<VV> Earl Scheib Paint Jobs

[Marc Marcoulides]

I had my 89 Chev S-10 painted by Maaco 2 years ago and they did a good job, of course the only thing my pick up does is back and forth to work or haul stuff, its not for show. Maaco was the best price I found, I looked extensivly.

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>From: Ken Maxwell <kobramax at insightbb.com>
>Sent: May 19, 2010 9:09 AM
>To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Earl Scheib Paint Jobs
>
>I had two of Earl's el-cheapo paint jobs put on my Corvairs in the 70's. I
>had them paint my 65 Corsa coupe white ($19.95) and my 61 Lakewood metallic
>blue ($39.95). They both looked pretty good at first. I did pull a chunk of
>white paint off the decklid of the Corsa when I removed the masking tape for
>my "Rustoleum" blue racing stripes. I had waxed only the decklid in an
>attempt to bring back the original paint before I had Earl paint it. I guess
>sanding was an option! The rest of the paint stayed on pretty well until the
>Corsa t-boned a guard-rail at 50 mph. A lot of it flaked off then! 
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>I sold the Lakewood to a buddy shortly after I painted it but I recently
>stumbled across its remains in the back lot of a local repair shop. Almost
>all of the metallic blue paint is gone! It hasn't been sanded off or been
>repainted, it just fell off. It is now back to its beautiful light green
>finish which really isn't too bad!
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>Ken Maxwell
>
>Louisville, KY 
>
>67 Monza
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>65 Corsa
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