Thanks Homer. The blue 68 I painted was using PPG and included pretty much everything I needed as far as materials except for a few things. I had right at $800 in a gallon of paint and clear, and about a bout $300 in paper and so forth. That is $1,100.
Depending on how straight the body is, (that is why I mentioned close to paint) I should not need much in any kind of fillers or compounds for polishing that I need. Anything out of the $1,000 that is left over is on me. Yes, I am working for peanuts but this is how I choose to do it for now, or at least on the first couple of cars to see how it goes. Labor IS expensive, that is why I want to help people that are willing to give me a chance on the work. The black 68 you see above we did for $2500 and that was about 7 years ago or so. That car was not cut or buffed out, and it had some small orange peel, but came out looking fairly well, and the paint job I would consider better than driver quality. I do not think paint has went up that MUCH in the last couple of years since I last checked. I can do it for $2,500. It will not have any runs or orange peel when I am done either.