Finally close to finishing my truck repaint.......

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Mine sure needs new paint .Its peeling off all over the place .I use rattle cans so it at least looks half way decent .

 

[RVTRKN]

I traded an outboard motor for my paint job. I paid for paint and supplies.....rigged a used 90 horsepower Evinrude ETEC on the painters Lowe deep v hull......and lots of other stuff like wiper motors, canvas top and some trailer work. Paint jobs in Fairbanks, Alaska cost 10k for cheap and 15k for average. The trade worked out great for both of us. He didn’t have 12k for a new engine and I didn’t have that kind of money for a paint job. Bartering is alive and well here.

FYI, I had my appendix try and kill me last spring.....while recovering from that I spent a week grinding and sanding the paint off. I did all the grunt work and my paint guy did the body work (minimal dents and dings) as well as priming and sanding. He did a great job.

I got his boat done last summer and he had most of the early part of winter to do my truck. He was most pleased with having a modern outboard that he can trust. He was running an 80s vintage Nissan 70 that quit all too often. It was driving him crazy!

I traded my 94 2500 gasser to the Gardner I mentioned, for fixing up my backyard and laying sod down to include all sprinklers.