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Old 04-08-2006, 08:06 AM
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[QUOTE=race-rodz]i think franks pricing is about on the money.... i bid a certain 71 chevelle that needed 1 qtr and 2 tone black and orange.... as a rush job with the "good guy" discount....just a hair under 10k.

the car ended up goin someplace else..... the deadline wasnt met, the qtr wasnt replaced...... and well.....lets just say the customer isnt at all happy with the way the car looks 6 months later.[/QUOTE


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Old 04-08-2006, 08:27 AM
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i think franks pricing is about on the money.... i bid a certain 71 chevelle that needed 1 qtr and 2 tone black and orange.... as a rush job with the "good guy" discount....just a hair under 10k.

the car ended up goin someplace else..... the deadline wasnt met, the qtr wasnt replaced...... and well.....lets just say the customer isnt at all happy with the way the car looks 6 months later.
Yup thats what we tell people that want a rush job......Do it right ONE time and take some time and do a nice job its going to last you.....
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Old 04-10-2006, 06:13 AM
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i better get some body work skills, that or i gotta pray my car gets OVERHAULED by Foose and the crew.
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Old 04-10-2006, 03:55 PM
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i better get some body work skills, that or i gotta pray my car gets OVERHAULED by Foose and the crew.
lol ur not wrong
100k paint for Sick Fish
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Old 04-10-2006, 10:18 PM
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hey custom have you got the sik fish build book yea man i think i read 8weeks 4guys or something like that 60$ an hour im glad i learnt to paint when i was a young fella
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Old 04-11-2006, 07:22 AM
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I heard that the time RR spent on the 37 they just completed was the most they ever spent on a paint job. I've seen the car in person and it's one of the flattest, smoothest, paint jobs I have ever seen!

Blows the sick fish away!
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Old 04-11-2006, 07:58 AM
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depends on the work the car needs I have a Z/28 were going to be redoing and its going to be between 30- 50k
Just for the paint job? Or is this a ground up restore?
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Old 04-11-2006, 09:14 AM
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who said the paint work on the sick fish was 100K??????? whoever said it was wrong!
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Just for the paint job? Or is this a ground up restore?
Ground up restore....Sorry about that should of made it more clear. His bill will probuly be pushing 50.
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Old 04-11-2006, 04:36 PM
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who said the paint work on the sick fish was 100K??????? whoever said it was wrong!
Travis do you know what the real cost was?
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