[gssereik]

I am looking for advice about getting my 911 repainted without breaking the bank and/or to identify any shops in Central or Northeast Florida that might help

Recently, I have been considering my options for having my 83 911 targa repainted. The car is rust-free and accident free, but the paint is fading and showing its age plus the car has number of scratches and small dings throughout. So it is basic bodywork plus respray... I am not looking for a show car. And I would do most of the disassembly work myself. I just want the car to look better than it does right now.

I am a DIY guy and like to do practically anything myself, including a top end rebuild of the original 3.0 engine that I just completed last year. But I see bodywork and paint as a totally different skillset that I would need to teach myself and I would have to invest in some special equipment and set up a paint booth in my garage, etc. So I am considering my options...

To gather info, this morning I drove my 911 to pretty much every Auto body place within a five mile radius of my home. Most of them told me they like the car but explained various (good) reasons why they mostly will just doing collision work these days. One shop looked at my car (not so carefully) and quoted $10k and then said it could possibly be even more.

Any advice? I am NOT planning to take my 911 to MAACO, of course. But am I dreaming about finding someplace who will do the work for less than $10k?

thanks,
George.