[TR] Paint/restoration shops in Seattle

[nwolf at u.washington.edu]

Thanks, Geo... That is good advice.  I am inspired by the vision of your car going down the road with everything removed except the driver's seat and battery.  =)
-Nick

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM, <ahwahnee18 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Nick --
>
>I would think you could get a credible all-over paint job w/o removing the
>engine or even rendering the car undriveable (at least for the ride to the
>shop).
>
>For my TR3A I pulled the various ancillaries (wiring harness, voltage reg,
>wiper motor, air cleaners, solenoid, flasher, and what-not) from the engine
>compartment (and lossened the brake lines and propped them away from the
>body) and, of course, stripped out everything in the way of trim inside &
>out.  Drove it to the shop with a one-wire hot wire and pulled the battery &
>drivers seat when I got there.
>
>More work but would be your work and not as time-consuming as you might
>think.
>
>You could even save some dough by spraying the engine compartment and
>interior yourself in the color that the pro will use on the important
>exterior.
>
>Just my thoughts -- hoping you can avoid a 2-tone version even if both tones
>are shades of red.
>
>Geo