most pearl whites are tri coats. yeah did a 67 cougar in pearl white (nissan QX1 I believe it was) and I spent about 1200.00 just for base coat and reducer. But note to self I bought way to much pearl tri coat. A good rule of thumb with an all over pearl white job. If you get a gallon of white base, half the tri coat. so you would get two quarts cuz you are not going to use the whole gallon. then you are stuck with a bunch of tri coat white pearl....and who wants that.

good luck with your paint job. I would guess in a good reputable shop you will spend any where from 3k-6k depending on who is doing the work.

Josh