coach paintings, and my conversation with owner Socorro

[ronmarabito2002]

Thanks Tom:

Just received a message from George Lowry indicating that
Navarro's was a good place, but he didn't give me any pricing. I'll
get a hold of some other friends down that way and see what else I
can find out.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, tom240842@a... wrote:
>
> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:01:12 -0000
> From: "ronmarabito2002"
> Subject: Re: old heat tape on pipes
>
> Tom:
>
> Do you already have a location for painting your coach? What
> kind of paint will they use and what kind of cost?
>
> Also, did you ever consider a stop in Quartzsite in January
> during the big RV get together there?
>
> R.E. (ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
>
> Ron the name of the paint place in Yuma is Navarro's Paint shop
and it is
> actually just across the border in Algodones. When I talked with
Socorro (one
> of the owners)in June, he said that when I was ready to have the
coach
> painted he would meet me in Yuma and look at my coach and give me
a price on
> painting. He is familiar with painting Blue Birds, but I have yet
to talk with
> anyone who has had their Blue Bird painted by them. However, the
guy I got this
> information from had his GM painted there and was extremely
please, cost of
> about $5000.00. When I asked about how long it would take he
said if there
> was not a lot of body work, about 10-12 days, AND we can live in
the coach
> while they are painting it. I hope I don't glow in the dark for
six months
> after the paint job. Quartzsite sounds good after the coach
painting on the way
> to HWH to have my jacks rehabed. If I remember the correctly,
the cut throat
> trout start hitting really good the beginning of June on the St.
Joe and
> Coeur d'Alene, so we need to in that vicinity by then.
>
> If anyone has a better line on paint jobs, please let me know. I
have been
> in discussion with Stephen Birtles about having the coach painted
there, but
> the time frame was long and I could not stay in the coach while
it was being
> painted.
>
> Tom Meservey, USN (Ret)
> '81FC33' in Cincinnati
>
>
>
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