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I think the one-three man shops will be doing the medium builds. Local car show quality no mirrors under the car stuff. I've just opened a shop in my area and even with my low overhead its hard starting out. Material costs are the killer for me. Just finished a 66 C-10 late 70's early 80's styling. For cost reasons the rails and engine bay were painted enamel gloss black, the interior was urethane metalic gray, and the truck was epoxy black primer with no body work. Then cut #2 pine for the bed floor. My fee $3000.00 for labor and materials and he spent another 1000-1800.00 on bumpers seals and other stuff. Not to mention rebuilding his own motor and doing his own brakes and lines he's around 10K and the outside isnt even painted. I had an older guy come by and wanted his tractor repainted, he went through the list of stuff he wanted and I said 2-3k he looked floored. Went through the material pricing and labor to disassemble and etc.. I think he thought you could still get one done for 5-6 hundred.