69 Hemi Roadrunner.

[hemi-hampton]

Looked like a Mirror after Rubbing. Onto the Trailer & It's gone. LEON.

[charge69]

Beautiful paint job, sir.  The body had to be super straight to spray black and the wet-sanding had the black truly shining like a mirror!

My Charger is also single-stage paint with no clear coat applied. takes a little extra work but ............................. people are amazed that it is so shiny without clear coat.

Congrats on a fine job !!

[JB400]

Done a great job

[73rallye440magnum]

After spending a few years building concourse cars I was able to recognize the difference between single stage jobs and clear coat. Clear coat has no place in restoration. 

[hemi-hampton]

Beautiful paint job, sir.  The body had to be super straight to spray black and the wet-sanding had the black truly shining like a mirror!

My Charger is also single-stage paint with no clear coat applied. takes a little extra work but ............................. people are amazed that it is so shiny without clear coat.

Congrats on a fine job !!

The Body was wavy when I got it, lots of little waves. I blocked it a little to get a little straighter but it's no mint showcar, just a race car. When I was Doing Showcars for Chrysler our company charged Chrysler $50,000.00 for showcar paint as far as I know. And thats on a brand new car with zero milage & no bodywork. How many Musclecar owners want to spend $50k just for paint, Flawless showcar paint. Not many. LEON.

[tan top]

    

Looked like a Mirror after Rubbing. Onto the Trailer & It's gone. LEON.

 nice job   ,   , would like to see pictures of it finished sometime

After spending a few years building concourse cars I was able to recognize the difference between single stage jobs and clear coat. Clear coat has no place in restoration.  

true   , as awesome as over restored solid Base & clear painted cars are    ,   imo they look too false  , not sure if that's the right word , plasticky looking  maybe  not sure even that's the right word  

when I started doing body & paint 28 years ago  ,  &  when I first got my charger 2 years later ,  thought  when I repaint my charger going to do it base &  4 coats of clear etc  may be flat it more clear etc etc    , then  started seeing  real good  2k base & clear repaints at shows  , they looked awesome  , but not right  ,  on old time muscle cars   , too modern , ok on modern cars !  hard to explain  . or may be its just what a painter notices    , could tell the difference      ,  so when I eventually done a nut & bolt resto on mine  ,  used 3 coats of 2k  single stage , over   yellow/ cream hibuild primer ,  

sometimes  , with customers cars ,  I use to mix a bit of single stage clear up &  put it in with the paint , for the  last coat , on single stage blacks reds dark blues , use to make it flow out like water , was dependent on the resto  type of   car /job etc  .  no good if you were color sanding  ,  but would almost  be gun finish , providing there was no specks of dirt in the paint   & let it air dry over night , as opposed to baking it

[hemi-hampton]

Not done yet. Still got wavy Fenders & extremely wavy hood to do & Misc. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Custom Fender Tag.

[myk]

Beautiful paint job, sir.  The body had to be super straight to spray black and the wet-sanding had the black truly shining like a mirror!

My Charger is also single-stage paint with no clear coat applied. takes a little extra work but ............................. people are amazed that it is so shiny without clear coat.

Congrats on a fine job !!

The Body was wavy when I got it, lots of little waves. I blocked it a little to get a little straighter but it's no mint showcar, just a race car. When I was Doing Showcars for Chrysler our company charged Chrysler $50,000.00 for showcar paint as far as I know. And thats on a brand new car with zero milage & no bodywork. How many Musclecar owners want to spend $50k just for paint, Flawless showcar paint. Not many. LEON.

I wouldn't spend 50K on an entire car, let alone just the paint and body.  It boggles the mind how far you can take things...

[John L]

Leon,
You doing paint jobs for side money or eating your living doing them? Not being nosey, I would keep you in mind when we break the Charger down for paint in a few years.

John

[hemi-hampton]

Leon,
You doing paint jobs for side money or eating your living doing them? Not being nosey, I would keep you in mind when we break the Charger down for paint in a few years.

John

After working on hundreds & hundreds of flat black HellCat Challenger hoods they are all done & show season aint till the end of year so got laid off again. Since I'm laid off I'm doing some Mopar Side Jobs. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

 nice job   ,   , would like to see pictures of it finished sometime


TAN TOP, He tells me it's going to be in some Magazines soon. I think Hemmings was one. And some Racers mag? LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Almost done. just gotta paint the 2 black strips oh hood & fenders. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

More Pics. LEON.

[tan top]

Almost done. just gotta paint the 2 black strips oh hood & fenders. LEON.

nice job   ,   , would like to see pictures of it finished sometime


TAN TOP, He tells me it's going to be in some Magazines soon. I think Hemmings was one. And some Racers mag? LEON.

   nice !!   , looks awesome   

thanks for posting the pictures         

[RIDGERACER383]

That think looks amazing.... Was the car really straight?.. Did you have to do alot of body work on it to get it straight?

[hemi-hampton]

The owner wanted original looking paint with orange peel so I left as much orange peel in as I could but also denib the dirt out. Easier said then done. To get a car super super straight takes much more time & money then most people want to pay. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Pics from back. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Finaly got it done last week when I put the flat black Organisol stripes on hood & fenders. It was 71% humidity that day & since I was spraying laquer it seems i was getting some blushing (moisture traped in paint) making hoods black uneven. Anybody want to take a guess at how much a body shop would charge to do this kinda paint job, which includes bare metal blasted undercarriage epoxy primed, bare metal blasted engine compartment, new core support welded in, a week blocking & priming, a week sanding & rubbing, ect, ect. 7 weeks of work total. What would a body shop charge to do all that? LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Nobody wants to take a guess on a price for this kind of work? $10k? $15k? $20k?

[PasiR]

$25k.

[71 SE3834V]

I don't wanna guess I just wanna ask....will you be my friend?? 

Nice work by the way.

[hemi-hampton]

$25k.

Well, I charged less then $25k. I charged less then $10k. Just goes to show you can get a good Quality paint job for less then $10k. at least by me you can. Anybody need there Mopar Painted? LEON.

[71 SE3834V]

 

[hemi-hampton]

nice job   ,   , would like to see pictures of it finished sometime


TAN TOP, He tells me it's going to be in some Magazines soon. I think Hemmings was one. And some Racers mag? LEON.

Tan Top, The car was featured in a 6 page Article in April issue of Fastest Street car Magazine. Pics below. LEON.