Believe me PoisonDart74 I would rather have done the body work myself. At the time, I didn't have the welding skills to replace the panels that needed to be removed. I have since taken votech welding classes and feel that I would be able to handle this aspect of a car restoration. I doubt that I will get to the point that I have the facility or desire to do the paint work. It's not my area of expertise and I think that it's best to leave that up to the pros. If a problem arises in the future with paint adhesion or bubbling, it's up to them to make it right.
As much as I would love to be able to do it all, I realize that I can't. My full-time job eats up 12 hours of my time a day as well as 5-6 hours of my time over the weekend. At least I didn't drop the entire car off at a restoration shop and have them do the entire job.