SF Bay area body/paint shop

I talked to half a dozen shops and this is a tough one. Most shops that I found who specialize in older cars either have a long backorder lead time or charge an arm and a leg, or both! I would love to have Norcal Auto in Campbell do my car. I paid them a visit and they had over ten cars in process and awesome work! They also have a full mechanic shop. However, their quote was double everyone else's "fair price" which can also be subjective. The fair prices I got that were half were still double what I was expecting. My car had a very straight body with minimal bubbling on the lower quarters and smoothing the holes where the vinyl roof was since I turned it into a hardtop. All body work and labor estimate (remember this is an estimate and can go higher depending on what they find once they strip the paint) from 3 shops was in the $7500-$9500 range. Ouch! Remember Norcal? They quoted me $20K and said they couldn't get to it for 6 months and then figure a 4 month wait after that. I ended up going to Fanucci Autobody in Santa Cruz (1 hr from my place in SJ), lower end of the price range, they had 3 classics in progress, but they also do collision work, they still use solvent based paint so they can do my original color, and I got a good recommendation from a former customer who had a mustang fastback done.

Hope this helps...