If you were to have EVERYTHING done by someone else, I would say maybe $20-30k for a color change.

$10-20k in body work/paint (won't need much body work if you have it blasted to remove the paint, but still a lot to come off), and $10k in dismantling, re-assembly.

If it isn't broken..........

change the color of the lenses in your glasses to make your car look like a different color,cause to paint that beautiful car poop gold would be a crime.

I'm not going for anything yet.
I am still torn - I love the way the car looks in orange, but I have become more of a purist as I get older. So, I am trying to sort out the conflict. As I said earlier, this car has never been about the money. I love owning it, and I restored it as a learning experience plus I wanted to save a classic muscle car.
I could sell it and buy a more correct car, but I know this one inside and out.
There is a lot of value in that alone.

I'm pretty much over the high impact colors. Orange, purple, sublime etc... I find those colors more boring than greens, golds, browns and so on now.

I always regretted painting my 69 runner sublime over the original bronze. But I didn't regret going from white to silver on a 70 runner. I did go with black on my 70 challenger that was green originally... but only because I wanted to do a black ta clone.

Anyways, your car, no way I'd change it back unless it needed paint... your car looks way too nice to go through the hassle.

Do whatever YOU want. But if you are contemplating making a big mistake, sell it to ME!

The only question I would ask is-How is the suspension? It would take a beating rolling on the cowpaths we call roads in ILLINOIS.

Everything on this car was restored except the steering wheel, ramcharger hood components, some dash parts and license plates. Those items only needed a good cleaning. The suspension is all rebuilt with polyurethane bushings, and we put a large sway bar on the front. We did the bigger sway bar to help a friend test his prototype. While its not a stock diameter, it worked great so I decided to leave it on. The only other non-stock mechanical bits are the high torque starter, a slightly bumpier cam, and electronic ignition.