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The number one thing to do is go and look at the work the shop does for yourself. I can care less if they have 100 magazine or trophy cars as the quality is subjective. There are plenty of so called show cars with so called perfect paint jobs that look horrible under close scrutiny.
2nd make sure the shop does the kind of work you want. Collision shops do collision work and will delay your resto and probably cost you more in the end.
Ask for a tour of the shop and look at some of their work. Do they mig weld and then grind to smooth or do they gas or tig and then hammer and dolly the work? plenty of shops swear they do metal work when to them that means running through a spool of mig wire.
If you need panel replacement do they have a real pressure spot welder or do they use a drill to mimic spot welds after they just mig'd it on??
Look for a shop that does street rods as they know how to get a car straight and get the details right. They understand that you have to sand hinges and pinch welds to the same level as the exterior. Then again there are the good and the bad.
I am sometimes amazed at what shops have on their web sites as examples of their work. But body work and paint is the hardest choice as it is what makes or breaks a car.
Have to ask why do you have to have single stage vs base/clear?? I mean did you get your resto to the point where you are replicating paint issues when it was new. Uncut paint, texture, dry spots, etc?? No bash just trying to understand thought process??
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