[bigmac73]

Originally Posted by hugger6933

I own a body shop, and have since 1987. I have had lots of people come to me with trucks/cars that were "ready to spray" and just wanted me to put some paint on it for them. they would tell me that is was real clean with do dents and soon but once you get to looking it was on its third paint that needed striped and started from bare metal up and they had wet sanded and could not understand. I am NOT saying that you don't know what you are talking about, or that you don't know your truck. Please don't take it that way,it is just that you and I will look at the same truck in a different way, meaning that I may catch something that may need attention that you don't. It will be better on you if you take the truck around to the places you are gonna try in a complete state and then discuss[ or maybe include in writing] what will be removed by you.
Now on another note I try to do the paint and body [at least the outside part] after the build is getting close to the end, or at least while everything is going together and not paint first then go to throwing a lot of parts at it. I don't guess there is a wrong build order it is just what you like and what your comfortable with but it cuts down on paint damage if you wait till later it the build stage for the paint and body.
now with that being said I am building three trucks this style and they are in different stages all but the body work is close on all and the last one has not even been dis assembled yet. Going that way I will have all three truck ready to go in the paint booth one behind the other. Jim

well Hugger ,
let me ask you about my next plan of attack, i want to remove the cab on my 72 and strip it down,
have the body shop replace the whole entire floor pan ( I have in garage all sheet metal) rockers, cab corners, and get my doors opening and closing like they came out of the factory prime , seal and install new front glass and shoot the inside of the cab.
does that sound like a big project for a body shop and what would think this would cost , ball park figure

when i get finished with the cab and the bed , then i would take it in again later on to paint the whole outside of the truck, being married with kids i have to do the truck in sections one at a time one system at a time, one month at time.