"....then I'm rolling it right back into the shop for the dress down & if it doesn't move I'll chrome it, paint it, or hide it....."

Yeah, I hear you. Like I had mentioned in my post about the 64, I'm shooting to see what I can do for around 5K (but pointing out how it could be cheaper).

After my first experience about sending a car out for paint and body, I may now include doing an "at home" (my shop is at home damn it ) paint job. But realistically as the car will eventually be sold it may still be farmed out. However I will include what it would have cost in material for me to do a single stage urethane paint job.

At this point in my project, things like new weather stripping, a heater core and cheap stereo have already been purchased and figured in, which are things that on a really tight budget could have been left out or lef for a latter time.

I know all about that trading stock stuff, it's amasing isn't it. If I took scrap price for the stuff around here, I could probably buy a car.