If you are refering to a bunch of body work and a new paintjob for your outside work I would suggest doing that first.
It would probably be best to gut your interior and have the work done on the outside in my opinion. That way you dont have any masking lines such as around the windows and can have that nice paint inside as well so it looks purdy when you pull your carpet back. When I do somethin I dont ever do it halfway so I may be the wrong person to take advice from ...Just my 2 cents.
I would do exterior paint before anything.
It is doubling your work to have to pull the car apart to paint it.
I have always been told that you do paint before anything.
Nothing looks worse than a new engine, suspension, glass, etc... with overspray.
My .02
Dave
All right, good for you.......jack!!!!! But ya know, while heeding advice can save one some undo frustration, often the only way to actually learn something in life is to try your way first. There is nothing wrong with that at all, provided that you do actually learn from your mistakes when you make them.
When I get anxious to complete something on my car I try to remind myself to think back to my youthful days of building just models of actual cars. I used to practically throw some of them together in a weekend, but they all looked like crap. Finger prints on un-dry paint, sloppy glue, etc....but, they were finished. Only when I learned patience was more important than immediate results did I finally start to enjoy my models long after the experience of making them was done. To this day I still do hate when I have to drive my car around with out some trim or door panels because my weekend project actually turned out to be a 49 hour job, but hey at least I still have one to drive.
I would do what interior work needs done to make the car safe to drive and prevent rust from eating the sheetmetal. That way I could drive it while I saved up enough money to get the bodywork done.
I think you'll be fine taking the interior out to do the paint. It's not THAT hard and it's worth it to get a good paint job.
That's coming from me who is stripping the car and putting it on a rotisserie for who knows how long. And, I never even got to drive the car!! (Except on and off the trailer... actually, someone else drove onto the trailer....)
I've waited 35 years for my dream car, I can wait another one or two.. *sob*..