FranktheTank
FranktheTank Reader
5/21/13 8:24 p.m.

I finished shooting my F100 yesterday after work with my Devilbiss. I went to work today and had paint on my hands. A lady laughed and said her dad used to have a body shop and paint.

After work her husband had a bag of paint guns for me.

One was an original Optima 800I in unused condition. With a 1.4 tip (my go to) I'm grateful for the other items (one was a bottomfed HP popular mechanics gun id never seen before) but my mind was blown by that piece.

I tried to pay for it but they told me to either give them 37,000 dollars or take them for free.

Just wanted to share.

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/21/13 9:54 p.m.

sounds great, you never know when good luck will find you!

Appleseed
Appleseed UltimaDork
5/21/13 11:37 p.m.

Free is the best price.

dculberson
dculberson UltraDork
5/22/13 6:54 a.m.

So did you give them the 37,000 dollars?

Great story. Sounds like they wanted them to go to a good home.

Rusted_Busted_Spit
Rusted_Busted_Spit GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/22/13 8:52 a.m.

Its cool how things work out sometimes.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/22/13 8:57 a.m.

How long until they ask you to paint something?

FranktheTank
FranktheTank Reader
5/22/13 9:11 a.m.

They are really nice people If they had something they wanted painted I would gladly help them out. However I think they just saw a need and cleaned up their garage at the same time.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UberDork
5/22/13 9:41 a.m.

I love stories like this. I have often done the same thing. It's kinda like paying it forward.

DuctTape&Bondo
DuctTape&Bondo HalfDork
5/22/13 10:56 a.m.

That was very cool of them. Congrats on the new toys!

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