[Healeys] John Snyder, Paint job

[insptwo at msn.com]

I have to agree with Rich. Having a son in Atlanta in the restoration business
(and he has had several cars go thru the B/J auction), a really good paint
job, depending on color, matching etc. and to originality, will cost $10 to
$20 thousand in a heart beat!
Bill
BJ7



> From: richchrysler at quickclic.net> To: mgtrcars at galaxyinternet.net;
helyjohn at cablespeed.com; healeys at autox.team.net> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008
14:05:35 -0400> Subject: Re: [Healeys] John Snyder, Paint job> > 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> >