RobertKB Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 After a year long nightmare, I finally have my '48 Dodge D25 coupe back from the painters. Too many bad memories to repeat on the forum but at least the car is back and the paint is gorgeous; at least I think so. Slightly different blue than before but I like it better. Still lots of work to do to get it back on the road but at least it is in my garage and under my control. Anyway, here are the pictures. Quote
48P15Annie Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 GEEE that color sureee looks awfully familiar to me!!! I wonder why... Haha, just teasin. That D25 looks FANTASTIC!!! Looking forward to seeing the finished product Quote
55 Fargo Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Rob, looks fantastic, that Blue is excellent, nicest Blue I have seen in a while. Can hardly wait to see it all back together with chrome.........Fred Quote
P-12 Tommy Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Rob, Boy that things gonna look prettttyyyyy!! Nice job. Tom Quote
Beatles65 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Very Nice!!! I love that color and I can't wait to see the final product of all your hard work!! Its a great looking car, you should be very proud! From Nebraska, Andrew. Quote
dezeldoc Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Looks good rob, now you can have some fun with it! Quote
Greenbomb Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Really nice! Had a '47 Ford coupe that same color. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 It does look good, Robert. Glad you finally got it back. Never know what sorta things you may run into when having an old car worked on. Quote
michael.warshaw Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 nice car robert, how long you think it will take to get it back to complete? Quote
RobertKB Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Posted October 22, 2010 nice car robert, how long you think it will take to get it back to complete? Michael, I am thinking I will have it back on the road for next spring. Lots of little jobs I need to do that I have been putting off for years. This last year was the first time in 30 years I have not been able to drive it whenever I wanted to. However, it really needed new paint and now has it. Quote
Alexander Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Looks fantastic!! Can I ask how much prep work you did vs the price you paid to get it painted? what kind of paint system did you use? Good luck! Alex Quote
1950 Special Deluxe Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Looks great now and will look awesome when you get it put back together. You will soon have the winter to put it back together. Forecasting flurries for us next week. Quote
fedoragent Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 After a year long nightmare, I finally have my '48 Dodge D25 coupe back from the painters. Too many bad memories to repeat on the forum but at least the car is back and the paint is gorgeous; at least I think so. Slightly different blue than before but I like it better. Still lots of work to do to get it back on the road but at least it is in my garage and under my control. Anyway, here are the pictures. It looks fantastic! Good looking color! FG. Quote
40phil41 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Very, very nice. Reminds me of when my '40 came back from the paint shop. It was supposed to take 6 weeks to paint and it took just over 7 months. Took me about an additional 7 months to get it all back together. But worth it in the end. Have fun with it. Phil Quote
RobertKB Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Looks fantastic!! Can I ask how much prep work you did vs the price you paid to get it painted? what kind of paint system did you use?Good luck! Alex This picture shows my prep work, just taking it apart. Body work, real prep, and paint all done by someone else. Car was painted twice as the first paint job had many issues. Just one of the pitfalls along the way on a job that should have taken a month taking a year. Oh well, it is home. I have driven the car for 30 years with bad paint and now I can hope to drive it another 30 with nice paint.........if I live to 91. LOL Family genes suggest I will. Paint doesn't look too bad here but a friend and I painted it 30 years ago and it was a bad job then and never improved with age. LOL Also lots of little body work was needed. Car stripped nearly a year ago Edited October 22, 2010 by RobertKB Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Nice to see it back home RobertK it looks great you just can't put a time line on paint. I know we would like to. That's the way it goes. I like the Blue. You took it down to the metal believe it or not that makes it a little harder to do. I am currently repainting my 1941 Studebaker champion all original. We must take it down to the metal as well. Oh boy what's the winter for anyway right:rolleyes: something to do, Enjoy Quote
Jim Saraceno Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Looks great! How you like to come to St. Louis and do the same for my car? Quote
1940plymouth Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Robert, One great looking Dodge, will be waiting for more photos you show your progress of putting the trim and such on her Thanks for sharing, Bob Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted October 23, 2010 Report Posted October 23, 2010 Robert, Great job I know what you are feeling I am in the same place. Chet... Quote
Frank Elder Posted October 23, 2010 Report Posted October 23, 2010 Glad it finally came home, enjoy! Quote
JerseyHarold Posted October 24, 2010 Report Posted October 24, 2010 How many hours did it take to get the whole car down to bare metal? What did you use to do the work? Quote
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