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After several false starts the Bugeye is finally headed to the paint and body man! I'm using the same guy who did the work on Tony Barnhills cars as well as Miss Agatha, Jack Lairds beautiful show winning Bugeye. I'll leave early in the morning so I can get there in plenty of time...the current heat wave has the closing early and working at night. I'll keep everyone up to date on the progress as she returns to her former Iris Blue glory.
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Very cool! How long until you get her back?
 
Edd,
I have absolutely no idea, but I hope by this time tomorrow I'll have a tentative date.
Rut
 
Good luck! I hope your body and paint work goes faster than mine has been going. :grin:
 
Everything i do travels at the speed of life...er, ah, molasses...
Rut
 
Do NOT rush yer paint/body guy. Let him take the time it needs. I found stopping by and ALWAYS being
upbeat on the work and even dropping some cash helps.
Pics when you can.
I know this is a momentous step. Congrats my friend.
 
David,
Im lucky that the painter is about 21/2hrs away and I can't bug him to death. I'll make a few trips up I'm sure, but I trust him since I know his handiwork. Really excited to take this step and I hope I'll get it back in time to start assembly this fall.
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Good luck. It's an exciting part of the process for sure. Definitely stop in when you can, and don't be afraid to chime in if you need something. I had to have my folks change something (my fault for not getting to them early enough) -- this is the time to get it right.

Enjoy it, that little car is going to look so good.
 
are you supplying all the paint products or are you having the paint and body guy pick them up? I am curious how much is saved buy supplying the paint and body guy verse him getting everything.
 
THE MOST important step to inspect the car is after it is in primer, but before color! A this stage ask to bring the car outside and look at it. Very carefully inspect the entire car.....go over it with your hand and your eyes....for anything that is not perfect.....Your painter understands, but anything that is not right now, will not be right when it is shot with color. At this stage, any redos are not too expensive for the painter.....after the color.....very costly.
Good luck
Scott in CA
 
Excellent advice Scott. However, I find it is easier to see the imperfections and waves under fluorescent lighting.
 
Tony took me a couple times to the guy's paint shop (don't remember his name), and I saw his work. Wonderful stuff there at the time. And his dog provided lots of entertainment!

Your Bugeye is in good hands, for sure!

Mickey
 
Good luck on your body work, the prep-work is everything!! Have a good discussion with body man on materials and paint manufactures for your options. Before I started my prep-work, I debated with myself for months on paint manufactures alone; Manufactures make different paints and clear coats under same product line but with different code/part numbers. Each code represents specific gravity and density of material, particularly in clear coats, so know your options before you begain.
 
Very true. Especially on the clears. Not all clear coats are created equal and they are designed for different purposes.
 
I left this morning about 6 and took a leisurely drive up arriving around 9. Not bad for a normal 21/2 hr trip! Everything was uneventful and I got to spend about an hour with Ricky and his welder. We unloaded the car and I left it on my rotisserie as well as the bonnet on my big dolly and they wheeled it inside and covered it in plastic wrap. He told me about his process and I'm very comfortable with what he's going to do and the plan is this: He uses the paint and materials of his choice since he is familiar with them. The car will be media blasted, bodywork and welding completed, epoxy primed, primed again with a filler/ high build, blocked, repeat primer, etc. I'll plan on a visit at this stage to inspect and make any changes necessary. The underside will be treated the same way, but he will use a 2k bedliner material tinted to Iris Blue where undercoating was originally used. I'm also going with a modern paint...base/clear with the last few coats wet sanded and a couple of coats of base/clear mixed together. I looked at some of the cars he had done this way and I'm happy with the look and it's very tough. It will take roughly 10-12 weeks to complete, so it will be a nice fall/winter project.
We had time to talk about Tony and his various projects as well as Jack and Miss Agatha. Tony would do the 'loop' thru Owens Crossroads for lunch every other day and stop by the shop to check on his Corvette which was in process of paint and body. Ricky said Tony would have been very proud of the car since it started on first crank when the estate was settled. There's even one of Tony's business cards still on the bulletin board in Ricky's office.
All in all a really good day and I've got to develop some patience so I won't bug Ricky too much, but I can't wait!
Rut
 
Alonso,
Tha basic paint job which includes all the blocking and sanding and a little minor body work as well as reassembly and fitting of the doors and bonnet is in the neighborhood on $3000. The car will be taken down to bare metal and I have some additional welding that needs to be done and I'll just pay the hourly rate for the welding. The nice thing is that Rickey has done a lot of LBCs and several award winning bugeyes and knows his way around these cars.
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Alonso,
The media blasting is included in that cost. Most of the car was stripped chemically when I was welding in new metal since I wanted to be sure I did everything within my ability prior to taking it in.
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