Car back from Maaco....Pictures attached

[mally002]

I got my 1971 240Z back today from Maaco, In an earlier post I had mentioned that I was going to give them a "test run" and see how it turned out. The car did need one hole repaired, and some small surface dings but otherwise it was a straight forward sand and paint.

I pulled off everything myself, and removed all the interior panels as well. I'm going to give Maaco an A- for the job......I have found just two issues where there is a small "spot" and one very small run, but when it gets buffed again I think it will take care of it.

When I did my 73 it was over 5k, and the car looked great, but it needed more rust repair and other body work. This job set me back $1,362.46

For the money I am VERY pleased, my car could have gone another 10 years without paint and was a great 5 footer.....now it looks almost perfect.

I drive my cars all the time and really couldn't see doing a 6-10 thousand dollar paint job.....What would that price have gotten me......a car I would be afraid to park and drive. Is mine a show car....nope, but for my local shows and drive outs it's now one of the nicest looking in Tennessee.

Here's some pictures......0h, and hopefully I'll get the side stripes back on next week.

Z-ya,

Randy

PS....It took 8 days and is a base/clear coat in 907 Green.

[TomoHawk]

My 280Z was the same color originally, ( I think so, because the number rubbed off the decal) then the PO painted it a corvette color, "Teal Green" ehatever that is, but I can't find it on any color charts. I don't think the painter bothered to sand the car before painting either (my magnets pull big flakes of paint off. )

Nice car tho.

[Dudeboy]

That looks real good !!!! Did you do any sanding or prepping outside of removing the panels ? My car is street/track car, so I may have to consider Maaco.

[xray]

Looks really sharp, Randy....It'll look even better when the stripes are back on.

What's the situation with the wheelwell? Is that the "hole" you mentioned?

BTW, when you gonna sell me your TR6?

[76Datsun280z]

Looks good, nice and shiny!!

[lonetreesteve]

From looking at the pictures, it looks pretty good, especially for only $1,400.00! Heck, I think my paint guy is charging me that much or more for just the paint, primer and miscellaneous supplies on my latest project.

[Jeff G 78]

Looks great. No reason to go nuts on a DD.

[Weasel73240Z]

The car looks great, and the price is right.

One other option, I had mine painted at a local voc-tech school. I did all the bodywork and door/hatch jambs myself, and brought it there primed. I had to supply materials (about $400), and they charged me $86 in labor. If anyone has a vocational school around ask, they are always looking for work for the kids to do. The kid who painted mine was one of my best friends oldest sons. Now he gets all excited when he sees it on the road. I think he did a great job.

[mally002]

Thanks fella's

It's more of a weekend driver, but still no reason to go nuts......

Steve, I'll trade you the 6 for your newly restored Z....:nervous: Maaco did do the hole repair, i'll try and shoot a picture of it later.

As far as prep, I did not do any sanding, just removed everything and dropped it off....Then 8 days later...Bam it's ready. Of course this shop just opened so I think It was only me and a few others, so they worked on it everyday. When I picked mine up there was another "car junkie" there dropping off his 1971 Dodge Charger, he had done much more of the prep work than I did, and had his ready for paint, gonna try and swing by there next week to see how his turns out.

I wouldn't let the name Maaco scare you away, I thought they did a fine job.

[Goose52]

Looks great!

I'm moving to Crossville later this year so will be just down the road from you. In case I decide to repaint someday - can you provide the location of this Maaco? Is there only one in Knoxville?

Thanks

[bigoak]

Very nice...you're making it harder to justify a $4k paint job...

[Arne]

An interesting comparison, since I just got mine back yesterday. I did pay a lot more than you did, but my local area Maaco isn't interested in this type of work. So mine was done at a shop that does both normal work as well as custom and rod work. I'd seen a hybrid Z that he'd done in the past, so I had some idea of the kind of work he'd do.

For the type of job I wanted, I feel the price I paid was fair. Yours was a bargain.