The Ford Barn

mrtexas · 12-20-2013, 02:13 PM

Here is my 36 woodie just back from paint:

I have a Mexican friend who can't speak much english name Louis who I met as a fruit tree customer when I was selling citrus trees out of my back yard. He referred me to Jorge the car painter with 25 years of paint/body shop experience. Jorge works in a body shop and evenings and weekends he paints cars also. It was a gamble that payed off. I had a bid of $10,000 from a hot rod shop, the same one that put in the patch panels on the fenders. I delivered the woodie in black epoxy primer with minimal body work required. Jorge block sanded and painted the Bambalino Blue for $2,500. Very little bondo required.I provided paint and primer. Used Restoration Shop single stage paint from TCP. Couldn't be happier. I towed the woodie 110 miles there and back since I moved recently.

Wild 36 color isn't it? I love it and wanted by woodie to look like fun as well as be fun. I painted all the interior parts that usually are cordoba tan, blue as well. Next job is taking the top off to refinish the top wood and repair a spot of rot above the passenger door. Any ideas as to how to get the nailed on rain gutter off without destroying it?

He is going to paint my 28 Ford open cab pickup in March.

If you can't see the picture, it is posted on my website:

http://mrtexascitrus.weebly.com/

QGolden · 12-20-2013, 08:56 PM

That's gonna' be an eye catcher on the Cruise Nights!

ursus · 12-20-2013, 11:21 PM

The difference in cost is notable. I claim no special knowledge of the vehicle painting business, but find it interesting that, thanks to NAFTA and open borders for motor freight, a growing number of fleet operators will snag a run into Mexico with the intent to have the truck repainted there at much lower cost. The figure of 25% of the corresponding US cost has been quoted by several I know. In Mexico there is virtually zero environmental controls over volatile hydrocarbons and the labor cost is mas barato, mi amigos.

28ACoupe · 12-20-2013, 11:28 PM

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The over the border paint and upholstery runs have been going on a long time. My dad did that back in the 50's.

12-20-2013, 02:13 PM	#1
mrtexas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 4,420	New paint Here is my 36 woodie just back from paint: I have a Mexican friend who can't speak much english name Louis who I met as a fruit tree customer when I was selling citrus trees out of my back yard. He referred me to Jorge the car painter with 25 years of paint/body shop experience. Jorge works in a body shop and evenings and weekends he paints cars also. It was a gamble that payed off. I had a bid of $10,000 from a hot rod shop, the same one that put in the patch panels on the fenders. I delivered the woodie in black epoxy primer with minimal body work required. Jorge block sanded and painted the Bambalino Blue for $2,500. Very little bondo required.I provided paint and primer. Used Restoration Shop single stage paint from TCP. Couldn't be happier. I towed the woodie 110 miles there and back since I moved recently. Wild 36 color isn't it? I love it and wanted by woodie to look like fun as well as be fun. I painted all the interior parts that usually are cordoba tan, blue as well. Next job is taking the top off to refinish the top wood and repair a spot of rot above the passenger door. Any ideas as to how to get the nailed on rain gutter off without destroying it? He is going to paint my 28 Ford open cab pickup in March. If you can't see the picture, it is posted on my website: http://mrtexascitrus.weebly.com/ Last edited by mrtexas; 12-20-2013 at 05:08 PM.

12-20-2013, 08:56 PM	#2
QGolden Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 1,231	Re: New paint That's gonna' be an eye catcher on the Cruise Nights! __________________ It's not what people think they know that will hurt them, it is what they think they know that aint so! -Mark Twain. It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.- Unknown

12-20-2013, 11:21 PM	#3
ursus Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,462	Re: New paint The difference in cost is notable. I claim no special knowledge of the vehicle painting business, but find it interesting that, thanks to NAFTA and open borders for motor freight, a growing number of fleet operators will snag a run into Mexico with the intent to have the truck repainted there at much lower cost. The figure of 25% of the corresponding US cost has been quoted by several I know. In Mexico there is virtually zero environmental controls over volatile hydrocarbons and the labor cost is mas barato, mi amigos.

12-20-2013, 11:28 PM	#4
28ACoupe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 559	Re: New paint Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The over the border paint and upholstery runs have been going on a long time. My dad did that back in the 50's. __________________ 1928 Model A Business Coupe Rebuild picture gallery here The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.