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Waves,orange peel,and drips

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My laziness these past few months have contributed quite vigorously to waves,orange peel and drips on the outside-The worse painting I’ve done on the truck and it was the outside. I’m like some people, that’s not labor costs when it comes to welding-wouldn’t categorize it in being paid work. And I’m hoping for 18000, now more like 18000 obo if I don’t fix this and hope for 14000. Thank god I have the spid code,454,400 turbo,12 bolt rear end. Well atleast my arguement is the truck is documented on for e bodies and for b bodies as bare metal except inbetween the bed and cab and roof and it’s documented on my fav muscle cars, dodge websites, so people will know whoever buys this truck won’t be embarrassed by it because it will have the proper value on it from it being advertised here and there until it’s all known. I want someone to enjoy a car show with the proper value placed on a vehicle, so they aren’t embarrassed and declare they got a great deal. Worse feeling is someone scared to tell how much they paid for a vehicle,it cripples restoration businesses when mass buyers from them are doing that. My truck is not adding up to 18000 and I’m slacking by depression(in my eyes it is 18000 because the truck is down to bare metal in most every area but most wont go by what I think). And what I found out,what I’m doing, this help ward off buying predators who will take advantage over me by adding small expensive details to the truck and sell it for 25000 dollars after I sell it for 15000 when I didn’t express the truck publicly. because the truck is exposed in most every area publicly it won’t happen, it’s too known, unless it’s professionally done and advertised in harmony from my criteria of my past thread postings, same with the challenger for now.

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It took me 4 years to sell a 1959 Imperial. I listed it for $3500 and no takers. I kept reposting it every couple months until I finally sold it last fall. The buyer commented on how he didn't know why I sold it so cheap. You may have to sit on it for a couple weeks or months, but trends are it will eventually be worth your asking $18k.
 
Hopefully so. Wish I was a professional, some of these trucks are going for 30000-40000. I’m going to regroup and get the truck running and get back to the paint maybe. I’ll update the runs and close ups waves when I get more pictures.
 
What you see as a person doing your own. Is not what others see that inquire.
Those were not straight to begin with when New. Fenders never lined up. Doors were pressed wrong. Lead fill in spots was terrible. and you have a color on there that just can hide most flaws.
I paint cars daily. I can pickem a part everytime. But to someone else not knowing what to look for. It could be great.
 
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