Paint shop jail... No parole!!!

You're actually lucky if the car is still there. I've known several unscrupulous bodymen/restoration shops who did far worse. There was a guy in Delaware who would take a huge deposit up front promising concours work, then he would SELL ALL THE PARTS off the car! He spent the money on crack and everytime he got sued (several times) he would file bankrupcy and open under a new name!

Another guy in Maryland had a coke habit that got the better of him. He took in an early antique roadster as a restoration project and took the car all apart. THEN he heard that there was a warrant for his arrest and he locked up and left town! The car owner never got all his stuff back and the bodyman was never caught!

I'm telling you now, get what's left of your car while you can and RUN AWAY!