Expert: william tagle - 9/2/2007

Question
I recently had a 67 Camaro completely stripped down, new metal installed and a complete base/clear paint job done. It was pretty extensive, with it taking about 3 months to complete at the body shop. The shop knew I would be bringing the car back for some 'fixes'. They addressed those but, in about 5 or 6 instances, caused more issues that weren't there prior. So, I took it back again. They fixed those but caused 2 more issues that weren't there before. So, I can either go back there for a third time (and see what they'll cause this time) or take it somewhere new with a good reputation of restoring classics. I have the original paint but am being told that it'll be very hard to blow in the fixes because you'll need to match the pressure of the original gun, etc. Can another shop fix the last couple of things to may car or am I bound to taking it back to the current shop?

Answer
well JIM it sounds to me like your on the begging,of the long road of show cars.as with such time and patience is very important,,,these are the "little" things that makes the difference between shops that work on restoring cars and /or build show cars.where as with the conventional body shop its not rare that the work will be performed by different personal  and that's when these little issues become headaches,I would seriously consider taking my 67 to the proper shop. and as far as fixing the issues on the car "paintwise" i don't see any problem especially with GM colors in the sixties. unless your working with pearls or candys and that is not original pigment;;;;; Jim go with the better shop you will be glad that you did at the end .  hope this helpful to you .