Kim, First, had I been in your place that day, I might have made it about midway through your chat with the guy before I took one step back and swiftly introduced my boot to his jewels. The good thing is, he is assured that Legendary's reputation remains solid in that the owner hates AMCs and caters only to the MMTB crowd. They truly are legends in their own minds. Pompous jerks catering to pompous jerks. He said it all with the lottery comment- 'when you are so rich that your brain shuts off, come back and we'll be happy to screw you out of all the money we can. Heck, it's our speciality! We do it everyday!' As for your car, you are a 'restorer'. As such, you don't need the 'over-restored' work they do, where they make the car far more straight and smooth than it ever was when new. You will easily find someone to properly RESTORE your car's finish for the $3000-$5000 mentioned, and the $3000 is likely very doable. Make the rounds, talk to show car owners, and try to find the guy who's willing to take it as a side job on HIS schedule...'when he can get to it between other work'. The more flexible you are, the lower the price you can get. You'll also save big by removing all the trim parts yourself. Less for them to remove, work around and/or mask off....all labor. John W Rosa www.JavelinAMX.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com