Race car respray cost?

[Erich Stahler]

I was wondering What kind of money any of you have paid recently for a reasonably passable, obviously A1 paint job. The car in question is a 3000m TVR, so obviously fibre glass and its already completely stripped rubbed down to quite a good standard.

I need to get some idea as my budget for this project is not infinite, i want the car to look presentable, but its not worth spending thousands on as it is a race car.

I know most body shops these days only want to do insurance jobs and are not interested in complete resprays on older cars, especially one that someone else has already prepped.

I have been reading some interesting stuff about hand painting with enamel paints using micro rollers, apparently some pretty good results can be achieved if your patient and prepared for the elbow grease, any experience?