There's nothing stopping you from doing that, but I wouldn't place myself under time or budget constraints with a project as large as the one you have. Make small goals and tackle them one at a time as money/spare time allow.
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Shaolin Crane
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I dont even wanna think how much i have in mine.
To the OP, You can do whatever you want to a car thats not ****ed up. Dont like a color, its easier to repaint a straight body car over doing body work, welding, hoping **** is straight, adding bondo, hoping **** is straight, painting, hoping **** is straight. You'll spend an easy 1000 on just paint supplies for the car, not including all the work needed to get the body up to safety at least.
Shaolin Crane
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$1000 on paint supplies is not outlandish. Its actually kinda low. When you do a full paint job with primer/clear coat/basecoat, you can drop over a thousand easily. That does not include the labor, sheet metal work, body filler and other prep work. Paintin' is esspinsive bubba.
The point of this forum is to learn from other people's trials and errors. We understand that you want to restore this car. We just want you to understand that it is going to be waaaay more work and money than you are figuring it to be.
The best advice I can give is to save your money. Spend more money on a decent car up front and it will save you more money and time in the long run.
Shaolin had a good idea to buy a better body and use your current one as a parts car. Just a thought.
The point of this forum is to learn from other people's trials and errors. We understand that you want to restore this car. We just want you to understand that it is going to be waaaay more work and money than you are figuring it to be.
The best advice I can give is to save your money. Spend more money on a decent car up front and it will save you more money and time in the long run.
Shaolin had a good idea to buy a better body and use your current one as a parts car. Just a thought.
Shaolin Crane
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Shaolin Crane
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Easily, i think you're getting confused with coupestangs thread and him getting a decent paintjob for 1000 bucks. This is not common at all, my paint guy (a student of mine for 6 years along with his kids) Charges me 2k minimum to paint a car for me. Sure he goes lengths beyond normal service for sensei but it would easily cost 3-5k for a good paint job. Let me put it this way, you're gonna spend at least 1k on paint supplies, another 500-1000 for repair of the rust, then figure the hours and hours of work for all of it. Then figure all the trim parts that WILL get damaged in the process, and if you say they wont you have never taken this kind of build before. The trim pieces will be another 500, interior, you dont even know what the drive train is like, suspension etc. You're looking at thousands in replacements when you can just drop the coin on the vert i posted for you and save thousands of dollars and months of your life.
Well I know a place that does good paint work for about 1K, I jus wouldn't go to them for the rust work. And if I spend 1000 on the bodywork den I still spent about the same as getting one of those. As far as the suspension goes I plan on fully changing it no matter what car I use as I've said before in this post. Besides from the shocks and struts and springs the suspension isn't bad, honeslty the drivers side of the car would be fine without that the fender the passenger has the rust
Shaolin Crane
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You're sure about that huh? You wont be the same as those cars, those are well maintained cars, interior is in good shape, trim and engine, well kept. But since you're dead set on going with a car that is going to suck the life out of you and your wallet go for it, dont listen to the people that have done it already.
If you're goling balls out on a resto get a 67-9 vert or fastback. For the amount of work/money this will take you could easily resurrect a first gen mustang.
skunk21
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you really think we don't know what we are talking about. A decent paint job in my book goes for well over a grand and can go for 3-5 grand easy if the shop does it, that's no body work just prep time, materials, labor and color sand buff. taking nothing away from your ambition but be serious and real about it. go price a box sandpaper becuase you aren't going to need a few sheets + you need different grits. add in some grinding wheels, tape, surface prep before and after body work, fill and sand primer, sealer, etc, etc. it adds up fast.
Take a look at my build thread. The car is at my buddies shop, I bought all the parts and I'm paying only for supplies no labor ( main reason it's taking so long) I have to pay for all the paint, sandpaper, everything used on my car has the deal + a cookout in the spring for the shop. My car had next to no rust and very little body work but alot of time in prep so it would look good. He already told me with labor I'm at 4-5 grand easy but sofar it's cost me atleast $1,500 with it painted sofar. add it up, I got free labor and paid for materials with next nothing for body work and spent over $1,500 and I'm not done. I think Shaolin Crane & stykthyn are spot on with thier estimates.
link to my thread http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/799980-skunk21s-project-thread.html
Take a look at my build thread. The car is at my buddies shop, I bought all the parts and I'm paying only for supplies no labor ( main reason it's taking so long) I have to pay for all the paint, sandpaper, everything used on my car has the deal + a cookout in the spring for the shop. My car had next to no rust and very little body work but alot of time in prep so it would look good. He already told me with labor I'm at 4-5 grand easy but sofar it's cost me atleast $1,500 with it painted sofar. add it up, I got free labor and paid for materials with next nothing for body work and spent over $1,500 and I'm not done. I think Shaolin Crane & stykthyn are spot on with thier estimates.
link to my thread http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/799980-skunk21s-project-thread.html
Shaolin Crane
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Dont forget from the sounds of it the OP doesnt have paint guns, strainers, etc etc, all that **** is expensive too.
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