Cost of Paint and Bodywork?!

harrisonm said

Now it is YOUR responsibility to find the right place. @barbee6043 is right when he says to go to a car show and ask owners. Then talk to the shop and try to get some references on their previous restoration paint jobs. Just because a shop does competent collision / insurance repairs doesn't mean they are the place to paint your classic ride.

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all of this. there is a WILD difference between "production" work and "custom" work. the latter of which would be pretty much anything on our cars. production work is general crash and splash collision repair. i have a production guy that does good work and it would be fine for a driver. the last car i had sprayed was about 8K and required very little body wise. the glass stayed in and i prepped the car by stripping the chrome, grille, handles and whatnot.

but if you want a show car paint job, you're gonna pay show car money. in major metropolitan areas (or california) you can count on that number being even higher.