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There is an excellent paint shop at the end of the street my works on. I can't remember their name offhand but they do repairs/ paint for collectable classics and often have classic/ euro stuff in there. A bloke at work had his Gemini painted there, it cost him 8k and he did all the prep work. I'll get their name for you tomorrow.

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Mate i wouldnt go anywhere besides Edwardstown body repairs. Go there and speak to Mel. They mainly work on porshes, lambo's etc

The finished job will come out look awesome.

cheers. will look into it,..

will have a look at all the places ppl suggest.

winner gets a thumbs up and imaginary $100,000

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why would you want a 10-15k paintjob for?

showcar paint.

still a couple things to do. and it will take along time to paint. most quotes have been around that price for what he wants.

Some places dont even want to touch it.

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THE best paint and pannel;

Cafasso Motor Body Repairs 96- 100 Richmond Rd Keswick SA 5035 ph: (08) 8371 1933

Mostly deal with Porsche and Mercedes, but also do restorations/classic etc.

Sorry, the best would be Des Higgins Coachbuilder

I believe he is one of only 2 agents for Bently, Daimler and Rolls Royce.

I have never seen a workshop as clean as his. I wouldnt eat off of his floor for fear of leaving crumbs or a stain.

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a couple of those plases cafasso and des higgins, are great bodywork shops. eg metal finishing etc, but if you want show paint, come to hounslow crash repairs, we do alot of show cars including the candy apple re vl calias (MRVLT) and many other custom paint jobs, were at lonsdale. numbers in the yellow pages.

Chris...

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Doyles....painted puresx (5th overall in autosalon OZ 2008!)

Place in nairne near the rail lines...forgot the name but damnnnn good work

Edwardstown body repairs...seen there work recently and couldnt fault it

Ryan

Adelaide Hills Panelworks, Tim is a top bloke.

Got lots of older cars in there at the moment.

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