So I have two 4i'd t-tops that both want money at least as much as my wife.
I've been doing a little side work on evenings and weekends to keep up to date on my bill hoard. While out painting the front end of a chevy superduty, the guy that owns this small shop shows me a '63 Impala convertible that he is doing a complete rebuild for a "friend".
He wants me to paint it........Not only paint it, but strip it down to the metal, help him with the bodywork, block the entire car and all of the rest of the little sht necessary to paint it. One good thing about it being his project is that I don't have to search out the little clips, retainers, bolts and stuff.
I like the quick turn around stuff like collision repair, two or three nights and it's done. This would not be a two or three night project though.
With my two cars needing so much, I'm kind of caught in a catch 22 thing here. My cars need time from me AND money, lots and lots of money. This Impala has the potential of paying a sizeable sum, but every night for the next two months I will have to drive across town to work on it. Hummmm.......
I'm going out to his place tomorrow night to shoot the front end on an F250, I'm thinking I should at least talk to him about it. Money will be the main subject in my thoughts. From what he has said about the vehicle from its' past and what the owner wants in the end, we're talking about a LOT of work. They will have to be willing to pony up quite a bit of money to get me.
One thing that makes me think the owner might be serious is that he will pay for quality paint. It's a beginning for our conversation.
I don't know if he's serious enough for a real top quality job like as in a Riddler Award paint job. That would be a big payday on my part. I can do that kind of work, but it's sooooo time consuming. Plus we get into the five figure paint jobs at that stage.
Why am I posting this? If I do this, litttle will be done on either of my two cars. Just wanted you to know what's going on if I seem to drop off the map for awhile.
If I can get paid enough to do it, I'll post pictures of the project.
I've been doing a little side work on evenings and weekends to keep up to date on my bill hoard. While out painting the front end of a chevy superduty, the guy that owns this small shop shows me a '63 Impala convertible that he is doing a complete rebuild for a "friend".
He wants me to paint it........Not only paint it, but strip it down to the metal, help him with the bodywork, block the entire car and all of the rest of the little sht necessary to paint it. One good thing about it being his project is that I don't have to search out the little clips, retainers, bolts and stuff.
I like the quick turn around stuff like collision repair, two or three nights and it's done. This would not be a two or three night project though.
With my two cars needing so much, I'm kind of caught in a catch 22 thing here. My cars need time from me AND money, lots and lots of money. This Impala has the potential of paying a sizeable sum, but every night for the next two months I will have to drive across town to work on it. Hummmm.......
I'm going out to his place tomorrow night to shoot the front end on an F250, I'm thinking I should at least talk to him about it. Money will be the main subject in my thoughts. From what he has said about the vehicle from its' past and what the owner wants in the end, we're talking about a LOT of work. They will have to be willing to pony up quite a bit of money to get me.
One thing that makes me think the owner might be serious is that he will pay for quality paint. It's a beginning for our conversation.
I don't know if he's serious enough for a real top quality job like as in a Riddler Award paint job. That would be a big payday on my part. I can do that kind of work, but it's sooooo time consuming. Plus we get into the five figure paint jobs at that stage.
Why am I posting this? If I do this, litttle will be done on either of my two cars. Just wanted you to know what's going on if I seem to drop off the map for awhile.
If I can get paid enough to do it, I'll post pictures of the project.
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