Do you guys find the body/paint portion of the resto to take the most time?

[Chargeraddict]

Im into year 3 or 4 now on the body resto.....car should be painted soon, Id love to be driving it this summer. Not really sure how much time putting the engine bay together, interior/wiring, glass and all lines (fuel and brake) are going to take me. ive restored my grill, engine, tail lights, dash. Done all new brakes and suspension....Somtimes I get so overwhelmed.  

[PocketThunder]

No, its paying for paint and body work that takes the most time... 

[Charger-Bodie]

Assembly is always faster. paint and body cant be rushed do to the materials. if you rush the materials you will end up with shrinkage etc , where with assembly you can go at any speed depending on having the parts there and ready to go on.

[BMOTOXSTAR]

No, its paying for paint and body work that takes the most time... 

[tan top]

Assembly is always faster. paint and body cant be rushed do to the materials. if you rush the materials you will end up with shrinkage etc , where with assembly you can go at any speed depending on having the parts there and ready to go on.

thats true 

[JimShine]

Plus any decent job requires lots of fine tuning. The body can appear razor straight until a gloss finish hits it.

[hutch]

only because its the one thing I put off the most.  I hate body work and all the prep work.  Prep work sucks.

[Mike DC]

 
If given the choice, I'd much rather have extra man-hours going into the sheetmetal work than extra hours into the paintwork.   

     

[BigBlockSam]

sanding definitely sucks.

[bull]

It seems to me that paint and body work is at least half the project. At least I hope so at this point.

[694spdRT]

The body work and paint did take a lot of time but I was not expecting to spend as much time on reassembly as I did either. Make sure to keep close track of what parts you need and what order they need to go in as one small part can hold up a lot of other things. 

[Chargeraddict]

My car was a basket case when I got it so I prob have no idea what im in for... Did you guys do the dash and wiring first on your list for reassembly then glass or somthing?