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I heartily agree with Ross on taking it to Maaco. I did this with my son’s VW. It had some dents, so a skilled friend did the body work, then I took it to Maaco. They prepped the barebones and painted it. It looked great with the trim back on it.
My ‘40 Super 8 has modern paint. It cost $9000 in 2011, but I took everything off and primed it myself, mostly to prevent rust. I sanded it, but the shop did the finish work. You can see it apart at the paint shop starting on Post #97 of the The Duchess Project blog here:
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BigKev, Ross, Joe Santana gave it to you straight. Not a fan of rods and customs, but some of those guys do good work. So, maybe ask around, cars & coffees, etc. find such a painter who might see doing an unbutchered old car as a challenge, more exposure. It'll still be expensive, as BigKev and the others well counsel, but you might save money. Look at some of his work first.

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Just curious...I always thought that you couldn't do that with single stage enamel. Like the original poster, I have a Packard that suffers from a (seriously) sub-standard enamel paint job. Can you elaborate on your methods as it might be a viable option for the both of us.

-Scott