Hey Paul, and welcome here!

I do body work lately, the full job... removing everything, all black trims
are painted black, an here, up north, i have to deal with rust issue.

This job:
http://www.benplace.com/88rouge.htm

I charge 3700$, the van had rust issue and the front end was dammage (2 base
coat and 3 clear coat)
For a non-rusty van and no dents, i would probably charge around 2500-3000
and still paint everything that is black on the car, also, we use expensive
windows masking tape by 3M:
http://www.benplace.com/84westy/brune%2058.jpg
http://www.benplace.com/84westy/brune%2060.jpg

Expensive stuff, but it make such a nice job around the windows, ask for it!!!

It's almost as fast to remove every trims, grills, handle and so on than to
mask everything.

Just find a good body guys, not the corner shop but the behind!!!

Understand that a super cheap job... like 1000 is a shitty job, it will not
last and it will show up close! some people care, some don't

Good luck, Ben
http://www.benplace.com/bjp_travaux.htm

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I�m a new member and hope you can respond to two topics that I am
considering for my newly purchased 1991 Vanagon:

1) Painting � The interior and mechanical condition are very good, but the
paint is awful (no rust, just faded badly). I have received 2 quotes, one
from Maaco ($1700) and another from a local guy who paints show cars and
would take off the bumpers, etc and make it look new, but he wants $3,000.
What is a good range fore the costs? I do plan to hold on to the bus.