Suggest that I go to a decent paint shop ?
The body shop around the corner from me gave up collision work and in now doing "custom builds" . I can see the quality of the work through the window. It's stunning - and they already know how to do a custom '46 Ford, so the Volvo would be a piece of cake.
I figure that if I strip the car down and deliver it along with a bag of cash containing $10,000 U.S., that I'd have a lovely paint job and a car that is worth about $8,000.
Then once I figure in the additional cost of the alimony payments, the gloss of the shiny new paint is significantly diminished.