and ain t interested in high prices workmanship I just want a car that as a new nice looking paint job no car shows big $$$$$$ paint

Here it is....

www.ontariorodders.activeboard.com/t47665866/the-resource-pool-post-your-skills-or-goods-for-trade/

Didn't you have a Nova?? What do you want painted? Just Curious...

here s a couple back before years ago when  things were still on the car

this one has been inside a garage since 1997  didn t sit outside in grass , the inners fenders are already painted so is the fenders  plenty of boxes of new stuff 

flatduck wrote:

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yes i still have the 71 nova , I want one of the 3 cars the nova , or the 65galaxie or my 63 Plymouth , the only car that is part dismounted is the nova all front clip is of the interior and the bumpers the other 2 cars run and are movable on their on power , after that I still have the monarch 56 in my avatar running plus my 1977 ltd ll ,

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 So you would trade one of the five to paint one of the four remaining? 

I saw your other post about looking for someone to chat with. So just for the fun of it and because I am quite curious about this deal lets see what might be done.

My situation has changed now that Target has decided to close which puts my better half out of a job.  I have been tossing around getting a project for the winter to sell in the spring.

I looked back at a few posts and it seemed that you felt that $3000.00 is about what you thought you would pay for a paint job.  I also read in this post that you just want a decent driver quality paint job.  I think that getting materials to come in at a price less than $1000.00 would be a feet with out buying junk materials.  I 'll list a few things based on the Nova heading my way as the trade car(you said you prefer Dodge I believe) and we paint the Galaxy or the 63 Plymouth both of which I believe are roughly the same size(guessing here). 

1 gal. of Clear Coat with activator- $250 plus tax approx

3 or 4 quarts of base colour - $300-$400 depending on how much and what colour you pick.  Metallic black was $85.00 plus tax per quart for Matrix paint.

Reducer for base $60-80 per gallon plus tax

Total for the shinny stuff- $711.90 on the low end tax included

$824.90 on the higher end tax included.

The above materials would be good quality but not "the Best" 

Epoxy primer would be around $150 for a couple quarts of good stuff or $100 /gallon for say Eastwoods product

Feather fill would be another $80-100/gallon

Urethane primer $200/gallon approx

The list goes on with body metal, body filler, masking tape and paper, welding wire/gas, etc, etc.etc

I think I can justify at least $1000-1200 in materials give or take.

So that leaves around $2000.00 left for the labour.  Shop heat is definitely a factor but lets use an easy number like $20.00/hr for labour that leaves around 100 hrs of labour.

Well after all that yacking....if your cars are pretty clean and don't need a ton of metal work done or a lot of dents then it might be possible I guess?????  Hypothetically LOL

If you were willing..a few pics would be nice. 

Rich

 

Well as crazy as it sounds. I kinda thought that my wife and I would head up your way (hypothetically) with an empty car trailer for a visit to Sudbury. Some of my gas money may need to be compensated depending of course on the condition of the Nova and the amount of work to be done on the other car you want painted. I have only been there once and she has not been at all. I would bring back the car you wanted painted but would give the Nova a check over to see if the value is agreeable and to discuss what you really wanted done in the way of paint on the car of your choice. When the car was painted and completed, you would be responsible for bringing the Nova to me with all parts etc and would then take your painted car home.

I would need to see some very good pictures of both cars to make sure I can do the work for the value of the Nova. I would be not looking to head up that way until spring and finish time would be determined after seeing how much work is involved. Everything would be documented in a build thread on this site so progress and workmanship can be seen by you.

i see an online TV show happening....right here ;)

cool real life TV lollllllll ok ,I m really liking this and I watch is thread when he did the 59 elcamino ok so to add to the story
pics I went and try to get nice pics but it s so tight where the car is that it s hard to get go shot but here s a few that ll may give an idea ?

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That's a good start. I would be interested in the frame and the floors condition. Are they patched or still original? You said that there where boxes of new parts. What would they be? I know pictures are not going to give the full details that I need to know to put a value on the car and that is one of the reasons why I would eventually, If the pics look OK, make the trip up there. The hood would have been switched out to an SS hood if it has the chrome pieces. Has the deck lid been switched or just sanded and painted green? Lots of questions but that enough for now. Have to build the TV type drama.........We'll be right back folks after a word from our sponsors! LOL

