Yeah it could be scrap metal instead. It's still rolling, although nothing as was originally designed. But as you say, it's their car. It's still fugly and nothing changes that.
That is a perfect way to get rid of time wasters. Most restoration shops I know charge a deposit just to get on their list which I understand. This is how they secure the job and can actually make a repair plan for their shop. There is no reason a shop should foot the bill for a job that takes a year to do with no form of payment. What was his reason for not using them?
Otherwise, all they'd ever deal with is tirekickers. Caint make money doin that.
I know a shop charges a ton for a regular old paint job. They did a '71 Charger back in the '90's, for $26k! It was nice, but they sure were proud of their work. They do a little t of Mopars. They did a sunroof replacement for us covered under insurance, and didn't have to pay a penny.
Sure I get that to a certain extent...This car was from the south and had all the trim and paint removed. It had 2 simple coats of Lacquer primer so it could be easily removed and it could easily be seen how correct the body already was. It was a good prep, suit up and paint car. But it sure would be "professional" for a shop owner or estimator to view a job before throwing a number out just to see if it sticks. I guess the root point here is that when you are talented and hungry and you have a good neighbor you will certainly take a look and present a detailed written estimate. When you get a T.V. show for a while...not so much.
Yeah, blowing you off is crappy, and being fairly close you'd think a stop by wouldn't be much of an issue.
I don't know, man. Lowriders AIN'T my thing, but I gotta say some of those cats make some beautiful cars. The real professional lookin ones. I like um a lot but, they're not something I would build.Slight improvement over a '64 Impaler with air bags
There is nothing as simple as suit up and paint a car that has no body work done to it. Do you know how many times I've heard "it's ready for paint" in my life? Nobody wants to put their name on someone else's **** work. I certainly don't. The days of "free estimates" are long gone. You want a detailed estimate of a repair that will take me 3 days to present to you only to have you freak out when you see the price? And you want me to do it for nothing? All while I have 10 cars already in line with an agreed price of $35k for the paint work with money in my pocket?
I love them, I wouldn’t personally build one or more correctly couldn’t. But the amount of detail they put into them and how well done most of them are around here. Just an awesome display of ability and dedication. It’s also a generational thing out here so you’ll see grandpas and sons and grandsons all out cruising together.
I guess you are confusing your personal experiences with a totally different situation. Once again the point here is a person doesn't know unless they personally see it. So that would leave you out as I am quite sure you didn't. I see detailed free estimates all the time at body shops everywhere...and they are a must for collision repairs and most especially for factory warranty paint defect repairs done by independent shops when a dealership doesn't have a paint shop. I actually have to use General motor's warranty paint claim policy and figure the estimate and then present it to a body shop and compare it with their estimate before a warranty paint claim repair can take place and be processed. This experience has nothing to do with you.
I think where you are confused and what you're missing is they told you to piss off without telling you to piss off. They have higher sold jobs in line and have zero interest in doing budget paint jobs for anyone. As it would happen I actually manage a GM body shop, as well as do all of our paint work, collision, and warranty.. and am a certified GM refinish tech as well as certified GM/Akzo Nobel Autobase and Autowave warranty refinish tech so I know the GM paint warranty program very well. I would also suggest that you move into the modern repair world and refer to your "estimates" as repair plans... repair plans are less negotiable than the word "estimate".
We think along the same lines. I can appreciate their skills and passion for their idea of hot rods. Just not something I would choose for myself.
