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We've been working on my Son Dan's rpu for the past couple of months, on the phase we absolutely hate the most.........body and paint work. We also stink at painting, which doesn't help.

We kicked around a lot of options, like taking it to the body shop that painted my T and my Son Don's T, but ruled that out for a couple of reasons. First is the money. Dan has 5 years of sinking tons of money into this car and just needs to get it over with and stop spending every free buck he has into it. It would cost between $ 4000 -$ 5000 minimum to get a fair paint job, and that is just something he can't spring for right now. The other reason we wanted to do it ourselves is because a body shop just wouldn't take the time to prep and paint each body panel, like we would, and since this is a brand new Brookville body Dan wanted to get as much protection on the body and bed as possible. So, we had to do it ourselves.

What we did was spray PPG etch primer and then several coats of DP90 onto the whole thing, top and bottom. We then sanded that smoother and shot a couple more coats of DP90 onto it all over again. Then we flipped the main body section over and used a two part epoxy bed liner on the entire bottom. That stuff was nasty! If it got on something it was there for ever. We had to buy a special gun to shoot it, but it did put a really good coating on the bottom, and it should last forever.

Then we sanded the body one more time and shot a couple of coats of SEM Hot Rod Black onto it. This is the same paint I used on my 27. Dan liked the look of mine so well he decided to go with it on his too. I really like the look of it and think it will contrast with all the shiny black, polished stainless, and chrome on the rest of the car. Best of all, the car is finally being assembled for the last time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last thing we did was spray the entire interior of the cab with another SEM product, "Chipguard." This is made to go on the rocker panels of cars and protect them from stone chips. It is some very tough stuff, and we tinted it with some base coat black to match the rest of the body.

Here are some pictures. I will have to do these in two posts as you can only put 5 in each post.

Don