1968 Ss427

[negearhead]

I took this job in 5 weeks ago, it looked to be ready for paint all jammed out and in sealer, well you know how that goes I have been blocking filling priming blocking filling priming this car for 4 weeks now with no end in sight
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I now have everything but the hood ready for paint, it's the worst panel, the person that was working on the car welded in some patchs on the top of the hood and it now looks like a roller coaster. Supposedly he does concours restos on big money antiques but it appears he hasn't done many late models. If I can't get it to come straight with the stud welder and I don't have high hopes I'll have to seperate the skin from the inner frame and heat shrink the high spots..now there's something to look forward to:rolleyes:

[88GT]

can you get a new hood? Id look a that option before I tried to disect it.
Shame on you for thinking just because someone primed something that it means something. I never take that into account. Primer at that point is merely the stuff you usually find under paint and needs to come off

[negearhead]

unfortunately the hood for this car was only available on the SS427 I've gotten estimates anywhere from 1500 to 3000 for a rusty one..but I can't even find a rusty one...as far as assuming anything...that was the guy that sprayed it with sealer then jammed it..the first thing I did was hit it with 320 on a long board to see what I was dealing with, it's not a problem the job was priced so that I am getting paid very well for my time...

[negearhead]

which reminds me of a time when I was freelancing for a guy at a little garage next to an Auto Body complex I had just finished the metal work on a lead sled when the shop owner next door asked me to do a job for him. It was a 67 GTO in red oxide primer. The owner had just purchased it as is and wanted a running car for the summer because his 66 Chevelle SS was in the middle of a frame off at a very expensive concours shop and would not make the show season.
So I was told to prep the GTO for paint then the shop owner left for the day. After running my hand down the sides I didn't like what I felt so I hit it with the long board and found many highs and lows. I stripped the Lacquer primer off the drivers door then skimmed it with filler and was long boarding it when the GTO's owner walked in. He demanded to know what I was doing and I explained it all to him. The next morning I get a call from the shop owner telling me my services were no longer needed, the cars owner told him he doesn't want me touching his car because I don't know what I'm doing "that car was ready for paint"
pretty funny...doesn't matter how good you are egos and assumptions can ruin you...I was all done in that town... the lead sled however made it into Rod & Custom

[88GT]

which reminds me of a time when I was freelancing for a guy at a little garage next to an Auto Body complex I had just finished the metal work on a lead sled when the shop owner next door asked me to do a job for him. It was a 67 GTO in red oxide primer. The owner had just purchased it as is and wanted a running car for the summer because his 66 Chevelle SS was in the middle of a frame off at a very expensive concours shop and would not make the show season.
So I was told to prep the GTO for paint then the shop owner left for the day. After running my hand down the sides I didn't like what I felt so I hit it with the long board and found many highs and lows. I stripped the Lacquer primer off the drivers door then skimmed it with filler and was long boarding it when the GTO's owner walked in. He demanded to know what I was doing and I explained it all to him. The next morning I get a call from the shop owner telling me my services were no longer needed, the cars owner told him he doesn't want me touching his car because I don't know what I'm doing "that car was ready for paint"
pretty funny...doesn't matter how good you are egos and assumptions can ruin you...I was all done in that town... the lead sled however made it into Rod & Custom
I dont know what you told the guy but I would have (If I even took the job to start with) told the guy to get his POS out of my shop. Go ahead and paint it so I can laugh at it :D
I tell people straight up, just because its in primer dont mean its ready for paint, and it in fact probably isnt. I tell them that before I even look at the car

[negearhead]

I just walked away..wasn't my shop..wasn't my town..