People are usually surprised to hear how cheap labor is here where I'm at. So I pitched a job like this to one of my body shop owner friends and he said "No dice".
He immediately cited owners switching what they want midstream as a big problem with that approach. Another big problem is that even the most minor of imperfections in paint or body cause the most problems. Cars like this tend to be owned by guys who want it better than perfect. He told me the extra time it would take and material costs if something has to be redone would just blow a 25K budget out of the water.
He has had his shop open since '71 and has worked in body and paint longer than that. You have to know him to get an old car done, but he does them. I think Tim learned a lot by doing this one.
