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What an impressive body/ paint shop.  Your car will look beautiful.
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Curious....what do places charge now for that kinda body work...im on a super limited budget. So trying to do as much prep as i can....looks like they are doing a awesome job
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Labor rates are different here than in the U.S.  A friend had his 1969 AMX  painted in the U.S., a shop in North East PA. Same time as this car was being done here and he paid 5,000.00 . Once the shop had the car ready for paint they painted it with a color red that they had on hand just to check body work and how the car would look. Once they were satisfied they sent a paint card sprayed matador red over grey primer and over red. They gave a choice of what to do. Some will say it doesn't make any difference, they believe it does.
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that looks good...  nice work....  and ya  whats under the color dose make a differnce big time.
its the little things that make the biggest difference
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Once they felt the car was ready for final paint they removed the hood, doors and trunk lid . They put seam sealer on all the outside seams and used a seam tape like on newer cars on the door, hood and trunk lid seams.  
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The hood, doors, fender extensions, and trunk were painted off the car.
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 Very nice!!! Could you add any information to the discussion on Matador Red paint that is currently going on in the Restoration section of the forum? 
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The shop mixes their paint. It took them a few tries to get it close. I had a can that was mixed by NAPA and brought with the car from the last time it was painted. They came and picked up the can , it has the data on it and then they were able to get the Matador Red close.
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They got the AMX painted , hood, trunk lid and doors back on and ready for sanding and polishing.
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Fender extensions back on and ready to leave the shop.
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