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Farm out the hard stuff...

Posted: January 20th, 2014, 10:51 pm
by missourishawn
There is a company in Kansas City that has a good local reputation. I talked to the owner a couple of days ago and he says that most of their work comes from out of town. They do all the media blasting, painting, powder coating, decals, air brushing. And will do the de-assemble and re-assemble if you want.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GroodyBros
URL: http://www.groodybros.com/

Re: Farm out the hard stuff...

Posted: January 22nd, 2014, 8:41 pm
by neo_pop_71
The site looks like they do great work, thanks for the link! If you're seriously considering the restoration, I can help with a pricing idea on custom "repop" vinyl decals from Velocals (their link is iin the graphics tab on Goody Bros site). Velocals in about 30 minutes from me, I've been corresponding with JR. and Christine Anderson (owners of Velocals) about some custom decals for a couple of my projects.

Here is a breakdown of the pricing:

$25.00 - artwork/setup

-AND- (you choose the option)

$39.95 for 2 mil vinyl decal set (set not specific to # of decals)

$59.95 for 1 mil vinyl decal set

$57.95 for 2 mil vinyl decal set with UV laminate

These prices do not include tax (8.75%) and shipping, so you're looking at $64.95 to $84.95 for the decals plus tax and shipping. With tax factored in you're looking at $70.64 to $92.39 and figure another $10.00 for shipping in a rigid photo mailer.

Are you that interested in restoring your Cuda? The decals will set you back $80 to $100 for a single set. Goody Brothers charges $25 to install the decals. I would guess minimum of $300 to media blast and powdercoat the frame with a two-tone "Cuda" color scheme. My powdercoater charges $65 for a single basic color up to $125 for exotic colors (metal flake, candy colors, etc). A two-tone color scheme is almost twice the price, I've always avoided multicolor finishes but with a Cuda that's impossible. Goody Brothers obviously does nice work, so I'm sure they charge more than my local guys if they're receiving mail-in restorations from all around. Taking all that into account, you're starting to get close to some of the Ebay prices for NOS Barracudas fresh out of the box. I would spend that if I were restoring a a Ritchey or a Mountain Goat but I'd have a hard time dropping 400 quid on my Cuda (but that's just me).

Re: Farm out the hard stuff...

Posted: April 26th, 2014, 9:05 am
by Mark
I'd agree with your take Neo, on most frames. I will however, be sending my UNLTD away for most of the work, considering it's in a fully-stripped state right now, needs some fill-in for some scars, and because I'll likely never encounter another one that's decent enough to keep as-is. :)

So to me, this example warrants me tossing up to $600 at it. With this project, I do insist on highest quality. For a frame not hard to come by (A2R, A2M, XXTeam, etc) I wouldn't have the same line of thinking..