What does it cost?

great discussion, I learned some time ago that if I payed somebody else to do something on one of my cars I sometimes didn't get what I was paying for. So I slowly learned how to do motor, paint and so on. It ended up being very satisfying to do it myself and it keeps the cost down.
I agree. I am very picky about how stuff is done. I remember a co worker got a local shop to minitub his falcon, i saw that they pop riveted it all together, and was like damn, that **** needs to be welded. I made it up in my mind to learn how to do everything i can myself, or really pick who i can trust for the stuff i cannot do myself.