Sorry to see that. I think I can feel your pain from here.

%#§§¿ !!! That just torques me off. Isn't Maier in the Bay Area? Take it to him.

Man, I am bummed looking at that.  Was it really a guy that hit you?  No guy could do that to another  classic car and just drive off, just leaving a note.  There's a good bit of damage there. That had to make a loud noise and racket.

Wow I'm mad! How distracted do you have to be to hit ah parked car !

I don't know if you want to make a coast to coast trip, but for a car like yours I would. Check out Rusty Gillis, he's way far away in FL, but the work he does is amazing!

http://www.gillisrestorations.com/

Just go through this forum and look for anything posted by "rusty428cj" http://www.spiuserforum.com/forumdisplay.php?18-Restorations

Last edited by Raymond_B (1/05/2014 7:04 PM)

That is some seriously slick paint!

terry wrote:

There are 2 members on here who have painted their bumpers.  Both cars are black and I really like that look!  McStang or Lance what did you do to the chrome to prep it to hold paint???  If I didn't have both new bumpers I might consider doing that to mine

McStang that looks like you found a good body shop!!

I probably spent too much time thinking about what to change once I realized that the car would have to be totally repainted if I wanted it to come out right. For the bumpers my 'secret trick' is fiberglass snug-fit parts from Maier Racing. Both front and rear took some massaging to get the fit I wanted - had to cut the rear in half to make it about 3/8" wider even though it fit almost perfectly with no mods on my buddy's car. Spent a lot of time talking to Mike M. about fitting fiberglass and the pretty extreme variations from one car to another - stuff that modern bodyshops almost never have to deal with I gather. Anyway, I decided to go for more of a stealth fighter look, little shinier though () and also pulled all the eblems, rocker moldings and quarter vent moldings. I'm planning on putting the rest of the shiny stuff back on though. The hood and front valence are also from Mike's shop. Good stuff and good folks to deal with.
 

Super look! Now I gotta go and do my bumpers like that!

Mike Maier's Mustang.

Maier Racing Mustang: More grip than a GT3? - /BI…: http://youtu.be/42GTMDhLG2Y

BobE wrote:

Looks great, can't help but to ask ... any trouble w/the insurance coverage from the other guy?

No thankfully. The guy left a note and our folks, State Farm, handled the whole thing with the shop that I took it to – recommended by Maier Racing – with no fuss at all. I, of course, elected to have some extra work done that cost me more but overall it ended up being a good deal for the 'upgrades' I think. Funny 'cuz this is what the public service officer that documented the incident in the first place said might happen, "you could end up coming out ahead in the long run". He also gave me a card for his Uncle’s shop… In hindsight I'd have to agree with his general assessment though, it's a better paint job than it had before, cost me less than it would've if I'd started from scratch and I got to fix a bunch of other stuff without having to worry about messing up paint that I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise.

The shop I took the car to mostly does work on new luxury cars but is run by a friend of Mike's who has built a couple of pretty slick vehicles even if there's something questionable about the badging...
http://www.lsxtv.com/features/car-features/brian-hobaughs-73-camaro-is-an-autocrossing-demon-hunter/
http://www.heeltoedriving.com/BrianHobaughCorvette-12

 

McStang - good info, thanks.  I have State Farm also, when I insured the car I specifically asked about coverage and informed them of the money spent on the vehicle for which I have the receipts.  They responded 'no problems', I asked if they wanted to take pictures for documentation purposes, they stated it wouldn't be necessary.  The agent called back a few days later and asked me to bring the car to the office to take pictures.  I was glad that they did as apparently they followed up rather then just telling me what I wanted to hear and accepting my payment.
Your car looks great.