My "shop find" Bullitt Stang!

[A12pilot]

Well..... let's see when the car was down to a shell, metal work was a complete one-piece floor, two lower quarter panel patches, and some minor patches here and there. I'd say maybe 60hrs in rust repair metal work. Bodywork, start to finish, is roughly 450hrs. Remember that roof? Wetsanding and buffing would be another 40hrs at least. Then add on top of that another 500hrs to pay someone to fix my screw ups! But seriously.... I'd say from a shell to finish paint is around the 560hr mark.... plus or minus a little. I know the Bee I had well over 700hrs into it, and actually lost count... but that car is as long as the Hindenburg with as many facets in the bodylines to deal with! "The curves, the lines, there's so many waves, ladies and gentleman...Oooh the Humanity!" Ahem..... where was I? Hope that helps and understand I'm not a shop.... or a professional ... or even know what the heck I'm doing! Your times may vary.....

Cheers
Dave

[earntaz]

Same here -- labor of love doesn't cost a thing in my opinion ... TAZ

[whitetop]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Well..... let's see when the car was down to a shell, metal work was a complete one-piece floor, two lower quarter panel patches, and some minor patches here and there. I'd say maybe 60hrs in rust repair metal work. Bodywork, start to finish, is roughly 450hrs. Remember that roof? Wetsanding and buffing would be another 40hrs at least. Then add on top of that another 500hrs to pay someone to fix my screw ups! But seriously.... I'd say from a shell to finish paint is around the 560hr mark.... plus or minus a little. I know the Bee I had well over 700hrs into it, and actually lost count... but that car is as long as the Hindenburg with as many facets in the bodylines to deal with! "The curves, the lines, there's so many waves, ladies and gentleman...Oooh the Humanity!" Ahem..... where was I? Hope that helps and understand I'm not a shop.... or a professional ... or even know what the heck I'm doing! Your times may vary.....

Cheers
Dave

Thanks
The shop who is doing my Mustang quoted me around 275- 300 hours(after metal panel rust replacement) to put the car in various sealers and primers primer, bondo work, get gaps correct etc , materials, paint and buff and install front window and side windows.

I've had people say you can get a quality paint job for 5-6k lol.