When I first moved to California in 1971 Earl Schieb's commercials ran
incessantly and he claimed he would paint any car for $29.95! The joke at the
time was that all they did was mask off the windows and started spraying.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 09/18/2001 10:37:36 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> SDOliner@aol.com writes:
>
> > By the way is that an Earl Schieb's paint job?
> >
> > David Oliner
> >
>
> I think he was a west coaster, and he's passed away now I believe, but his
> chain of paint shops for many years carried the banner "Paint any car for
> $99.95". And yes, I know you get what you pay for, but sometimes you pay
> more than you should for what you get.
>
> R Houston
> ...there is no glory in dying for your country. The glory is in making the
> other guy die for his! G. Patton
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