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crya said:
Chris,
Outside first, then interior.
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Chris,
Outside first, then interior.
AUSMHLY, your car looks like mine did when I did the paint in '79....all the panels off, etc. I did all the old paint removal myself but had the shop do the body work (lots of small dents and replaced the doglegs - even though it was a California car the doglegs had rust) and spray the primer and final paint coats. I reassembled the thing and she is still holding together pretty well all these years later. There are a few rock chips that needed touch-up but otherwise the paint is still good. Lots of fun memories doing that assembly. I used the project as my time filler while recovering from a divorce. Only serious problem was that the Air Force transferred me just before I got it all together so I had to finish it up really quickly!
AUSMHLY
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Hello Crya,
When the body shop gets it, there will be a lot of removing of parts. Wings, doors, boot and bonnet. There may be some welding needed. Let's say the areas in front, below or the rear of the door. Welding makes sparks and you don't want any sparks to land on your interior. The windscreen will have to come off. That means the dash top before the windscreen. When the door are off, best to have the interior door panels off too, to protect them form abuse. If you have the rug in, that will need to be covered. Don't want sparks to burn it, and it will collect all the dust in the body shop. The body shop will spend more time trying to cover up, protect your interior than you may want to pay for. You don't think those man hours will be free do you.
Have the body shop paint your car. Bring it home or to your interior guy last. A good interior guy will know to be careful installing your interior.
Ever watch the TV series American Hot Rod. Boyd Codington built some amazing cars. The interior guy always got the car after the paint guy.
Cheers,
Roger
When the body shop gets it, there will be a lot of removing of parts. Wings, doors, boot and bonnet. There may be some welding needed. Let's say the areas in front, below or the rear of the door. Welding makes sparks and you don't want any sparks to land on your interior. The windscreen will have to come off. That means the dash top before the windscreen. When the door are off, best to have the interior door panels off too, to protect them form abuse. If you have the rug in, that will need to be covered. Don't want sparks to burn it, and it will collect all the dust in the body shop. The body shop will spend more time trying to cover up, protect your interior than you may want to pay for. You don't think those man hours will be free do you.
Have the body shop paint your car. Bring it home or to your interior guy last. A good interior guy will know to be careful installing your interior.
Ever watch the TV series American Hot Rod. Boyd Codington built some amazing cars. The interior guy always got the car after the paint guy.
Cheers,
Roger
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Stever -
No matter how expensive or good the shop is, inevitably if you have anything of worth in the car when they start working on the body, it will get covered in paint/filler dust and then get oversprayed with the new paint job. Your interior will look like heck if you put in your interior first. You should also make sure that your car is on loaner wheels so that the spokes on your nice wheels don't get peppered with paint.
Don't ask how I know this stuff.
No matter how expensive or good the shop is, inevitably if you have anything of worth in the car when they start working on the body, it will get covered in paint/filler dust and then get oversprayed with the new paint job. Your interior will look like heck if you put in your interior first. You should also make sure that your car is on loaner wheels so that the spokes on your nice wheels don't get peppered with paint.
Don't ask how I know this stuff.