My Bee spent just over a year having the SHELL done for body and paint, after I stripped it down myself. Took me 32 hours to completely tear a car to a shell !! Body and paint shop had it from Jan 9th 2016 to Feb 1 2017 and they were always paid up and I "dropped by" almost weekly to make sure it stayed in process! All new metal in the floor from firewall to rear bumper then body work and paint. While they were on it I was restoring every part from the car to as factory correct as I could or cared to do. I didn't need to rebuild my engine, but put a new timing chain and seals in it, nor did I have to rebuild my 4 speed. Everything else was restored/rebuilt other than seat covering as they were mint. I worked damn near every day at least 6 hours, buried in the car as "therapy" after we lost a Daughter. Fully mechanically inclined, I build airplanes for a living and have been wrenching mopars (and specifically this car) for over 45 years. Car made it's first cruise around town in about June of 2019. 3.5 years from starting tear down and about 3000 hours. If I'd let the restoration shop handle it all, it would still be there!
