Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well!

I know I haven't been on here a while, but now that I have my internet back up and running there is one question I am itching to find out...
...I have scoured the internet and in particular this forum for a rough estimate on how much it would cost to get me '67 moggie re-sprayed. I'm sorry if I am digging up an old post I haven't come across, but any information would be greatly appreciated.

I live in the midlands so if anyone knows of anywhere nearby I could take her then please let me know

Thank you

Dan

Hi Dan, welcome back

Respray prices can vary greatly. If you are planning on doing the prepping yourself this will save a lot of money (providing it's done properly!) as you'll be spending a lot on labour charges if someone else does this for you. It also depends on whether you want a top quality paint job or just a quick 'blow over'. A good quality job, including prep, would cost in the region of £2,000. There are quite a few regulars on here from the midlands area so I'm sure someone will be able to recommend somewhere.

Costs will be dependent of the type of job you want. If all panels are left on and chrome rubbers glass etc simply masked off ,the car basically keyed to take a thin primer or direct top coat then maybe £5-600 using low grade materials and no warranty.
If you are looking for a professional job then the car will be split into individual panels, brackets etc shot blasted of cleaned back to bare metal, inside and out of all panels panel gap setting, shaping and correct prep and top coat you will be looking at £4K+.
For a top notch full respray ie stripped, acid dipped, ecoated prep'd and painted to concours standard refitted less any welding, mechanicals or retrim you will look at £10K
Prices based on £35plus vat, so remember a price such as the one offered by Louise will net the paintshop £1739.13 minus £400 plus vat materials will only leave a labour time of 3-4 days, not enough time to do a goodprofessional job.

I stand corrected although I'm sure that someone posted on here recently that they'd had a good job done for around £2,000? So with london labour charges at around £60 per hour I'd be looking at around £6k for a professional job? I think I'll just stick with the T Cut and polish

There are several grades of pro resprays, a good re colour , which is simply that a quick key of the surface and a good top coat, , next a better version with a bit of shaping priming then top coat , then the next a crash repair job (bottom level) filler and minimal prep plus colour coating, a good crash repair job , then you move into restoration which is a completely different ball game, but one which still has tiers of quality and cost.
Its a nightmare to judge who is doing what, so a visit and first hand look at a chosen shop should give you clues as to what you are going to experience.
Recommendation is sometimes usefull but depends on the percieved quality of the person recomending.
Remember its easy to put a glossy coat of paint onto what might be a pretty straight car and make it look like a pro resto, however time will out the short cuts.
Having said this some bodyshops are desperate for work and fed up of the insurance companies dictating costs and what should be done , normally for a mere £20 an hour. So you might find a bargain.
Remember too , you 'normally' get what you pay for.

That's brill advice Johnathon. I've always thought of the respray business as a bit of a 'cloaked' profession. I'm thinking of getting Albert spruced up a bit. That helps give a better idea of the options.

Thank You.

I'm new to this kind of thing...it's my first classic car, and while 99% of the paintwork is original and in tact, there are a few area's where they have been filled and are a different colour, and a couple of chips here and there. Obviously I want whats best for my moggie, but cost is an issue.

Thanks for all your advice!

Dan

You can buy 'rattle' spray cans in most of the original colours - and given warm dry weather - and some patience - it is perfectly possible to do a very good job of re-spraying a panel with these. Best to do a complete panel - any slight colour variations are then much less noticeable.
This one http://www.morrisminorspares.net/shop_item.php?ID=2660 is Old English White as an example - obviously other colours are available!

I did a Minor for my dad years ago, all the welding, and all the mechanical stuff and brakes.

One weekend, soon after the MOT, he Hammerited it with a brush. Hammered effect, not smooth!

Half of mine has been resprayed professionaly (owner -2) badly and the back half has been 'canned' not only are they different colours but you can clearly see the spray 'blooming' from the cans on the side panels I'll repaint her in the spring minus 1 this morning toooo cold for that sort of thing.