New black paint

[chero69gt]

Brought my Custom home from the painter shop today.
I am very happy with the job that he did

[hiball3985]

WOW!! That looks awesome.

[RICH MUISE]

Sharp!!!! Can't go wrong with black when the prep is done right as yours obviously was.

[Marc]

wow!! Looks fantastic!

[Ford Blue blood]

Very nice!!!!!!

[Contibob]

Hey Roger, The car looks great. Can't wait to see it in person. Bob

[suede57ford]

What a great looking Custom. Great representation of the '57 Ford.

[Lou]

If you don't mind me asking , what did it cost, around here it would be $7,000 to $10,000

[chero69gt]

Thank you for all the nice comments. I am really happy with the way it turned out.
I have the interior out being redone right now, so it should be ready to start cruising
in a couple of weeks. Bob, give a call or stop by sometime. I would enjoy chatting with you
and having you check it out. As far as the price, I work at a high end auto restoration
shop. We do pebble beach type restores on million dollar cars, such as, V16 Cadillacs,
Au burns, and the like. I could not afford to have the job on my car done through the shop,
but the painter offered to do it on the side for me, and the shop owner let him use the
spray booth. He asked me to not divulge the cost, but I will say that it was a little less
than the prices that you listed, and that included body work.

                                                                             Roger

[JPotter57]

Now that is a beauty.  Great job..

[djfordmanjack]

a brilliant car, wow ! also the chrome Cragars looking great with the paint and Custom trim.

[Custom_Shelby]

Looks like the application on the paint came out great!, did you have the body stripped down to the bare shell and put it together yourself after paint?  Or did the body & paint people reassemble it?....example photo

[hiball3985]

Thank you for all the nice comments. I am really happy with the way it turned out.
I have the interior out being redone right now, so it should be ready to start cruising
in a couple of weeks. Bob, give a call or stop by sometime. I would enjoy chatting with you
and having you check it out. As far as the price, I work at a high end auto restoration
shop. We do pebble beach type restores on million dollar cars, such as, V16 Cadillacs,
Au burns, and the like. I could not afford to have the job on my car done through the shop,
but the painter offered to do it on the side for me, and the shop owner let him use the
spray booth. He asked me to not divulge the cost, but I will say that it was a little less
than the prices that you listed, and that included body work.

                                                                             Roger

Last fall I went to an open house at shop that does similar work off the #5 and #126 in Santa Clarita, just wondering if thats the one?

[chero69gt]

Again, thanks for all for the compliments. The body was not stripped down as far as your example.
All the trim and glass was removed, and the interior with the exception of the dash. And the running
gear was still in it. I put everything back together myself, with some help from a friend of mine.
The shop which  you referenced is not the one that I work at. My shop is in Redlands, Ca. The ones
that did the paint lined up all of the body panels and block sanded the daylights out of it.

                                                                                                         Roger

[Jeff Norwell]

One word.
Outstanding.