It seems this painter friend of ours has done this twice in the past to my friend Mike. He'll do all the body work, prep work, etc. and gets the car 100% ready for paint, then backs out of shooting the car. He did this with Mike's 64 Vette and then again with the 65 Tempest. The crazy thing is the guy can paint but always wigs out at the last minute, litterally when it comes time to paint an entire car. Oh well, the search is on!