Anywhere from $500 at Macco to $8,000+ for a perfect restoration.
Getting perfect body alignment, the doors etc, takes a ton of time. If you are having everything taken apart to be painted it is going to be labor intensive, before any materials are even factored in.
A straight no pitted rust in original paint I will paint for $5,000, a rusted out with several coats of paint and rotten door post, rockers, and so on I would charge $10,000.
After replacing the sheetmetal I replaced. The primer, filler, sealer, seam sealer, paint, solvent, hardener, single stage solid color paint, bead liner, metal prep, sponges, sand paper, masking tape and paper cost me about $1500.00 in materials only, about 5 years ago. This counts no labor, hundreds of hours of labor or replacement parts. This is just prep and shoot by myself. This was painted apart in my back yard body diseemble but still on a fully loaded chassis.
A straight no pitted rust in original paint I will paint for $5,000, a rusted out with several coats of paint and rotten door post, rockers, and so on I would charge $10,000.
/\/\This/\/\ is why mine is still primer and likely always will be, WH Rally 2000 seats, Duff aluminum door panels, custom painted dash, a/c, full Autometer instrumebntation, tons and tons of interior upgrades, and a damn fine suspension set up, with a healthy Windsor and a straight f'n body too......but with prices like these I will probably never paint it....
Sigh.....sux being a poor eb owner, lol.
Which is why I have concluded I will either do the Rustoleum / yacht paint method or get a cheap gun and do it myself.
Running around in primer will get old.
Been running around in gray or ruddy Brown primer for 30 years.
When does it start getting old?
Lol
Been running around in gray or ruddy Brown primer for 30 years.
When does it start getting old?
Lol
Many thanks to all who posted. It looks like the $8,000 that I’m quoted for professional painting with quality materials is right in the ballpark.