Too much cancer?

Friend of mine sent a rust bucket '72 Camaro down to AMD shop in North Carolina. It needed all the floors, ALL the frame rails, 1/4 panels, firewall, everything but the roof replaced. It was in the 20k range to have that done and that was like 8 years ago. But it came back dipped in primer with factory spot welds excellent gaps ect.
WHY wo7ld somebody do that? I can see it, if it was a copo, or a Baldwin Motion or something of the sort, but an ordinary 72 camaro? Just cause they can?