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Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:50 am

Anybody out there recomend a body/paint shop in or near Bellingham, Washington State?
For painting 85 Vanagon and doing body and paint on a 71 Westy.

Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:18 pm

used to be a good guy here in b'ham, ryan short i believe, but he's no longer here. let me know what you come up with, i'm looking to spruce up my 82 a bit as well

Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:47 pm

Before the $ was so weak, going north was a deal.

Been here?

http://www.customcarcolors.ca/gallery3.htm

Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:43 pm

Thanks, I'll let you know what I come up with.

Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:19 am

I've used No. 1 Collision (Hannegan and Bakerview) on a couple of occasions and have been very, very impressed. I'm guessing they're pretty pricey (my occasions have been insurance claims) - but if you're looking for top notch results they'd be a good choice.

Good luck!

Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:13 pm

Thanks, I'll get an estimate on the Vanagon, it's got zero rust. The 71 will need rust repair. I'll probably need to take up welding.

Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:37 pm

[email protected] wrote: used to be a good guy here in b'ham, ryan short i believe, but he's no longer here. let me know what you come up with, i'm looking to spruce up my 82 a bit as well

as far as i know, ryan short is still up there. he is painting cars out of his garage now. his name on here is VintageVulture pm him and im sure he can get that done for you..

rick and ohana....

Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:20 pm

Thanks. Did Ryan have a business name before? I'll try to look him up.

Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:29 am

VintageVulture doesn't come up on search. Did Ryan have a business name, website, email, etc.?

Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:43 pm

He calls himself "Short's euro custom", I think I've seen some of his ads lately as "Team beer"

Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:52 pm

Ryan Short, bellingham WA

give him a call- does great work. 360-223-1814

-i found this in the body and paint section searching for "bellingham" it was posted by vintage vulture

Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:56 am

Thought I'd add an update on Ryan's status. I just called the phone number listed above to get some work done. The number is still good, but his voicemail said he's closed his business and is now working at Stan's Auto Body in Bellingham. All inquiries to having Ryan do work must be funneled through Stan's front office which means the ultra high quality of work Ryan is supposed to do has been decoupled from the massive bang for your buck frequently referred when discussing Ryan's work.

Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:35 pm

Yes, the bang for the buck is over. I burned up a lot of my youth giving good deals. I'm happier now just doing collision spot repair and saying NO to full resto paints on rust buckets. I'm only willing to charge what my work is worth on an old VW. Got tired of watching people make a ton off of my under valued labor. Motorcycles, now that's easy!! Maaco is there for most VWs

Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:21 pm

My friend had a great paint job done on his Vanagon by Maaco in Bellingham 3 years ago and it still looks good

Wed Jul 16, 2014 5:54 am

VintageVulture wrote: Yes, the bang for the buck is over. I burned up a lot of my youth giving good deals. I'm happier now just doing collision spot repair and saying NO to full resto paints on rust buckets. I'm only willing to charge what my work is worth on an old VW. Got tired of watching people make a ton off of my under valued labor. Motorcycles, now that's easy!! Maaco is there for most VWs

Good for you.
The amount of work needed to save a rust bucket is highly under rated.

There is a thread with a paint job by a Maaco employee floating around here...the cost was north of $10,000 and that brought a :D to my face.

Good work cost $ :!:

Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:51 am

insyncro wrote: VintageVulture wrote: Yes, the bang for the buck is over. I burned up a lot of my youth giving good deals. I'm happier now just doing collision spot repair and saying NO to full resto paints on rust buckets. I'm only willing to charge what my work is worth on an old VW. Got tired of watching people make a ton off of my under valued labor. Motorcycles, now that's easy!! Maaco is there for most VWs

Good for you.
The amount of work needed to save a rust bucket is highly under rated.

There is a thread with a paint job by a Maaco employee floating around here...the cost was north of $10,000 and that brought a :D to my face.

Good work cost $ :!:

He's not an employee, he owns the franchise. And he does beautiful work. ;)