[Shadetree55]

22K views · 36K reactions | 🗣️Crazy how times have changed.. Founded by Earl Scheib in Los Angeles in 1937, the company had branches in 23 states and abroad in Germany and England, all company-owned by 1975, with Scheib manufacturing his own paint through a wholly owned subsidiary. After a restructuring in 2009 the company closed certain locations and franchised off the remaining locations to shop managers, giving them the opportunity to become small business owners. Specifically, the company offered them the rights to purchase all the equipment and fixtures in their shops and to use the Earl Scheib name for their own business. Many managers took advantage and agreed to the terms, resulting in today’s independent Earl Scheib paint centers. 👊🏽 I help others learn the art of paintless dent repair (PDR) 🔥 If you’re Interested in learning paintless dent repair. We offer online & in person training - send me a DM 🔥 @elevationdentco @truckstopchic #carporn #carlifestyle #carrepair#collisionrepair #paintlessdentrepair #autobodyrepair #dentrepair #autodetailing #automotive | Johnathan Hatfield

🗣️Crazy how times have changed.. Founded by Earl Scheib in Los Angeles in 1937, the company had branches in 23 states and abroad in Germany and England, all company-owned by 1975, with Scheib...

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[Shadetree55]

Your chevy van wasn't the only thing that did that back in the late 80's early 90's. All of the big 3 were trying to save money (be cheap) back then by eliminating a primering process and found out fast that it came back to bite em in the behind.

At first (as body techs) we would get 40 hours to strip and refinish a delam vehicle, which wasn't bad and we could make money on some cars, then it got cut in half to 20 hours and we were losing our butt trying to get them done and still looking nice for our finicky customers who all seemed to work at the GM plant in the paint shop or quality control.


Anyways, back to the Earl Sheib or Macco paint jobs. Thye both served their purpose back in the day. The thing is that they would use paint from a 55 gallon drums. If you wanted a red metallic you got it, although it probably didn't match the factory color because it wasn't. Body work was extra cost and if you wanted a gloss hardener added it was extra.

Some of them held up fairly well while others failed miserably.

I had a 67 Galaxy 500 convertible painted blue in Memphis Earl Sheib. $29.95. Shined like a new penny. One day I had just washed it and took it down the highway to blow most of the water off. The passenger side of the hood and top of the fender paint blew off in almost a whole sheet. not one sanding mark under it 🤣 But it looked good for a little while.

 

[Shadetree55]

Earl's shop in the Philadelphia area had closed when I needed a reasonable paint job for two of my daily drivers. I sanded the cars down, removed the emblems, did the little body work that needed to be done and delivered them to Maaco. They taped sealed and painted. The cars came out great and lasted for years. But I missed out on having bragging rights to say I had a car painted by Earl Scheib!

I am pretty sure Maaco is still in business

 

[Shadetree55]

you better leave that wagon as is--you paint it and it will lose it's sex appeal 🤣