[T3] Restoration of 1955 & 1966 license plates

[DGaries808@aol.com]

I took the set of 1963 license plates for my 23-window bus in to get them 
restored at Show & Go. The cost was only $85 for the set. While I was at it, 
I bought some 1955 plates for my 1955 Oval window, and the cost for them, 
too, was $85. That's a total of $170 for two sets of plates.

The 1955 plates were an oddball size and were painted yellow with black 
numbers. I got a tracing of a plate (so I can build a frame) plus the number 
so that I can reregister my 1955 Oval window. I inquired about 1949 plates 
for my Hebmuller, but they didn't have any. Nor did the have any for my 1957 
Oval window. I quit asking after that.

At least I know where to go for restoration of license plates.

I inquired about painting a car, and I should have got a message when the 
owner told about paying $5,000 for a paint job on a 1951 Mercury. He sent me 
down the street to a shop that did painting. When I got there, the owner of 
that shop told me that their
paint jobs started at $4,000 to $5,000 and went up from there. That turned me 
off, because I was expecting a lower price around $1,500 to paint my Type 3 
pickup. This 
guy was telling me that his paint jobs ran around $7,500 if I was lucky. I 
noted a buncha Ferraris and Porches outside his shop. But I felt that he was 
out of line high even for a Ferrari or Porsche.

What should I pay to paint the Type 3 pickup? It's basically a Squareback.

Don Garies
dgaries808@aol.com

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