Re: Paint job opinions please

[moparbikeguy@xxxxxxx]

Jim,
Don't laugh, but if you have the car completely stripped, try the Maaco shop in Farmington Hills. a few years back, they did my '55 F-100 and my '57 Dodge. Both jobs were excellent. Of course, it was appreciably more than their $500.00 jobs, but I honestly think that they were every bit as presentable as "professional, high $$$$$$, job that I have now.
Now that I am in Tennessee, I don't worry about garage heat, only garage air conditioning (lol).
Good luck,
 
 
'65 Coronet 500 stroker
 
 
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From: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@
Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: Paint job opinions please



Wow ... thought I logged on to a Yahoo message board for a minute there 
with all the heavy topics ... and of course I didn't help with my 
baseball post ... but here's one that'll hopefully get us back on track:

I am (finally) at a point where my Fury is ready to be sent to the 
bodyshop for paint, and this is clearly my weakest area of expertise, so 
I would like a few opinions, please:

a) I live in Michigan, and I don't have a heated garage.  It is already 
getting cold and will be so until probably April.  Should I send the 
Fury out now to be painted, then have it sit in the covered tundra for 
the rest of the winter, or would a better idea be to wait until late 
winter, so by the time I get it back, it is spring?  The reason I am 
asking (and perhaps I shouldn't be concerned?), is that it seems to me 
that moving a spanking new paint job into cold, damp storage will 
probably not be a good thing?

b) My plan is to find windshield and back window gaskets so I can have 
the glass removed for painting.  Is this a big deal, and what do I need, 
gaskets AND molding retaing clips for both (windshield and rear window)?

c) (This one is gonna kill the factory-original crowd.  Apologies!)  I 
am seriously considering filling in the clip holes along the back panel 
... the ones that enable the retention of the back trim pieces that form 
the fake grill look between the taillights on a Fury.  (Don't believe 
this trim exists on a Belvedere.)  I just don't like the cheap look of 
the moldings, and besides, I want to place a kill switch on the right 
side.  Remembering that this car is street/strip, not trailer queen show 
material, how awful do you think it will be to have a "Belvedere look" 
in the back on a Fury?

Thanks and regards,

Jim Jablonski
Royal Oak, Michigan
'64 Fury


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