[DonB]

I'm in New York (upstate) and my CMC kit went in for paint and glass work in April. Shop told me it would be done in July. I also shopped all over and got prices from $6000 to 25K+. The shop I chose told me $13,000 for the labor (250 hour estimate) to get gaps even, fix imperfections and glass together inner fenders and panels under doors. He said body was one of the worst he'd seen. At this point he's got 80 hrs in and its in primer and been blocked. I'm not sure how long it'll take to lay on 2-3 coats of paint and wet sand and then buff but it looks like he may have estimated high (at least for my checkbooks sake). He also figured materials at about 3K so $16,000 total. I also had figured 10 grand so past couple months I've been scraping up every spare nickel I can find to make sure I can get it finished. I did do a lot of pre-order by stripping off everything before delivering to keep costs low as well. Hope this helps.