Date:         Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:50:00 -0600
Reply-To:     "Paul N. Oliver" <bpbuyers@TDS.NET>
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From:         "Paul N. Oliver" <bpbuyers@TDS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Earl Scheib paint job
Comments: To: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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I grew up in Chicago and every Saturday morning saw his comercials between
the cartoons. "I'll paint any car for $29.95" (early 60's), it wasn't a bad
deal then if you did all the prep work youself first. other wise they did a
minimual tape job and shot the car baked it in the "light oven" and 3 to 4
hours later you were driving down the road.

I saw him doing comercials about 3 years ago, looked like he was ready to
drop dead any minute, quite old now. If you talk to most body shops they
will "shoot" a car just as cheep if you do the prep work first.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geza Polony" <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:08 PM
Subject: Earl Scheib paint job


> OK, I'm considering an Earl Scheib paint job. Before you pile all over me,
> consider this: the van has rust "issues," as in holes you can put your
> finger through, and it will never be perfect. It's also a camping vehicle
> and that means I don't want to worry about the finish too much as I think
> it
> would take away from the fun of camping to have to do so.
>
> I got an Earl Scheib job done decades ago and it was terrible. You could
> see
> this poor Volvo with "repaint" written all over it for about a block away.
> The question, then:
>
> Has anybody used Earl Scheib recently? Has the quality improved? Anything
> close to factory colors?
>
> FYI, They will spray the van for $399 plus tax, adding $50 a jamb/door if
> I
> want them done. I can take off all the easy stuff like turn signals and
> they'll mask the rest. Sounds like if I do the bondo I'll be paying under
> $700.
>
> Spray it again, Sam. It's that time again.
>
>
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