$7000 paint job

This is a great post for someone like me. I've got 3 cars that need paint/body stuff, and I'm timid about it because I've never done it before. But i felt that way the first time i started wrenching on them too. I happen to work somewhere that allows me and my coworkers to pull a car in and throw it on a lift to get personal work done, and they help me learn. And now the first engine rebuild i'm doing is not in a simple A-body, but an 84 Alfa GTV6.

My coworker here does his own body and paint, but there's less free time to meet up at his place and learn that. It would be nice to find a small group and learn and teach, hell, my Cuda only cost me 1800 bucks and already doens't have much paint on it, why not start there?