Find a guy like me that does it for a living and as a side job. The problem with restoration style repairs is most people do not have the amount of money it takes to pay someone to give them a quality job, which takes time and money. Time and materials is the only way to bid a job. $50/hour and $25/hour material is probably average for a guy working at home. Shop rates are probably 60 and 40 in a collision shop and 60-150 plus materials in a restoration shop. I am not far from you in southwestern Wisconsin so those rates are probably pretty close.
