1961 Valiant Wagon
After some point... The wagon was ready to go to the paint shop. It helped to have a friend keep at me and say "when are you going to paint your wagon", "when are you going to paint your wagon", "when are you going to paint your wagon"....So I found a guy who know a guy recommended by another guy... Who did painting at his home. And painted stuff after hours....It sounded dodgy enough... I mean what could go wrong..... So I checked his place out. He painted nothing that was built past 1980. He mostly painted Rolls Royces and vintage Chryslers with the odd GM and Ford muscle car. He only did one car at a time. He had a waiting list that was over a year long...And his home set up was more professional than any shop that I had seen. The Guy came and looked at my wagon.. He said he could paint it in the second half of 2020 if I could wait that long....I said ok.. I will do some other work on the car in the meantime.
A few days later he rang and said the next job which was a 1930's Roll's wasnt ready yet and if I wanted I could lock mine in for painting right now... So I did.
It took him 5 weeks all up start to finish. He did it part time after his "day" job. I wanted it Black as black. But so it looked wet all the time.
Oh Boy..... I couldnt have been happier with the out come. Here is a few just before and in the shop pictures.
After some point... The wagon was ready to go to the paint shop. It helped to have a friend keep at me and say "when are you going to paint your wagon", "when are you going to paint your wagon", "when are you going to paint your wagon"....So I found a guy who know a guy recommended by another guy... Who did painting at his home. And painted stuff after hours....It sounded dodgy enough... I mean what could go wrong..... So I checked his place out. He painted nothing that was built past 1980. He mostly painted Rolls Royces and vintage Chryslers with the odd GM and Ford muscle car. He only did one car at a time. He had a waiting list that was over a year long...And his home set up was more professional than any shop that I had seen. The Guy came and looked at my wagon.. He said he could paint it in the second half of 2020 if I could wait that long....I said ok.. I will do some other work on the car in the meantime.
A few days later he rang and said the next job which was a 1930's Roll's wasnt ready yet and if I wanted I could lock mine in for painting right now... So I did.
It took him 5 weeks all up start to finish. He did it part time after his "day" job. I wanted it Black as black. But so it looked wet all the time.
Oh Boy..... I couldnt have been happier with the out come. Here is a few just before and in the shop pictures.
