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Originally Posted by thebanjoman
I've had the bodywork on hold for a while, too many things going on with family, health, and work.
I've found local powdercoating company that will blast the body for me at a reasonable rate. They do it by the hour, not the job ($75 /hr) . This sounds reasonable to me.
I have sent them a test, a mower deck I'm getting ready for spring and have been pleased with their work. I only had it blasted, not coated and it the work was good. I wanted to see what they can do before handing them the body. I know the metal for the deck was thicker, I wanted to see if I was happy with what they did before giving them the coupe body.
I've also spoken with others in the area who have had work done there (not recommendations from the company itself) and they were pleased with the work that was done for them.
Once I get the remaining screws out and the hardware off I should get them the body in March.
I'll give 'em a plug after its done and I see where i need to start patching.
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I got the body back this morning from the blaster. They did a very good job and the cost was reasonable. I have a lot more patching than I thought. There was some previous patching done that was unknown and covered in filler.
The rear fenders are in really rough shape. I'll have to get photos posted of them. They are certainly above my skill level to repair.
Frederic County Customs in Winchester did the work. They are a powder coating shop so I had them do my wheels while they had the body.They powder coated my 16" wheels 'Fire Engine Red".
Father-in-law doesn't say much these days but its clear RED is his favourite color and the smile that came up when i showed them to him tells me he approves and we got the wheel color right.