[John-Tucson]

Hi Dave, I have been asking around Tucson and found a couple of good painters, however, your wife now needs to win the Arizona lottery, then you can afford one of them.
Let me suggest that you first search around Sierra Vista for a painter . Your town has some beautiful custom cars and there has to be a couple of painters that you can work with in terms of cash and labor. Check out the local cruise-ins as well as the auto parts shops, NAPA, Auto Zone, etc. usually one or more of the counter guys will know of a painter / body shop that does good work. Any pre-paint work that you do will cut the cost a bit, however, the sanding / filling / sanding / filling /sanding will seem endless to you and you may want to pay for a pro to do it faster and with more knowledge. ALSO, any screw-ups by the painter can be better corrected there in Sierra Vista than you driving 80 miles to Tucson and have to leave the car overnight.

Just some thoughts from a guy who's 47,000 mile Cobra remains unpainted.