Paint ?

I did everytime I get I plan on working on it!

It sounds like it has been long enough. If you don’t want to take it back, why don’t you give him a deadline to have it done?

Bartering?

also if you pull the car off the lot of his, he can get you for storage by all rights

my truck was a month and it was only paint some parts and bedside

Went and talked to him got things moving.