I have a 69 coupe, took to the local body shop. This guy does good work, but he quoted me 7000.00 to do under carriage and paint. This is with me stripping the car and putting all the stuff back on. He also said that this is the nicest pretty much rust free antique car he will have ever worked on. Everything is there and just minor surface rust in the typical places. He had the car for 3 weeks going over it for this estimate. What do you guys think.

 

JUST undercarriage? seems a bit steep to me.

 

yeah i would have thought the whole car could be painted for about 7-10 grand

 

I think he means the guy is gonna paint the entire car and do the undercarriage.

 

Yes he will paint the whole car, under carrige door jams detail engine compartment. But the 7000 would be me stripping the car of hardware and replacing it myself.

 

7000 isn't bad for a total cost. Its actuall a decent price, but he better do good work. No as far as you stripping the car down I don't know. He probably doesn't want to do it because its a 69, and he doesn't want to be responsible if he breaks something.
What color are you painting it?????

 

It will be hugger orange with black stripes

 

Nice, I love those colors on the oldercars.
You should post a before and after pic......

 

I will when it gets done, I have alot of work to do yet before it goes in.

 

Sounds Good..
Keep us posted......