Hi Bruce and welcome to mysandman.

I read through the story this arvo at work... congratulations on the find and purchase.

regarding the paint, you get what you pay for, the 5 & 9k options unless being done at mates rates are a little questionable. somewhere between 10 - 15k should be considered low for a quick bare metal respray.

your 5 and 9 k options might not include any panel repairs or the actual soda blasting to get it back to bare metal.

from the pics i saw are you sure you want to go bare metal or even respray it at all? its a pretty neat van as is

Ski man