[ROVERNET - UK] Painting My Car - Maaco

[Glen Wilson]

Roland,

Those old Magnettes are sweeties!  I just missed getting one once.

My impression of painting cars is that you really need quite a bit of 
space to do it well, but Practical Classics is full of beautiful cars 
that were painted by some Brit in the alley behind his townhouse using 
some sort of gizmo that involved a shop vac and a garden hose.

;-)

The first car I had to drive around was a Renault Dauphine that my 
father had painted two-tone brown and white with a paint brush. It 
actually looked pretty good, when I was seventeen!

Glen

roland wrote:
> --- Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>   
>>
>> Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
>>     
>>> If I ever decide to take my car to Maaco, I would
>>>       
>> find out who's 
>>     
>>> painting my car and slip him $50 before he starts
>>>       
>> and then let him 
>>     
>>> know that there's another $50 coming his way when
>>>       
>> the job's done.
>>
>> Amen to that!
>>
>> And find a Catholic friend who can arrange to have a
>> mass said for your car.
>>
>> Glen
>>     
> Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm seriously thinking
> of painting it myself. Not to try to save money, just
> for the experience. Also, Trevor Boicey is a bit of an
> encouragement. :-)
>
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/magnette/
>
> I used to own a Magnette too. I miss that car.
>
>       roland
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