[TR] Paint

[terryrs at comcast.net]

>Who better to ask than Triumph owners! B What should I expect - within reason
- to pay to have my TR6 repainted and repair a little rust? B I stopped by a
custom restoration >place a couple weeks ago and chatted with the owner
explaining what I was looking for. B Not Maaco or Earle Scheibe but not his
best paint job either.(he has an old Ford >Coupe they restored and the paint
is red - perfect for $55k) B Told him maybe he could point me in the right
direction.
>I'll ask you guys. B I don't much care about where the sun don't shine but
where it does I'm thinking of changing from Frenchblue to a dark blue.


$2,000 for a '50's style hot rod builder with an Elvis haircut to take a TR3A
body with no floors, a rotted rear valence, and rusted front/bottom valence,B 
with the whole shell sawn in half, welded and painted back to the car.B  Done
within a year too.



I hear people complain about body guys they encounter, but Bill was expert and
hardcore...refusing even to wear paper respirators when he sands.B  He still
smokes Marloboros too, and seems to still be breathing.



In fact, somebody saw my car in his shop, and bought a similar TR3A from
Arizona.B  Judging from the rust, this Arizona saw some military service in
the snow country....



Terry Smith, '59 TR3A

New Hampshire