Re: [T3] Paint

[Ben <ben@givingclothes.com>]

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I can imagine, I'm actually thinking I'm going to repaint because I'm  
NOT selling her.  It was one of those things were I was either I sell
her as is or I get off my ass and fix her up some.

This is my first old car so I'm learning as I go on how to "restore"  
things and what things I can do myself and what things I can't.    
Fortunately she's a good car so I'm not tasked with tons of things to  
fix up.

On Aug 24, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Toby -- '72 Squareback wrote:

> The one thing that really irks me is when a seller will repaint the  
> car
> prior to the sale, thus using that action as justification for a  
> higher
> selling cost.  100% of the time that I've witnessed such an action,  
> the
> paint job is cheap in every sense of the word (over-spray (esp. on  
> seals),
> orange peel, bubbling, fade, uneven coloration, "new" color outside  
> but
> stock color on inside, etc.) and in just a couple months the car  
> begins to
> look like crap.  It makes for a more laboring job for the new owner as
> well (upkeep, repaint).
>
>     Toby Erkson
>     http://www.icbm.org/
>     '72 Squareback, 2007cc, GB 5-speed, full rag top
>     '73 Porsche 914 2.0L, WIP; '81 Honda Goldwing, stripped
>     '95 Jetta 2.0L, CHE w/Peloquin LSD, SCCA EP racecar & daily driver
>
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