It was perfectly clear from the start that he didn't want your paint job. I would not have wasted my time after he started nit picking and making false statements and especially after the insanely high price quote. A quality paint job goes for around 5,000$ plus body work. I agree with Ross about the quality of original paint. My orange Hornet has original paint. It was never touched up and has a few small dings and some damage to the drivers door. I had the car professionally polished out. It took about 8 hours work over a 4 day period at my friends shop and cost me 220$. I looks beautiful now. I used Sherman Williams acrylic enamel to repaint the metal quarter window frames and it matched almost perfect. I have an nice un-damaged orange door I will have installed and polished out to replace the damaged one. Original AMC paint was real good. You'd be amazed what a professional detailer can do with good old paint. I need one of those painless dent removers to take a small dent out of the hatch near the lock. "Doc" _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com