coach paintings, and my conversation with owner Socorro

[George Lowry]

Hi Ron,

They stripped my coach (which was a 35' GM Bus), did necessary body
work, Primed and painted three colors with the R-M Diamint paint. The
cost was $5,000 approximately three years ago. Estimates for the same
work in the states ran from $20 - 26,000.

George Lowry
'95 WBDA 4203
Spearfish, SD Currently in Denison, TX, hoping to get to Duncan, Ok
tomorrow.

ronmarabito2002 wrote:

> George:
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> Got any idea on the cost, and do they strip the coach?
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> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
> wrote:
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>>Tom & Ron,
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>>Navarro's use R-M Diamint paint, base coat/clear coat method.
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> Works
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>>great and lasts. I highly recommend them. And Algodones is a
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> nice
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>>little town. My wife walked all over town by herself and never
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> felt
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>>threatened, either day or night. She felt safer in Algodones than
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> in
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>>Sacramento, CA.
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>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>George Lowry
>>"95 WBDA 4203
>>Spearfish, SD Currently in OK, meandering west.
>>
>>tom240842@a... wrote:
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>>>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?
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>>>R.E. (ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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>>>Ron the name of the paint place in Yuma is Navarro's Paint shop
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> and it is
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>>>actually just across the border in Algodones. When I talked
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> with Socorro (one
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>>>of the owners)in June, he said that when I was ready to have
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> the coach
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>>>painted he would meet me in Yuma and look at my coach and give
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> me a price on
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>>>painting. He is familiar with painting Blue Birds, but I have
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> yet to talk with
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>>>anyone who has had their Blue Bird painted by them. However, the
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> guy I got this
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>>>information from had his GM painted there and was extremely
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> please, cost of
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>>>about $5000.00. When I asked about how long it would take he
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> said if there
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>>>was not a lot of body work, about 10-12 days, AND we can live
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> in the coach
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>>>while they are painting it. I hope I don't glow in the dark
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> for six months
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>>>after the paint job. Quartzsite sounds good after the coach
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> painting on the way
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>>>to HWH to have my jacks rehabed. If I remember the correctly,
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> the cut throat
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>>>trout start hitting really good the beginning of June on the
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> St. Joe and
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>>>Coeur d'Alene, so we need to in that vicinity by then.
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>>>If anyone has a better line on paint jobs, please let me know.
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> I have been
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>>>in discussion with Stephen Birtles about having the coach
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> painted there, but
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>>>the time frame was long and I could not stay in the coach while
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> it was being
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>>>painted.
>>>
>>>Tom Meservey, USN (Ret)
>>>'81FC33' in Cincinnati
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