There are several experienced Roadster painters around the country. What part are you in?

 

I'm curious about this as well. I live in the DFW area of Texas and really don't want to have to drag the car too far to have it painted, but I do want a really nice paint job. Oh, and ghost flames. I gotta have ghost flames.

Eric

 

I'm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The closest shop I've read about on the forum is Mastercraft in Ovilla, TX.
Eddie

 

I don't know what else is in your area (I'm sure somebody down there will chime in), but there is Whitbey's in North Carolina:

http://www.whitbymotorsports.com/UHome.asp

 

There are dozens of painters across the country who have painted these cars. Some have done several and others have done only one or two. We have a couple of shops who sponsor the forum with advertisements that do great work ('da Bat was just in Hot Rod with the FFR '33 project and I've seen Street Rod Painter mentioned in our old Kit Car magazine before it went away a few months ago).

That being said, they aren't always accessible to everyone due to location. A local builder I know had considered Whitby's, but by the time he added up transportation costs reconsidered (nothing against their work AT ALL, just a financial decision) and found a local painter who had done an FFR Coupe before. He's around the same price, without added transportation costs, and he can drive 10 minutes to check on the car.

Post your location (or update your user info so it is under your avatar) and I'm sure people will recommend more shops.

Eric, not sure of the total distance, but there's KR Performance & Restorations straight north of you in Nebraska. They did our Roadster. www.krpandr.com

HTH...
Mark

 

It would be nice to have such a list, however, it would not be fair to paid vendors. Publishing a list of painters here would take business away from them when their money is what keeps this site around. The paying vendors already go above and beyond by giving free body and paint advice on a regular basis.

Not saying you shouldn't go with a local guy if you want, just saying the names of the businesses shouldn't be posted here.

 

I disagree. Sort of. A list? No. But sharing your experience/information? Well, consider that the primary purpose of this forum, as I have been led to believe form Bill and many others, is to help folks building their FFRs. If someone has information about a local service provider, for whatever it is that person needs for his/her FFR, not being able to post it here would actually HINDER someone from finishing their car.

I'm not saying that every company that paints cars or sells parts should be able to come in and advertise their service by posting replies, but if someone has experience with a vendor that doesn't happen to be an advertiser here, what is the harm? Doesn't the sharing of experiences, good or bad, help people make better decisions on how to spend their money, which in turn incentivizes the supporting vendors to maintain their high standards of quality and customer service?

Is it really the forum's position that unless someone is a supporting vendor, then any information about them cannot be posted and/or discussed here? That seems to be counterintuitive to the reason this forum exists. And if indeed that is the case, the moderators should be going over a whole bunch of posts and deleting references and warning/banning people for posting information on those "outlaw" vedors.

Seriously, I think the point is to prevent vendors that are not paid advertisers here from making "backdoor" advertisements for services. If someone isn't predisposed to ship his car half-way across the country just to patronize a supporting vendor, they're not going to do it, and if someone else is, that's what they will do. I think the supporting vendors' ads speak for themselves, and I have used some of them myself, and they rock! But if there is an alternative that caters to someone that can't afford those vendors, for money, time, whatever, and a forum member knows one that could help, it would be a shame if we couldn't share that information.

Again, if sharing you personal experience with non-supprting vendors is a no-no, then I am guilty of violating the rules, and so are many, many others. With all of the complaining about certain peoples' behavior going around right now, and without casting stones, I think everyone could benefit from settling down and stop trying to control every aspect of what goes on here. It is becoming an increasingly common occurrance, and increasinly irritating and counterproductive, to read posts about how one person feels someone else isn't following the rules. I have read the rules. I try to abide by them as best I can. I think most folks do the same. If I make a mistake, I expect to be notified. If someone else does, it's really none of my business. It's the moderators' business.

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Can we get some of that, please? Don't the moderators, and Bill, have enough to worry about already?

Eric

 

A lot of people have shipped or trailered their cars 1/2 across the country or further to have one of the premier painters do their car.

 

www.whitbymotorcars.com in Greensboro would be a good choice for you.

 

Karl Gess, Crete IL, does great work. He did mine and surpassed my expectations, and I'm a very picky guy. Was also reasonably priced 3 years ago...

 

I'm not going to say anything...the last time I made a comment about something it cost me dearly, in fact it's still costing me. But I will be back with more comments when the time is right.
Lile

 

I guess my recommendation would be to get active and talk with the other FFR owners in your area. Speak with them privately - PM, phone, email, in person meetings - find out where they got their car done, ask for their experience. That will give you the local options, then you can decide where to go local or one of the bigger name guys.

Of all the aspects of your car, nothing, and I mean nothing is more visible than the bodywork/paint. You can have a gold plated 427FE, but unless you open the hood, nobody will ever know... paint however.....will draw someone across the parking lot.

 

If you only want the "shinny happy" info, search the forum. If you want to hear more get involved and PM others.
I found this out the hard way.

Well said, guys!

Eric

 

If you only want the "shinny happy" info, search the forum. If you want to hear more get involved and PM others.
I found this out the hard way.

 

I'm having trouble finding FFR owners near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I can't be the only one.... So far, the closest I found are in Texas.

Eddie

 

Eddie - post in the region forum, also create a post here - title it something like ' Need help - all FRR owners in LA or Baton Rouge area'

 

PM sent on a reference you can check on.