It's only original once.
Why are you worried about value? Planning on selling it, or keeping it in the family?
Have you priced a repaint? What quality was that pricing. Painting isn't cheap. Good paint jobs are way more labor than paint.
A cheap paint job is likely to hurt value, and hurt it more in the long run as it ages poorly and the newness of it goes away. Anyone who knows anything will see a cheap paint job and it is really hard to get away from the fact it has had a cheap paint job later in time.
Overspray is one that I have issues with on a cheap repaint. When stuff that should not be painted has paint on it, shows care was not given.
I had a new van repainted 4 years ago, when prices had not ballooned yet. I spent days taking stuff off. Bumpers, fender liners, door handles, etc. Had a body shop that also did SEMA show cars do an OEM level of respray. That is just a nice spray, factory level of orange peel, NO cut and buff. No body work needed (new vehicle). The level of paint you would get for a standard collision repair. With today's prices, that would be $10k
Now your Bronco. It has been around the block since Carter was president. It has (at least) 2 coats of paint on it now. This isn't just going to roll into a paint booth and get sprayed and come out looking nice. There is going to be prep work needed. Evaluate the condition of the existing paint. If there is paint issues it could involve stripping it all off and starting over. There are materials needed to strip. And labor to strip. Knowledge to do it right, and skill to do it right.
Add in body shop jail. Many people have lost there project cars due to body shops. Lots of them get in over there head. A project shows up. Gets stripped, then set aside. The shop looses it's lease and has to move. Parts get lost. Workers who took it apart quit. Owners go to jail. Friend had a Falcon wagon and they lost all the trim. He could never find a full set of trim for it again. Years later and it can't be completed. Many a project go to body shop hell.
