Body work and paint

I had a Demon painted years ago. The guy put on new quarters and did rust repairs and painted it in 4 weeks. He was working full time but was on shift work so got a lot of time off. It cost $5k. It needed to be wet sanded and polished but ended up looking really nice. There are so many variables though. I'm sending mine to paint next year and sure hope its not going to take 8 months.