Jim: I'll have to check out Franklin to see where they are, thanks for the tip. Dan found the perfect contrasting color for his rod, it's called chrome and polished stainless! He has kicked around a bunch of colors, but is going for the understated look with pretty much all black except for a white top and white rolled and pleated interior. Shooting for that "little book" look from the early 50's. That's today, but until he actually pays the body shop to shoot it the color could change at any time.

Thanks Josh. Your help and that of everyone else got us through the powder coating issue. We are really glad we did it now.

Thanks 35fordcoupe. Not a bad day. Free meal with Mom and time to work on the car too. You are a brave man to sneak out like that.

Don