Is There An Honest Auto/Body/Painter In SoCal?

The problem with our cars is that no shop unless it is a custom shop will touch a car over 20 years old. They don't do body work only panel replacements. It is like you guys say, unless you can find that small 1-2 man body shop with years of experience doing older cars, the overhead, insurance, permits, medical, benefits etc... are very high, so they won't do it or will charge the going rate. Remember that the busy shops have plenty of work, lots of bad drivers out there and their customers are interested in price, not quality as their cars are usually just transportation to them and their insurance pays the bill. Just like medical insurance. Good insurance, PPO doctor. Cheaper insurance, HMO doctor. Same thing. Forums like this, with like minded members, and word of mouth recommendations are about the only way our hobby is going to survive. So yeah, help a member/friend out. You don't need to do it for nothing but we can try to cut each other a little slack. Just good karma. Golden rule guys.