Cool project, love the bug. You can't go wrong with a 1st gen

Sorry to here you had bad time with the shops you have used in the past. The one thing I can say to that is look for a shop that all the do is these kinds of cars, not a collision shop that uses your car for filler, one they will never finish it unless they have a guy that all he does is work on the projects, and two they will most times quote you a price that is a very good deal for you but as they get going they find out that at the rate they charged they are not going to make any money and more than likely lose money. So now you lose on quality and compltion date and most times get charged more money. No offence to any collision shops tht also do this type of work I know there are alot that do great work. Welcome to the site, and lots of good guys on here to help.