well of course it all depends on how rough the body is in and how much dents, and rust and alignment will be needed to get the car straight. If you are lucky and your car is solid in and out and needs minamal body work or alignment and doesnt need any sort of welding in of new sheet metal, and very impressive paint job can be had for 4-5 grand. 10-12 isnt far off if the car is in need of a lot of work. I happened to luck out with my cal, mainly because there is not a spec of rust or rot anywhere, and all the panels are dead nuts straight. I believe this is due to in part the car was never wrecked and/or altered in its life, and it is possible it was garaged for a main portion of its life. That in conjunction with a really good friend of mine that is going to paint it (he painted my 67 and did a top notch job wet sanding and buffing, its a mirror) he is only charging me supplies and a little labor, but only wants 2500 to do it so it really narrows down to who you know. My advice, shop around a get several quotes, dont just settle on the first quote you get. Good luck!