly intricate cars, that have run into the high 100's just for painting, in the USA of course...

Regards, Alberto

 

I have 2000 hours just looking for parts!!!

 

Oh yes, I forgot about those as well, not to mention....still looking....
How much is "that" worth?

Regards, Alberto

 

I have parts that I have to retire, original door locks that will look out of place with new paint, chrome, etc. windshield, window glass, hub caps....stuff that still works but looks old.

 

is the paint as spectacular in person? looks great.
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Jon, Once again you have made the magnificent look easy! Fred

 

Looking fantastic.

 

Love that type of porn ... can't get enough

 

Jon, do you recommend putting a car once painted, back on the rotisserie for reassembly? Clearly, you favor this, so possibly a no-brainer.

Does it make life that much simpler?

Great looking progress!

Regards, Alberto

 

So that is what a belly pan is supposed to look like. I blew off the one on my old 02984 at 135 mph in West Texas in 1977.

Jon, she looks impeccable. You are really getting good, and fast, at this. Probably even faster if your son were there to help.

 

Hey Jon, any idea what the bare chassis and body weigh naked after painted? Wonderful work there, truly top notch. Always impressed coming to these threads

 

Beautiful work! Bravo...

Hard to imagine, in 25 years It may go through this exact same process again!

 

Are you taking reservations that far out? I need to get on the books at some point.