[Healeys] John Snyder, Paint job

[Rich C]

As with a lot of these restorations, there's no such thing as loading up the 
spray gun and aiming it at the project. That is the final 3% of the cost of 
the job. It often takes untold hundreds of hours to get the panels to the 
point where the final colour coat is applied.

There is no such thing as "just a paint job" on a Healey. Each panel must be 
carefully prepared, prime indicator coats applied, more boarding and hand 
sanding, more indicator coats, and so on. And this is assuming the base 
metal is in excellent condition with whatever repairs had to be carried out 
on them.

The darker the colour, the more preparation, therefore labour time is 
needed.

I'd guess that probably $1700 or more of the $12,000 will be spent on 
materials alone, and the rest will be intense labour, likely to the tune of 
nearly 200 hours and what is the labour rate of the shop? $50.00 per hour 
would be very cheap, and likely only from the "friend in the paint 
business".

Pretty eye opening, woudn't you say?

Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars at galaxyinternet.net>
To: "John Snyder" <helyjohn at cablespeed.com>; <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 1:37 PM
Subject: [Healeys] John Snyder, Paint job


> Wow,    a $12,000.  paint job?    Are they using a liquid gold base.
>
> I am going to be in the market for paint this summer.   Please tell me 
> that
> paint
> prices haven't gone up with the cost of  wheat flour.
>
> Why so much John, don't you have any friends in the paint business?   ; )
>
> Very curious,
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn at cablespeed.com>
> To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Friday Funnies
>
>
>> OK, enough!!  My 1959 BN7 #HBN7L-605 goes to the body shop on Monday for 
>> a
>> $12,000 paint job.  Does anyone give a Red Rat Ass?  I doubt it.  I
>> sometines laugh at the Friday Funnies, and sometimes am 
>> disgusted...that's
>> my problem.  Let's move on!
>>
>> John Snyder
>> 1959 BN7
>> 1960 BT7
>> 1961 BN7 MK2
>> 1962 BT7 MK2
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