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[newtothegame]

Hi there all, as my profile name says "i'm new to the game" of bedfords.. so i'm probably going to ask a question or three that may of been asked in the past, if this is the case then i apologise upfront now..

Anyway i've found 2 "neat looking" straight as a die bedford SWB Van's but in the colour of green and another in baby blue (looks queer as) anyway I'm wanting to find out how much it would cost to respray in a black colour all over -- not show quality but something that would stand out whiles in a parking lot or driving down the street.

I know its a "rough" question to put, but i've got a "tight" budget for the complete build, and i know this will be possibly the largest outlay on the build.

Thankyou if you can give me some info.

Kind REgards

Ben

[BlackBedford]

G'day
Where do you hale from?
How long have they been off the road?
You may need to do brakes etc.
A nice rebuild can easily run to $25,000, how much less than that depends on your ingenuity.

By the way there is a missing green CFS van with a history.

[newtothegame]

hey B.B.

From the south west of Perth... roughly what is a price for a respray for a full change of colour also ? from the green to a black.

Thanks

ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey guys, mate i am close to getting my van painted, after xmas i hope, for a show quality paint job, i was quoted around $2000. That does not cover prep, or air brushing, but that is a good quality paint, in a heated spray booth and 2pac, and done by guys that normally do quarter million dollar mustangs, corvettes and high end customs. So i guess it will depend on the painter and how particular he is, i was lucky i got a perfectionist, but living and working on the goldcoast, every day is a party for him, and trying to keep him on schedule has been a battle in its self, but we are onto the last of the big custom bits in a fortnight and then its just fidderly bits to clean up b4 it goes to paint. So good luck mate, choose your painter carefully, and make sure he listens to what you want, and you should have a nice van. Now, WHERES the pics. lol 

george.

[John Abbott]

Ya teasing me Georgey....

[kimbosound]

got any photos

[Dano]

The white LWB in my gallery has taken me 280 hrs so far , but that includes, putting half the front end in and back together, copious amounts of rust, fabrication of most panels and 90% effort panel n painting...paint itself a 2 pac industrial paint (i love it) prob 6ltrs, <$600.00 paper , bog , tools, etc... I'M NOT GOING THERE..lol (but my tool box looks sht hot)but quite happy with the 'ol girl , not a show room job but I can tell you a sh&^%$T load better than some of " the professional" jobs I have seen.... it's all about the time .....try and find someone willing to keep you motivated (us lot) and a pro willing to "advise"  you as you go... and give it a go , or pay him to come round for a day or two and watch and learn / help out... just a thought, good luck , 

[MaTTe]

newtothegame, it really depends on your budget and what you want from the paint job, but if you do all the work other than the physical painting it will be cheaper, if you expect the painter to sand the van back, fix and problems and then primer the van, sand it back, then paint it as well as all the masking the cost will go up pretty quick.. I know a few painters and most of the time they're flat out (they're still doing plenty of hail damaged vehicles)

dano, sound like you've got a bit of confidence built up now.. when are you starting on that green machine?

[petrolhead]

Here is something for you to consider, contact your local TAFE that does panel/beating & spray painting as they always need projects to learn on, two of my mates got there cars done one was a good paint job the other was done in gloss black and he ended up winning top paint at a car show, he was lucky as this was the students final exam cost? just materials, time, about the same time as a panel shop
Regards
Petrolhead

[petrolhead]

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