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TR6 This question is for the TR6 restorers......

bricktop

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After my insurance settlement from the accident, I have a budget of about 25k. My TR6 was rear-ended and the frame and tub are both tweaked and beyond repair.

I am trying to get a handle on what the most economically efficient options are and have no basis of experience to start. I would prefer to "re-create" the exact car I had before the accident on a used frame/tub. Essentially a ground-up resto using only what new parts are necessary and transferring the rest from the "totaled" car. Challenge is that it's pretty difficult to come across frames and tubs in decent shape.

There are no real shortages of intact TR6s in above-average shape, HOWEVER; the real challenge is that I want the exact forest green color my wrecked car has. Can anyone give me a ballpark figure for making a wholesale color change on a fully intact vehicle?

My current vehicle has overdrive, HS6 carb upgrade etc. so it's very possible I would have a full engine/drive-train swap between vehicles anyway. I was just fishing for some ideas. Spring is upon us and I have just realized that I'm really going to miss driving the 6 in another month or so.
 
Paint is tough to give a definitive number on, but for a top quality job for the whole car in and out my guess is you have to be north of $6K (easily).
 
I'm thinking you will be closer to 10K... sorry for that number, but it's just a reality check.
 
Without a paint shop taking your pants down, $4/6k should do a paint job ( whole body) that you would proud to be seen in. Of course given the car is decent to start with. You should have a fine TR6 with a budget of $25k.

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That question is a little loaded and hard to give accurate answer. Any body you m choose you may find out has either had poor older body repairs or needs to be redone completly. Now if I was to have a body off a frame at that point I would want to do the job correctly from A to Z. Average TR6 resto full body figure 200hrs X shop rate etc ,with no rust repairs any color. Then figure your time to swap everything else.
 
Bricktop...one of the parts you seem very concerned to have is the next car to have the "exact" color as the wrecked car.
This is really N O problem. Any real good automotive paint
supplier has a computer reader to scan the paint color from the wrecked car...and the product they supply will be exact.
Our DuPont Auto paint supply house matched my TR3A exactly...
went back later and they did it again and mixed a small batch
for touch up.
Move on to finding a project...and don't worry about color.
Good luck...Gil
 
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