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Old 02-19-2003, 02:24 AM   #11
casey
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72 bbgmcsgcc One step at a time find a good body man ( get referances) get one that wants to work on the side and, pay him fair and he will be fair to you, 1000-1500 bucks should get you a lot of body work, then ask around for a good painter look at his work, ask at the paint suppy store. finding a painter is a lot easier than a good body man, because the body work is more of a comittment, painting takes about an hour and it's done, the painter I found charged me 500 to prime and paint, 100 to rent the booth and about 500 for primer and paint, I used acylic enamel ( uno) beautiful paint, It just takes a little leg work to save some money and get a good job. Most body shops want to much money to do restoration work, they would rather do insurance claims, here's how my truck turned out,
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