Matthew Smith
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I love the name of your thread brother.. I call this Mustang in here a polished turd.. funny too funny:laugh:
Yeah.. Thinking of telling him $200 and leave it at that.. I have other work to do that pays, soooo… Still waaay cheap, but doable
Shit fire Bondo.. you make good sense.. Lets keep talking..
Rewind 4 or 5 years ago and I was busy.. Had work waiting in the driveway for me to get to it.. My prices were not too high but they were not rock bottom either like the price I have suggested for this fender at the start of this thread..
Fast forward a few years and I was turning away work.. I remember talking to Clark saying I could not do this or that cause I did not have time etc…
Fast forward a couple more and now everyone is broke.. Well almost everyone B)
I refused to budge on my price for a show car year before last and lost it.. Only $1000 but I refused to do the work for less than I quoted him.. What really sucked was I lined this job up a couple years in advance and he was in the rotation.. But I squeezed in another car before him that i thought would be fast and quick money that turned into a 3 month or so gig.. then times started getting tougher and he got cheaper.. He ended up doing much of the work himself for this Shelby clone and paid someone to spray it… He then understood why I charge what I do.. but that was a little too late on my end.
I’m several thousand below any resto shop around me, but I guess since I don’t have a huge logo or heck even a separate garage these days ( i did before my move to this house ) many think I should be cheaper than cheap..
The one thing that rings thru my mind fellas is this.. I need to provide for my family.. It keeps ever expanding, and while 150-200 for that fender is extremely too low, it will buy some food for us or gas for us when I have the money in hand.. [b]VS [/b]not doing the work because he cant afford me, and then charging my food/gas with no money to pay for it when the bill comes do..
I’m not looking for pity or anything of that nature, just typing out loud:P with my comrades.. 😉 discussing why I am considering do this sooo cheap;)
For that price, I dont strip the backside unless welding in metal, which will be an additional cost.. I also will not warrenty this like I would my own work..
I have no idea what lurks behind the undercoat that they applied to the backside,, I also will have to blast all the pitted area’s to get them clean again. He said he bought these at a swap meet and he primered it to keep it from rusting.. so I assume they were bare metal..Also, I dont know what exact shape all of this is supposed to be.. You of course know, when you bolt something up it will shift to the correct form… I can shape the fender as is, but it may be off somewheat when he puts it back on..
Worth mentioning.. when I was looking at the fender real quick last night, he made the Ultimate statement of ” Now its not show car or nothin ” I laughed and told him I dont do half ass work.. well not at least where he could tell:lol: 😆 😆 😆 So I know if it were slightly off, honestly he probably would not even notice it..
[b]bondomerchant wrote:[/b]
[quote]3 down how many ta go???? ive got 8 an have never regreted a single one kids keep ya young[/quote]Bondo I dont know just yet.. she wants to have just one more.. I kept saying we could not afford anymore.. But if we had one more and it was another girl, then I would want to try again.. She is not soo gung ho about that:P I also told her if the 5th one was another girl we would stop at 6.. She aint sold on that idea right now..
Time will tell, I got to quit blowing the balls off of em:evil:
This car is still setting in my garage.. My wife and I had our 3rd daughter this past thursday and I have kind of been busy:P
The repaired area’s are all buffed out and put back together.. Just need to put some color on my chips i repaired and then it can go..
Hope to get er out soon:evil:another one after buffing..
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this is the compound I use.. It only cost me $8.42 out the door from my jobber… Just cant beat this stuff and the price is pimp
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Louvers.. Finally 3rd time must be the charm for these Biatches.. Never thought I would keep the dirt out:angry:
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Now time to buff back the panels I repaired and flow coated already:evil:
Fix 2 more chips and call the owner
Clear coat
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The pic I always take of my clear straight out of the gunB)
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Going to re shoot the flippin louvers again for the 3rd time.. Cant seem to keep the dirt out of my finish.. :ohmy:
Post more pics as they come..Everything is sanded and setting in the sun to pull solvents and let the UV’s do their magic
Primed and ready to go
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A lil sealer.. this is really just black base coat:P
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Base.. Took several coats to get full hiding.. Used Pro SPray base.. Good shitB)
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Both my pc and laptop have mics and web cam’s in the monitors..I like to type though.. Gives me time to think as I go along.. Plus my wife and kids would be around all the time.. probably not the best thing for them to hear.. Daddy and his friends swearing about this shit or that shit.. lol lol lol lol
I will just have to live vicariously thru you fellas and your online personal chat… OH THAT SOUNDS G:P
Last pic is always the best
Good times Good times…
Dinger you are staying busy with repeat customers :huh: 😛
Since this is my first post.. wanted to say long time reader, first time poster:blush: B)