Marc I'm not talking about any figures you are mentioning, so there is no misleading.
What I am trying to fathom out is Spence reckons a standard respray is $9-15k. He has then quoted rough prices for panels only which equates to ~$4,400 for basically a full car.
Then there is talk of 40 year old restorations costing $35k and the cost of harlequin paint. I've pointed out that the $10k price mentioned is stupidly high when you break it down.
This whole thread makes no sense to me and doesn't help anyone searching in the future. As Owen has said, he would love to charge $10k for a standard respray, but that is over priced. TJ has also said that none of his re-sprays have cost near $10k.
So given how far off topic this thread has gone, I think most people can see that $9-15k is not a standard respray cost and if they pay that, good luck to them.
Back to sticking bumpers from other cars on a GC8 please!