Steve,
I'm sureyou will get lots of feedback on this, and many different opinions.
Here's mine. WAIT until you can have the work done by a quality shop, even
if it is a few years. First of all, you have a quality car and it would be a
shame to "degrade" the '59 with shoddy bodywork. Second, it's much more
difficult to "un-do" someone else's inferior work than it is to do it right
in the first place. If your Imperial is in good mechanical condition, and
somewhat presentable, then enjoy it as it is until you can have the rest of
the work done. Again, this is just my opinion, however I've heard the same
from many other collectors.
Ross Klein
'56 Imperial sedan, two-tone green
'78 NYB 4 dr. Golden Fawn
.....and a few others, too
'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Imperial 59" <imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:17 PM
Subject: IML: To paint or not to paint
> That is the question.
>
> So tell me what you would do....
>
> Eileen the '59 Imperial has paint that has seen many a better day along
with
> a dent in the driver door and a scrape on the passenger side. There is a
> little rust on the bottom of the fenders in front of the doors but that is
> about all.
>
> I have had a couple of estimates from the high quality body shops in the
> area in the 6k range to do everything. Unfortunatley after being out of
> work for a few months and working as temp for a few more money is tight
and
> I honestly can't see myself being able to spend this kind of money on the
> car for several years (probably five).
>
> I am now considering pulling all the chrome myself and having a "low cost"
> shop fix some of the body stuff and spray the car. Would I be worse off in
> five years for having done this? I really want to be able to drive the
car
> more and mechanically it is in pretty good shape. I just don't drive it
due
> to the needed bodywork and bad chrome. Fortunatley I got lots of decent
> chrome off of the parts car before it moved on to parts car heaven.
>
> So tell me what you would do! Positives and negatives would be
appreciated.
>
> Steve B.
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