[FC] John Jackson's site,and paint jobs.

John Jackson johnjackson at notstockphotography.com
Mon Feb 2 18:10:43 EST 2009


Thanks for the kind words on our work we get lucky to work with some great
builders I just push a button.

The best thing we ever did was get the van for a rolling buisness card its
been alot of fun


John Jackson
www.NotStockPhotography.com <http://www.notstockphotography.com/>

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Patrick Skiver <pnsskiver at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Man is that site of John Jackson's cool.I recommend a visit there if you
> really enjoy great photography.
> When ever someone talks about cost relating to body work and paint you can
> always tell who's side of the story your hearing by the price alone and
> weather they thing they got taken or it was a steal.My side comes from the
> painters side. The true cost of a quality paint job will always depend on
> the knowledge of the owner of the car as to what they really want as far as
> the final outcome their restoration.The cost of materials has shot out of
> orbit as has everything else related to our car hobbies.The true cost of a
> knock -you -out !-paint job will alway's leave the buyer of one in sticker
> shock even if they are the one painting their own car!
> I paint buses for our city transit system (in Cleveland,Ohio) and we just
> launched a new bus line that uses 60 foot articulated New -Flyer Coaches.The
> cost of the PPG urethane paint just to repair  damage to one side cost
> $3695.00(no tax and a jobber rate). The color for my street rod project has
> already past $2800.00 and I havn't pointed a spray gun at it yet!
> Corvair content here.. My '61 Greenbrier 8dr will probibly cost me that
> much in material not to mention the added cost in replacing the door and
> window rubber that it will take to really do a nice paint job on one of
> these vans.Because to really paint one properly you need to paint all the
> door openings just like a second paint job.
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