<VV> Earl Scheib Paint Jobs

[Jim Houston]

I had a '57 Chevy sedan painted at Earl Schieb in 1972 just before I 
went to England (Air Force).  I gave the car to my mom to drive.  When I 
got back to Texas in 1977, the paint still looked pretty good...  only 
problem that showed up was some crazing on the trunk lid.  Paint still 
passed when I sold the car in 1981...

Jim Houston

On 5/19/2010 2:14 PM, Marc Marcoulides wrote:
> I had my 89 Chev S-10 painted by Maaco 2 years ago and they did a good job, of course the only thing my pick up does is back and forth to work or haul stuff, its not for show. Maaco was the best price I found, I looked extensivly.
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>> From: Ken Maxwell<kobramax at insightbb.com>
>> Sent: May 19, 2010 9:09 AM
>> To: Virtual Vairs<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Subject: Re:<VV>  Earl Scheib Paint Jobs
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>> I had two of Earl's el-cheapo paint jobs put on my Corvairs in the 70's. I
>> had them paint my 65 Corsa coupe white ($19.95) and my 61 Lakewood metallic
>> blue ($39.95). They both looked pretty good at first. I did pull a chunk of
>> white paint off the decklid of the Corsa when I removed the masking tape for
>> my "Rustoleum" blue racing stripes. I had waxed only the decklid in an
>> attempt to bring back the original paint before I had Earl paint it. I guess
>> sanding was an option! The rest of the paint stayed on pretty well until the
>> Corsa t-boned a guard-rail at 50 mph. A lot of it flaked off then!
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>> I sold the Lakewood to a buddy shortly after I painted it but I recently
>> stumbled across its remains in the back lot of a local repair shop. Almost
>> all of the metallic blue paint is gone! It hasn't been sanded off or been
>> repainted, it just fell off. It is now back to its beautiful light green
>> finish which really isn't too bad!
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>> Ken Maxwell
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>> Louisville, KY
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>> 67 Monza
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>> 65 Corsa
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