What percentage of owners on here paint / body work on their own cars?

[youthpastor]

i do all my own, too picky i could never afford to pay someone to block sand a car out as many times as i do to get it straight-chris

[deuce_454]

I do all the smaller projects my self, including paint, but when i can see it will turn into one of those year long projects i outsource when feasable..

[ProTouring442]

I do all of my own... it's not perfect, but then again neither is the work at a pro-shop and that's why. You see, I can point out every freaking flaw in the body work, paint work, detail work, etc. on the cars I have done. A pro-shop would HATE me! They would probably have to kill me and weld me into a 55 gallon drum. So, to avoid all of the unpleasentries of someone having to go to jail just because I'm a pain in the butt, I do it myself.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

[camcojb]

I have done several of my own, and am currently doing the paint on Malitude. I am accepting help with the bodywork though! I can get it right but not in a timely manner, at least not quick enough to make Power Tour.

Jody

[Musclerodz]

I do all my own, including a few for other people.

Mike

[wiedemab]

My dad has managed a body shop for 35 years, so we do all of our own work. I'm not much of a painter (yet), but I can bodywork them out pretty damn straight.

Whoever said it is right about the mess. We do a lot of our work in the same shop and some days after a long night of sanding it looks like it snowed inside our garage!

Later,

Brandon

[hotroddr]

I do my own as well, have done a couple for others too. I prefer working with suspension and metal but I cant afford to pay someone else to do paint/body so I do it myself.

[Derek69SS]

I have a hard time letting someone else work on my daily-drivers, much less my toys. I do everything myself except building engine, trans, and rear axle.

[rwhite692]

I have always done all of my own.

I am not fast though, I probably could never earn a living at it...

[Jerebus67]

Thanks for all the replies. That is what I figured. I have a buddy who is looking to start a business on the side and wondered if most of the guys on here do their own work. The Barrett auction this Jan has kind of scared him from starting it. I personally thought that there were several cars that were bought for alot less money than people probably had spent restoring them.