Painting An Uncompleted 6000 Series Roller

[Bernica]

NYG:

Sir,

"Nemám čas pro vás"

"Non ho tempo per voi"

Look them up. That should keep you busy for a while and away from polluting decent threads!

Thank you.

[NewYorkGuy]

Originally Posted by Bernica

NYG:

Sir,

"Nemám čas pro vás"

"Non ho tempo per voi"

Look them up. That should keep you busy for a while and away from polluting decent threads!

Thank you.

U avoided a question. maybe Mr Rodney knows. (and I am not calling out Mr. McClusky). Who actually paints the car at his shop, him or an employee?

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy

U avoided a question. maybe Mr Rodney knows. (and I am not calling out Mr. McClusky). Who actually paints the car at his shop, him or an employee?

I think that's a question for Siri. I dunno.

[rodneym]

Nice thread...

McCluskey paints glass but not necessarily many glass Cobras.

Does Mike paint himself? Is that a serious question?
Luis has been painting historic race cars at Mike's for over 25 years.
Luis is an absolute world class automotive paint artist - rarified craftsmanship.

FYI, the paint that McCluskey delivers is levels above what's on a CSX. That's no dig to Shelby, btw.

As I said in my previous post, the quality is much better but the cost would never be made back later but who cares.

Some people here pay tons of money on our hobby but make left turns into gas stations to save a penny per gallon... Value is in the eye of the beholder.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by rodneym

Nice thread...

McCluskey paints glass but not necessarily many glass Cobras.

Does Mike paint himself? Is that a serious question?
Luis has been painting historic race cars at Mike's for over 25 years.
Luis is an absolute world class automotive paint artist - rarified craftsmanship.

FYI, the paint that McCluskey delivers is levels above what's on a CSX. That's no dig to Shelby.

As I said in my previous post, the quality is much better but the cost will never be made back later but who cares.

Some people here pay tons of money on our hobby but make left turns into a gas stations to save a penny per gallon... Value is in the eyes of the beholder.

Some of us here respect true craftsmanship and quality...and you pay for that as you should! For me, I'm working on putting some patina on my 98-point car and saying "that's all by me"!

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by ASO544

What are the pros and cons of changing the color of a 6000 series glass CSX roller? Do you think it really hurts the value of the car if the paint is done a nicely as it comes from the manufacturer ?

Basically considering going from a Diamond Black with White Stripes to just solid Onyx Black. Is this a huge mistake or bad karma?

Thanks
AKM

Back on topic...
ASO544, are you considering removing the body or painting it in place on the roller? That will be a big cost difference, of course. I would go with McCluskey's Guardsman Blue myself, but your choice.

[RodKnock]

Bernica, maybe the San Antonio Spurs can borrow some of those "points" of yours? Oy.

[stephen_becker]

I would try really (really) hard NOT to paint it - Very long and tedious process that requires breaking down the entire car to do it correctly. not for the faint of heart (or wallet!)

SGB

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by stephen_becker

I would try really (really) hard NOT to paint it - Very long and tedious process that requires breaking down the entire car to do it correctly. not for the faint of heart (or wallet!)

SGB

Stephan is absolutely correct. To have it done right, you won't see the car again for quite some time and you will be writing a pretty fat check!
Also, as previously discussed in this thread, you need to find someone proven and familiar with working on these cars and the entire process IMHO.

[RodKnock]

You guys do realize that this was a thread about painting a CSX roller?

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

You guys do realize that this was a thread about painting a CSX roller?

Yes, and I apologize for straying. Patrick made me do it!
I should have been posting on his other thread and not here...

Back to paint....

[peterpjb]

painting a cobra is not a big deal compared to integral body cars, while painting an integral body car you have to disassemble everthing because the body is painted inside and outside, on cobra only the outer skin is painted, so you only have to disassemble the outer parts,

the mccluskey price-speculations are quite irrelevant, the quality of his paintings is in absolute no relation to the base-quality of a fiberglas csx-roller-body, i really doubt if he would do a paint job on a glass car

[Mongoose930]

Metal-Morphous (Custom Plating, Metalization and Painting) and Conn Custom do amazing paint jobs on 'glass ERA cobras on a regular basis. The cost is no where near $25K and they are starting with a raw fiberglass body. I would think that a painted Shelby body would need far less prep than a raw ERA glass body. This should be a relatively inexpensive and straightforward project.

[peterpjb]

Originally Posted by Mongoose930

Metal-Morphous (Custom Plating, Metalization and Painting) and Conn Custom do amazing paint jobs on 'glass ERA cobras on a regular basis. The cost is no where near $25K and they are starting with a raw fiberglass body. I would think that a painted Shelby body would need far less prep than a raw ERA glass body. This should be a relatively inexpensive and straightforward project.

i saw a csx glass body this weekend at spa-classic and i was extremly disapointed about the quality....