AZGTO Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Unreal how slow they are. We ran into a similar slowness issue when we got our 1970 Olds 442 painted a few years back at a local body shop in Tempe. It was frustrating to say the least. Edited January 9, 2014 by AZGTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimitedDodge Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hopefully their quality will be worth all the time, frustration, and money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 honestly never felt comfortable with any of the paint shops we were trying to source out the work to. this guy has done most of fesler's cars and we worked out a trade - the old big block for the paint work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 little bit more - guys doing most of this after his normal work hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 moar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egott_91 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Uh oh! It almost has color! 2008fx4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feets31 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Throw some Adams on it and call it a day! Adams can make primer shine. 2008fx4 and ksell87 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hopefully things start to move at a quicker pace now. 2008fx4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlack151 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Once this thing is done I think there should be an Adams Daily Special of your choice to celebrate! 2008fx4, MAYBEN and ksell87 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 more.... mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Think we are close to paint. Body came off the frame shortly after these pics were taken Autoguide app sucks mc2hill and MAYBEN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Z71_Denali Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 woohoo! long time coming! can't wait to see the final turn out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluezey Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Holy Smokes! What an ordeal!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) so - still such a effed up project - along with an effed up company to deal with. they wont even spend $50 and 6 hrs time to go pick up the frame from the painters. so instead of the frame getting powdercoated, the wheels getting new hoops, motor and trans going in, all the lines for the brakes, fuel etc being run, the frame is just sitting. no work being done to progress the build forward. the shop in phoenix is absolutely no help - they told me to go get the frame myself. awesome. supposedly more work has been done and they are gonna spray some samples for me to see by the end of the week. so, at the rate things are going, i'll probably see those color samples some time in October. Edited March 17, 2014 by 2008fx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 How did the frame get to the painters? Your paying them big money to restore this car and this is what you get? Tell them word of mouth is there best advertisement regardless of the quality of work they do. Who wants to wait as long as you have to have their car done. 2008fx4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 How did the frame get to the painters? Your paying them big money to restore this car and this is what you get? Tell them word of mouth is there best advertisement regardless of the quality of work they do. Who wants to wait as long as you have to have their car done. car was put on a trailer to get to the painters. 97.8 miles door to door. supposedly now both fesler's trailer and the painters trailer are either borrowed or broken. convenient. this is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) car was put on a trailer to get to the painters. 97.8 miles door to door. supposedly now both fesler's trailer and the painters trailer are either borrowed or broken. convenient. this is brutal. Really, they have only 1 trailer each and they send work back and forth to each other? This is like hiring a plumber and him telling you he has no pipe wrenches and needs you to go hit the Hardware store to get one to do your job. They wouldn't be in business long. This is ridiculous. If it were me, I would give them X amount of time to get the car done or your going to pursue it legally. At this point what do you have to lose? You have been more than patient waiting and they have done nothing but drag their feet. Anybody with some common sense should side with you with as long as you have waited. Maybe even offer to go get it yourself and tell them you will be deducting time and money from the bill for doing work that they are responsible for. Especially when they took it to that painter. It wasn't someone you picked. Edited March 17, 2014 by LFairbanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 love it when i call the guy that owns the shop to ask whats going on with my project, and he says hes away from the shop and will get back to me a week later. awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feets31 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Maybe no one really works there full time and they just bus someone in once in awhile. I'd been in jail by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimitedDodge Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 He is too busy posting old completed projects and parts on facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008fx4 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 So bypassed the shop and contacted the painter directly. Seemed like the logical choice to get paint samples and make the final decision on the color. Got three colors sprayed in a weeks time and got the samples in the mail today: The silver on the left: Volkswagen Reflex Silver - the original color The silver in the middle: A Nissan Silver - which Fesler had a Nova sprayed The silver on the right: a GM Silver I chose the silver on the right - paint code WA636R - gonna keep the color in the family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I like it. Terrible that you have to go through what you do. One would figure that if a person is spending as much money as this would be the owner would be more than accommodating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I like the GM Silver myself. Did you ever get the frame issue resolved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feets31 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Did you ask the painter when his trailer would be fixed and able to pick up your frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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