Thread: Two tone paint on a Model A roadster

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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

My point of all the rambling is that there is no "set amount" for paint services.
I can tell you that skim coating is a good idea, since all of the new bodies will have some imperfections. I have been in the custom paint biz for 35 years, and I can tell you with certainty, the only question is "how many?". What they do not show you in those TV programs is the same guy that spead that glaze all over the car spent the next two days block sanding it flat.....and that's a fact!!! Expect it to affect the price.

HOTROD PAINT & StylingZ,
I will be eventually posting the body prep pictures of my Brookville bodied 30-31. Be rest assured, there are LOTS of fairly significant imperfections - the worst that I have found so far is that the tops of the rear quarters, just adjacent to the raised detail next to the trunk are incorrectly formed - being very low. The door skins are low on both the hinge and latch side and the trunk lid looks like it was formed with a ball pein hammer, including the lap over the inner panel. Then to top it off, the primer is a very soft red oxide acrylic and needs to be entirely rmoved (per email from Brookville ). And I would guess they put it on to hide their screwups.

This all means that the entire body as supplied by Brookville needs at least a skim coat of filler.

StylingZ,
This is just more of my trials on this car - wish I could be more upbeat, but this is the way it is - hope yours is better.

Added 9/15 - I have the Brookville raised rear deck former ($150 mistake to buy, but...) and they leaded it into place. That's fine, but to hide their assembly errors, they spot puttied the grooves left from grinding !!!!
Also, the top of the quarters are worse than suspected tho the sides are surprisingly straight