Cost of a single-color paint job?

ScatPackMatt said

Point is, unless you know how to do the job yourself, and you are confident enough in your own abilities, then I don't see you spending any less than 9 or 10 grand for good, correct paint work. Not with today's prices. The old saying rings true here I believe. You get what you pay for. Sorry for the rant.

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I am confident enough that I can lay a decent coat of paint. May not look like a show car, but it will look better than the rusty primer on there now.
Not at all arguing that you get what you pay for, nor that a $10,000.00 paint job is not worth the cost. Rather, I am realizing that unless I win the lottery, it's DIY or rust n' primer. Not a hard decision to make, really.
That is, unless I come across a painter that will shoot the car for a few hundred...and that's not likely these days.