Wanted to share fresh paint photo's.

[Mike2500]

Hello again! Well I know it's a few weeks late, it was finished on the 17th of Mar. but the weather here has been on & off with rain but here are they are..

 

[XLR8]

Nice!
Looking good, Mike!
Jane Ann

 

[i10fwy]

Very Nice, I have been thinking of having my 68 resprayed. So how much does a new paint job cost these days?

i10fwy

 

[Mike2500]

Thank's for the comp's and the bigger pic! It ran me about $2,200 and it was well worth it. My wife let me keep the tax returns so I could get the paint and carpet done. I've been a good boy she said! She just don't know... I got some other things on my list like seat covers in mind...

 

[catbert]

Looks good!

 

[berry1133@bellsouth.net]

Looks good. Just curios if anyone has had the paint stripped prior to repainting? If so, about how much did that cost you?

BBerry

 

[bill81vette]

very nice!!!!

 

[Peer81]

Very nice!
Do yourself a favor, put the vette like this in a big balloon and never touch her again! Take alot of work to make her shine like new paint agian

Greetings Peter

 

[Mike2500]

BBerry they did not need to strip it, all they did was sand down in to the existing old primer coat on the top due to bad sun damage and the sides were sanded through enough to break in to the base of existing. He told me that if the car had some major waves and flaws in the glass that it would need to sanded further but my car was in really good shape besides the 2 front corner cracks. And I just wanted to say thanks for all of the compliments it means alot and it is a childhood dream for me to have this vette..

 

[jrose7004]

Hey Mike, the car looks great! What part of OKC do you live in?

 

[C3RVETTE]

Wow! $2200??? Would cost at least 3 times that,just to get a decent drivers quality job out here!! Looks great!

 

[JE Caudle]

Looks great! Is that 2004 "Gun Metal Gray"?

 

[Mike2500]

Hey Mike, the car looks great! What part of OKC do you live in?

Jrose7004 I live in Moore, OK. Just west of I-35 on 19th.

 

[Mike2500]

Looks great! Is that 2004 "Gun Metal Gray"?

No it's a color match to the factory silver blue code that was on paint code. with some boot legged pin stripe of the collector ed.

 

[73-81 BST]

Looks OUTSTANDING....$5,000 + in Chicago....

Our 82 "Smoke" heading in to the booth in a month or so. She needs to finish stripping off the 2+ layers of MACO paint first...

STW

 

[Mike2500]

73-81 BST thanks and wish you no pain in sanding.... but it is worth the wait and besides it is going to look like one tuff vette! I love the stance it has in the pic, what kind of wheel's are those?

 

[C3RVETTE]

The shark not liking the MAACO?

 

[73-81 BST]

73-81 BST thanks and wish you no pain in sanding.... but it is worth the wait and besides it is going to look like one tuff vette! I love the stance it has in the pic, what kind of wheel's are those?

Wheels are an old (mid 80's) set of Western Superlites (8.5" x15") on 255-60 TAs. My son and I found them Craigslist last year...

STW

 

[Mike2500]

Well they sure look cool, I was looking for a set of old school BBS mesh style polished with black or gray centers but I can not seem to find any.. When I was in high school I had a friend who's mom drove a 81 with 15x10 rears and 15x8 fronts and ever since I had to have one.

 

[HammerDown]

Depending on quality of paint and finish $2,000 is a pretty good number.
Around me shops want close to 5K for a Vette, and that's straightening out the factory crap body gaps and seams...glass smooth Glasurit paint.