<VV> Body, Paint & Interior Prices

[Bill Elliott]

On the east coast, $7-8k is not unreasonable for a driver-quality paint 
job (or maybe slightly better) while a top notch one can easily cost 
twice that... finding a shop that will do resto work (instead of the 
much more profitable insurance crash work) is the real challenge.

I recently paid less than $7k for a "strip to bare metal, fix some small 
rust, and respray" on a small car... and well over that for a larger car 
requiring more significant rust work.

But then I've also seen Corvair body rust repairs run into 5 figures... 
starting with a solid car is an _excellent_ idea....

Bill Elliott

Dave Keillor wrote:

>Quality is the all important parameter.  Do you simple want it stripped
>and painted, or do you want it skimmed and extensively block sanded so
>the body is laser straight?  How about door jams, underside of trunk lid
>and engine cover?  In this part of the country (Minnesota/Wisconsin),
>based on a current estimate and the work I'm having down, the latter
>will run around $8K -- this is at a shop rate of $49 per hour, but the
>guy is super meticulous (does Ferraris', Cobras, etc.  However, based on
>other sources, $7-8K is not unreasonable for a top-notch repaint here in
>the midwest. 
>
>Dave Keillor
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