I could screw around with little stuff forever so I set a deadline and called the body shop. It's about 99 percent ready...one rocker to sand and prime yet. They will pick it up on their truck, check my prep and change anything they don't like, seal it, shoot it, color sand and buff and then deliver back on their truck. $800 to $1200. It is going with fender extensions and valances reinstalled but separated from the body panels by spacers. The stone guards and headlight housings will be be separate since they touch other parts when installed.
Then I get to put it back together, if I remember the order in which the valance, upper and lower stone guard, headlight housings, bumper, grill and pony grill trim goes on.
Back of the car is easy. Just the bumper and valance.
Probably be gone about a week, unless they find something major wrong.
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Vehicle: 1967 convertible(power top) Aqua Interior
Location: Maryland
Posts: 607
wow 800 -1200 is a great price for all that
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Exactly, that's what makes these cars so much fun. The rough ride, constant maintenance, natural sex appeal are what make classic Mustangs a thrill to own and drive, plus you have a huge sense of accomplishment that you can't get anywhere else.
I've seen shops charge that to buff a car! Hope they are a quality shop and you get a great paint job though. Just in time for Christmas! I'm looking at end of Feb or march before we hit paint.
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Nice. Makes for a sharp color on that car. Staying with the Ivy Gold interior also correct?
Yes. What I want is a 65 Mustang which looks the same as it did when it came out of Detroit. I think that comes from the day when I was in 7th grade or so and the Mustang was introduced and we all went down to the Ford dealership to see it. I remember thinking "I want a car like that." Only took me 43 years.
That was a big day. Back then dealers did not stock cars. They had maybe four or five to look at (total cars...not 4 or 5 Mustangs) and customers ordered cars, choosing colors off of samples about an inch square. Took something like two months or more to get your car. The dealers all got just one Mustang each for that day, which was good since most dealer showrooms had room for only one car. But actually, one advantage to ordering a car was they would tell you the day it would be built and you could go to the factory and watch your car being built.
Hard to believe these days, isn't it?
Yes. What I want is a 65 Mustang which looks the same as it did when it came out of Detroit. I think that comes from the day when I was in 7th grade or so and the Mustang was introduced and we all went down to the Ford dealership to see it. I remember thinking "I want a car like that." Only took me 43 years.
That was a big day. Back then dealers did not stock cars. They had maybe four or five to look at (total cars...not 4 or 5 Mustangs) and customers ordered cars, choosing colors off of samples about an inch square. Took something like two months or more to get your car. The dealers all got just one Mustang each for that day, which was good since most dealer showrooms had room for only one car. But actually, one advantage to ordering a car was they would tell you the day it would be built and you could go to the factory and watch your car being built.
Hard to believe these days, isn't it?
My marti report says my car was built 1 day behind schedule
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First car and first mustang, 1969 Mach 1
Going to paint on December 16
