Gary's Paint and Body

I started out easy with a repaint of my rollbar.  I  bought this years ago and it was powder coated.  It had been bumped around and left outside and was looking beat up so I freshened it up.  The light areas are from the sun coming through the garage door.

Next came a big step for me.  Spraying primer is one thing..mess it up, no big deal.  Spraying color at hundreds of dollars a gallon adds a little pressure.  I prepped the back of the hood and deck lid, inside of the fenders and the door jambs.  Let the coloring begin!  I chose the yellow of the new F-250 and Mustang.  The color is called "Screamin' Yellow".  The coolest thing is my wife let me put the fenders in the house since the garage is packed!

Ok, on to bigger things.  The plan is to paint just enough in the garage to get the body back on the frame and do the rest outside.  I masked so I could paint the front of the body except the front valance, the rear wheel well and the bottom of the body aft of the rear wheels.  I then masked over part of the front section so I could paint the area just behind the grill black.  Crawling around and under this thing to get paint in every nook and cranny was NOT fun!!!  Again, I tip my hat to the pros that do this day in and day out.     .

Here is the car up to the point of being sent to paint.  I managed to paint the interior and trunk.  That left the exterior for Bob at R&B Collision in Glendale, AZ. He painted his truck the same yellow a year or so ago.  Should be a lot of yellow when it comes home.  UPDATE: Check out the next few pages for followup pics!!!.