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Hi!
Well the accident is behind me so now fixing. I'm looking at a couple body shops in the area and since my fenders have to be fixed, running board and a couple other things, the consideration to paint the whole truck while I'm at it is on my mind, does anyone know what a paint job should generally cost on a 41 Chevy? I'm just looking for a ball park idea.

It depends on a lot on which of many options is chosen. For example: First is body work. Do you want slam bam and thanks or show quality? Do you want single stage paint or base coat/clear coat. Metallic or other. Color choice also is a factor. Are you willing and able to do at least some of the work yourself? Will it be done in pieces or all on the frame? The cost can range from less than a grand to many multiples of that. It all depends. From my recent experience in wanting a good to very good final product that can be driven and enjoyed versus show candy it looks like my cost, with some of my labor offsetting part of the expenses, will be about $7K. The paint product cost more than originally planned and could have been less with another choice, but I wanted that red color. The previous owners body work efforts were mostly at best 1/2 measure. So, most of that has or is being done over.

that would depend on a lot of things, you can get a low budget from Macco, I am sure you can find one in your area.. check them out, Had several of them do mine in past yrs, great work for a daily driver...

Painting a General usually costs more than painting a Private or a Sergeant!
Jerry

Macco $750, World class $10,000. First you have the repairs you mention, then repair any other areas, then sand down, prep, filler, primer and so on. You won't get all that at Macco. The biggest problem is finding a good body man and a good painter that uses the correct products. I hate even thinking about painting a truck. So much too worry about. If I was rich, it would be easy.
As Joker says, Macco OK for a daily driver (if you only drive at night). Be advised, there are as many different Macco results as there are Maccos.

3 years ago Macco in Moreno Valley, Ca. quoted me $1400 to do light blue over existing black primer. No warranty on paint, as they said they had no way to know what was under the primer. I was going to do body work myself. I did everything, body work and red paint, myself. I'm a carpenter, not a painter. Paint job is not as good as Macco would have done, but my truck is a driver, and it still looks Red after 3 years!

I use the term "driver" also. I am as guilty as anyone. Driver has no definition. It is one of the most subjective words in the English slang language. It really is used to cover any and all issues a truck may have. It saves having to explain why it's not "done" perfect. It is used as a quality indicator. But there are so many levels of quality on so many components, that it does not identify anything. That's why is perfect. That's why it means nothing. No one likes to say my truck is a show truck. My truck is perfect. It is sometimes used to mitigate. In my opinion, the nicest trucks are one's where the person and his buddies did a lot of work themselves because I know how much time and effort it took them. They did a better job than a pro., they saved some money. That's what I think a driver means, in a good way. Painted or not painted. Many Stovebolters have done trucks that are as good as any sold at Barrett-Jackson....and the drive them.

just took a tahoe in to maaco that I did all the bodywork on, $650 with a 40 year paint guarantee.

I did all my own painting on a frame off restoration. Inside the cab both sides of all parts single stage paint system and I have about 3500 in paint. Unbelieveable how many gallons of paint, reducer and catylist it takes.