December 31st, 2024, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Friesland, the Netherlands
Truck: 1965 GMC 1500, 478 V6, SM420
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Re: Remember Earl Scheib?
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Originally Posted by FetchMeAPepsi
My dad had a friend that got his truck painted by Earl Sheib. Apparently you had to do all the prep work ahead of time (wash, degrease, etc) before dropping it off or you'd get a job like this:
He said a few months after the paint was done and baked on, they'd be driving down the highway and one of those spray lines on the hood would begin peeling off in long strips from the grill area, up and over to the top of the hood, then flap the windshield for a while. They'd take bets on how long it'd last before it peeled all the way up and blew off.
My dad remembers it being 99.95 in the later years, instead of 29.95.
"I'll paint enny car for NINNEYNINE NINNEYFIIIIVE!", he's fond of quoting any time I say I need to get Cecilia in paint.
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A funny (and sad) story!
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