Fixing up the LeBaron

The LeBaron is painted and at the upholstery shop. I want to wait until the new top is on and all the chrome and trim is back on before I post the last pictures. The two pictures I did post are the day it went into the booth and today in front of the upholstery shop, the paint still needs the final polish and the car needs washed, its all dirty from the shop.

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Looks good,can't wait to see it done.And you wanted to get rid of that nice ride.
 
Question for you 2 door "M" guys,If you have the black plastic inserts on your sill plates,what does the factory screws look like to hold them down? thanks
 
Shitty day out, just left the upholstery shop and headed back over to the body shop to final polish the paint and put the trim back on. Circumstances dictated the darker top oh well it turned out nice.

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efriedrich said:
1978 Lebaron-$1400
Rebuilt tranny-$900
Rims/hub caps/tires-$700
Vinyl top-$380
Paint/Body-$1000
Odds/ends-$100
Total-$4500ish
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:eek: Wow, thats great! Did I miss something? How do you get body work and paint for $1000?

Ooops, just went back and re-read you had a buddy do it.
Looks good I also am anxious to see final pics.
 
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There was very little body work, some door dings but no rust repair (a few small scabs) and I bought the materials and threw the old man a couple hundred bucks. It turned out ok, I would say average, but I'm happy considering what I paid, I was quoted $6500.00 by another shop so I ran back to this guy and adjusted my expectation accordingly.
 
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Don't worry Friedrich. When I got the Caravelle done I felt the same way. Thought it was just o.k
But when I got the trim back on Whammo!
She looked like a mil.
Makes a big diff.
You'll see.
 
Here is a couple more. Now the interior is just begging to be done, it looks really faded and worn when compared to the fresh exterior.

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Looking fine my freind..
Can't wait to see her with the wheel well trim back on
AND those cop rims and doggies.
Well done.
The interior on my Caravelle is still trashed.
It's on my grocery list.
It'll all get done eventually..just keep at her.
She's looking mint! :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:
 
A few more. I think PB9 is a beautiful color and the top and painted trim couldn't have turned out better.

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looks real nice,get your rims and trim on and you'll be rolling in style.
 
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