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Discussion in '308/328' started by SlickMurphy, Jan 28, 2005.

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  1. SlickMurphy

    SlickMurphy Formula Junior

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    #1 SlickMurphy, Jan 28, 2005
    I am looking at a locally owned 85' 308QV black on black. It is a 3 owner car with an immaculate service history documenting the cars 30k miles. The mechanicals are sound with a fresh servicing and the interior is as new with very little wear even on the bolsters. They are asking $28,000 for the car because the black paint is SHOT. It is flaking up in many spots and is cracking in other locations. They are deducting the cost of a nice paint job from what the retail value should be on the car. Am I correct in assuming that a paint job will run me $6-10k? Can I just have the poor spots touched up? There is no bondo or bodywork on the car whatsoever! The car is so mechanically perfect that the paint really doesn't scare me all that much. I don't want to show this car, I just want to drive it. Should I be concerned?

    David
     
  2. PerryJ

    PerryJ Formula 3

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    #2 PerryJ, Jan 28, 2005
    there's a nice 83 with no flaking paint, red/tan in ferrrariads. for same price (more or less)
    I would want to know why the paint is flaking.....;)
     
  3. Huskerbill

    Huskerbill F1 Rookie

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    #3 Huskerbill, Jan 28, 2005
    The best paint guy I have ever seen charged $3k for his work. Now I have seen nice jobs for up to 10 K like you are talking about, but the best pne I saw EVER was 3K. And he would STRIP the thing down before he sprayed an OUNCE of paint.
     
  4. Birdman

    Birdman F1 Veteran

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    #4 Birdman, Jan 28, 2005
    The price of the paint job I guess is a function of how much disassembly you do before painting it. Hey, take it to Maaco and get a paint job for $199. KIDDING.

    BTW, the car has PLENTY of Bondo on it. It is under the primer, right where the factory left it. These things are famous for having tons of filler on them right from the start.

    But....WHY is the paint flaking? Is it a repaint with incompatible paints?

    Birdman
     
  5. hardtop

    hardtop F1 World Champ

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    #5 hardtop, Jan 29, 2005
    If you just want to drive it, you can probably get a good quality paint job where stuff is just masked, not disassembled and not stripped to metal for more like 3-5K. Some people think this is better because disassembly/assembly can cause some problems. Could be a good deal.

    Dave
     
  6. LSU348

    LSU348 Formula 3

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    #6 LSU348, Jan 30, 2005
    Sounds like a pretty good price for an 85 GTB QV and a REALLY good price for an 85 GTS QV. I'd say your paint quote is a tad high. As others above have said, depending on what you want done prior to paint it should run 2k-5k. I am a tad partial to this color combination :)



     

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