Finally got my 36 Roadster painted...for $200

Well... after 3 years and a lot of procrastination I finally got my 36 roadster painted.

Here it is shortly after I bought it:



When I bought it from Hamber Titus it did not have an interior or top. I chopped the top myself and Titus' wife, the Stich Bitch, made the canvas and seat covers. I did a quick paint job in flat blue and drove it for a year.

I decided to paint the roadster again myself, but this time a little nicer. I have a dozen garage paint jobs under my belt. I spent the winter welding in patch panels and straightening every square inch of the body. It was not straight to say the least.

Being a cheap fart, I bought a gallon of OMNI base black 9700 from eBay for $67 and local gallon of OMN clear for $100.

Well, after a bunch of applications of Bondo and many hours of the idiot stick and guide coats, I painted it. I use a turbine HVLP system, which I like a lot.

I got it done the day prior to MSRA Back to the 50's car show here in Minneapolis. I was very pleased with the final result.

Here are the photos....

 

you did a great job!!!

 

Holy smokes! You wanna paint mine next? Lol

 

Wow ,... looks nice !

 

Looks Great

 

WOW that is a great looking paint job! I don't see a thing wrong with doing it the way you did it........LOOKS GREAT!!!!

 

I thought it wasn't traditional unless you pay 8 grand...

 

WOW!!!!!!!! I wish i could paint like!your car is bitchin to say the least,if you ever get tired of it i would be happy to help take it off your hands,man thats a cool car!

 

Looks good!

 

Nice job, but you are not allowed to say that you spent only $200 on the paint job on this site...haha

 

Great Job !!!

 

Nice job!

I'm about to pop on a turbine system to paint my deuce roadster. What system did you use?


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I'm impressed. Gave me a fresh breath to get going at breakneck speed again.

Very nice detailing. (Man, that seat cover is perfect! Look at the corners...Hard to do!)

 

further proof that skills trump riches every time. nice freakin' work.

 

very nice!

 

love it!classy!

 

x2 lol. i was just reading the "8k for a paint job " thread. this is awesome. why pay 8k if you actually plan to drive the hell out of a car. good job bro. awesome work

 

There goes another keyboard...........

I think it looks great and you came out smellin' like a rose!! I wish I could pull off a $200 paint job, I think that is what I spent on just the reducers alone for mine................

Billy

 

great job, diggin it

 

Fantastic!! You saved $7800.

 

Wow.....

That looks great....well done!

 

nothing wrong with that

 

WOW! 200 Bucks? Killer job! Sweet!

 

Great job! Looks better than most.

Now.... what's the story on that cool camper in one of the pics?

 

Saw your car at BTT 50's it looked great in person. Wow $200? you can shoot paint on my kids Biscayne for me. LOL.

 

Aw jeez... that just looks KILLER!

 

Nice car..your efforts really paid off.

 

Nice job!

But I bet you spent more than $33 on filler, primer, abrasives and welding materials...

 

Sweet!!