Thanks for all of the replies to my question. As I said before, I don't expect to get a cheap paint job, and expect to get a quality job. But I don't need anything that's going to be show quality. The paint I'm using is single stage and I think the most expensive part is going to be painting the inside dash and door posts. The second concern I have is the following...

He stated that the paint job would be a progressive process and that the car would be at the shop for almost a month. Does that sound right. He said they would prep and paint different parts seperately on different days and that it would be a long process.

As I've mentioned I'm new to the restoring game and have run into many misconceptions on how long things take and how much they cost. I know I'll get a quality job, but initially a quote for 7-8 thousand dollars is hard to swallow for a car that cost me 10k to purchase.

Thanks again for all your insight. I really apprecaite it and learn a lot from all of the posts.