[TR] Duh

[Andrew Uprichard]

Since paint is the first thing seen on a car, it always seemed counter-intuitive to me to spend all that money on the mechanical side and then skimp on the paint job.  I am just finishing a restoration on a ’57 small-mouth where I did the rust repair (thankfully minimal as the car was out of CA) and lined up  the panels with really good gaps.  I welded in the new rockers and made sure everything was straight.  Then I took the car to a shop where they went through the process of hammering out as much metal as possible, covering the car with a skim of filler, sanding, filling the pinholes with putty, sanding, priming x3, sanding after each coat, sealing, base, clear, wheeling and buffing.  It took 8 weeks. The result is absolutely beautiful.

 

I paid $6000 plus materials and felt it was a great deal.

 

Andrew Uprichard

 

From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Geo Hahn
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 11:28 AM
To: John Summers
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Duh

 

John -

 

Before you pull the gearbox - if your only symptom is 'won't go into gear' -- you may want to check how much movement you're getting at the slave cylinder.  If the slave & fork are moving ½" or a bit more then it may well be a broken fork pin.  But if you are not seeing good movement then the problem may lie elsewhere (and be easier to deal with).

 

As for paint -- $3,000 for a decent paint job would be cheap where I live.

 

Geo

 

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 9:14 PM, John Summers <rivers2hills at yahoo.com> wrote:

If I only had a brain I wouldn't have sent three posts. 

The BIG question:  How much should it cost to replace 

the $59.00 fork or the stupid pin, knowing that the transmission

has to come out and go back in?  Heck, today I was parked

across the street from a body shop and could see a Porsche

ready for paint.  I went in the office and asked for a price

- not engine bay or other hidden places.  $3,000   !!!!

As the man said, this isn't Maaco.  I replied, 

$3,000 will buy a lot of sandpaper and spray cans.

Not really,,,,,I have a spray gun and compressor, AND 

two DVDs on how to do it.



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