Re[2]: Maaco, Reliable??

[treilley_at_BANKMARK@conseco.com (treilley)]

     Boy are you lucky.  I got the call when I was 500 miles away that my 
     1977 Spitfire, that I was restoring, was impounded by the sheriff and 
     was going to be sold at a sheriff's auction because the owner of the 
     paint shop who was doing the work had not paid any rent, taxes, etc 
     for 6 months.  Talk about feeling sick.  Completely ruined my 
     vacation.
     
     Tim NJ 90CQ, 77Spitfire


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Subject: Re: Maaco, Reliable??
Author:  Tim Gortner <Tim.Gortner@pobox.com> at Internet
Date:    6/21/96 1:56 PM


I have had one experience with MAACO.  In 1984 I was restoring my 3.0CS 
coupe and the body shop where the work was being done went out of 
business before they could complete the work.  So the car was pretty 
well prepped (but not masked).  I found out they went belly-up when I 
got a call from them informing me that my car was at MAACO at I could 
pick it up there.  You can imagine the sinking feeling in my stomach.  I 
was pleasantly surprised, however, as they actually did a decent job on 
the paint. It was 2-step, etc and looked pretty good for a $399 paint 
job.  There was a LOT of overspray on the trim and in the interior, 
but once I cleaned that up... In fact, it lasted for 10 years and when I 
told other BMW types that it was a Maaco $399 special, they were very 
skeptical.
     
Tim Gortner
Lookout Mt. Colorado (moving to Boston later this summer!!!eeesh) 
'90 V8Q
'90Q20V
'73 3.0cs