LSRJ, We do our own body work, sheet metal to paint. I started my, working, life out in a body shop and my crew chief is a body man and painter. I get bored with the body filer part quick, I probably would not get it done if it wasn't for him.
You could Probably find an out of work body man to do the work or just be money ahead to hire a body shop you trust.
But what ever you do, when you hire it done don't tell them your not in a hurry, and visit them often. A friend of mine, in Denver Co, went down that road twice before he got his BGR done.
Richard 2