what you see green is call vinylwash apparently I was told it was better than using primer if you did have plans to paint right away the inside of the trunk lid has what my friend told me high build primer , both the hood and trunk lid been strip with paint remover , the floors have been patch, but to the style of may be amateur not the mig jobs of today but there s no holes the trunk floor got similar treatment patches ,
ok for new stuff
the filler that goes between the bumper and grill , I have both the grey plastic and the black steel ,the inner fenders and fenders are new the original are gone ,a new battery tray , eyebrowmouldings , new carpet and other thing that I could only tell if I open the trunk, memory is short when you get old ,I think the new stuff and the price you would have to pay to order them easy equal de material for a paint job

if I was to sell it for straight cash I wouldn t let it go below 5000.00 but in a trade its a different story

my opinion on the car is this if you want to build it and get the high price that Nova sell for which is between 16000 and 25000 if you put the SS badges lollllllllllll
you need to replace the floor pans and trunk specially if your putting by horsepower if you live the floor the way they are the
car should be worth 12,000 with a paint job but it s funn anyway

1965 galaxie 390 head have been done to use unleaded cost 800, all new brake lines and gas line gas tank new top exhaust master cylinder change to dual lines , the car had a major restoration in the 80 s the paint job that is on was done at that time didn t,( bought it in 2004) get to drive it yet cost of all that new stuff and repairs well I kind of give up counting after a while but I know the top alone is over $1200.00 with install , have extra parts hood trunk doors a fender some of the inside chrome and well wellll your making my memory work lolllllllllllllmost of all that new stuff was done about 3 years ago or around I lost track , what is my estimate value on that one well it ain t for sale for less than $8500.00
so it ain t the kind of car you could paint and flip and make money so it ain t for trade for a 3000.00 paint job

This is getting good!!! The 65 year old is out....okay what about the younger 63? I'm dying to find out the shape she's in!

the 65 for me is the car that I could enjoy almost right after it s painted cause it s nearly ready for mechanical I could actually drive it without paint lollllllllllllll just tought of that
now to paint it from the front fenders to the start of the quarter panel is the easy part, the left quarter panel I know reserve surprises the trunk floor is original no patch , trunk lid as a dent

flatduck wrote:

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 so it ain t the kind of car you could paint and flip and make money so it ain t for trade for a 3000.00 paint job

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 Hmmm, and all along I understood that you guys were talking around $5000 paint job. Did I miss something??

Or is the Galaxy the one you want painted??LOL

the galaxie i know to do like you say justice and make the job look nice would need a replacement quarter panel , i was into a body shop working with my dad when i was eleven years old sanding cars and masking i got a pretty good i dea when i say how much work there s to do acar

ok here s pic  my 1977 ltd the picture date from around 1993 or 4  now this a car that even if the paint job is only nice and shiny it s not going to increase or make the car easy to sell but this one been the family car when i was raising kids and pulling a travel trailer to lot of vacation holidays

this the one that could meet the budget i know it don t need sheet metal except one spot at the bottom of the driver door it has the old paint from may be 1990  but fade

i m using this for example but ?

just put a brand new tranny last summer

the car basically looks the same except it has cragars on it

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-- Edited by flatduck on Sunday 25th of January 2015 03:49:27 PM

i saw replacement panel on ebay before for the galaxie

but it don t really need a job yet except the top and the hood need to look a little nice

will be right back after commercial lollllllllllllllllllll

it a four door I bought it years ago had it stored got the mechanical done 2years ago still has the paint job that someone did in 96 I been having fun driving it the way it is the last 2 summers trunk floor still original sheet metal I replace the 2 front floor pan run the original 312 I got pics some where on this site and also on the loserclub site I can try to post some
the only mod I m using a fuel cell inside the trunk plan on getting the original tank when I can buy one running an electric fuel pump works perfect starts like a fuel injected lolllllllllllllll the headliner and the 2 seats would needto be one and the front carpet if you would want to make it nice , I just use it local , short 6 or 7 milles ride lol I would go on 401 lol but here it s only like country roads no need to go fast but if I floor it goes pretty good

what s happening with your station wagon ?

well in a dream land I would like asilver or gold paint on the galaxie but in reality it would make the job to big cause it would require paint inside the door jamb and trunk and hood lot of work and the hardest would be the dash lolllllllllllllllll if you look at the picture you ll see how much time that would involve

-- Edited by flatduck on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 12:54:23 AM

now the 63 in a dream world would the color of sox and martin drag racing colors lollllllllllll
result would be fun but to resale the car later wouldn t be a favorite paint for some
so my choice would be blue almost like what is on the nova with white stripes on the trunk lid and hood ya I know it ain t a mopar style but it mine lolllllllllll
or silver cause that will match DICK Landy s plymouth63 drag car