I dont think they masked it off under the hood so it would go as far as the over spray makes it.

scott,

when do i get ot see this thing? i want to check it out

As promised Scott, less than 24hrs too....

Heres the Drivers side innder wheel lip termination point.

The clips..... PM me your info and I'll send them

Thanks a ton Bob, sorry I had to have you check out stuff on a car in New Mexico when the very same car sat in my own back yard here in Spokane for over a year! (Duh! Me!)

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scott,

when do i get ot see this thing? i want to check it out

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Paint is currently scheduled for next week, then it needs to sit and cure a week or two so hopefully I'll have it back at my house by mid October. Since the SPD is October 02, 1970 that's just about 42 years to the day that it got painted the first time!

Are they going to sand and buff it before you get it home?

I'm not sure what the call is on that

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Is the black paint job 'factory' in terms of how far it goes down on the firewall? I didn't think any of the firewall got painted black?

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The problem of getting the details right on a 71 Duster is that so few people have EVER studied the correct details. Most of the restored ones or clones out there have a few to a bunch of changes, add ons, and other non original mods, finding a bone stock 100% original type restoration is basically unheard of. As common as they once were it's amazing how so few still survive with original paint and other details, trust me getting all the little stuff right is a MAJOR challenge with these cars! MUCH more difficult than restoring a more popular car like a Hemi Cuda, etc.

In answer to your question, the only 2 examples of original paint V24 hood Dusters had paint details like Jason's yellow example, it looks like a mask was used but a loose fitting one that allowed the edges to fog a bit.

Factory cars never were color sanded so it makes for a tough call.

Yea I realize that, hopefully the single stage won't orange peel more than it should and it won't be required. It's not an OE level car, just a higher end attempt to build a nice one following as many factory procedures as feesable or practicale for a car that's missing it's original drive train, has been a appart and back together multiple times, and eventually will get driven (if it were a more original #s matching car I would have gone further). So it won't be a huge deal if it needs to be cut and smoothed a bit. Going with single stage vs base/clear was a tough choice but I think I made the right one

You did make the right call, I wanted mine done in single stage but my painter said he did me a "favor" and painted base/clear...

I painted my Red 71 Bee in Enamel. While I appreciate the "sucked candy" look these cars don't quite look right with it. Might as well have the wrong hose clamps. I say go for it

We have some color! The plan was to jamb some of the harder to reach areas then bolt everything up and recheck all the alignments and gaps then to shoot the rest of the car all at once factory style. So far the single stage is laying down really nice. Then next pics you'll see with be an all yellow car

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So did you decide to give it the v24 paint treatment. I really would love to see it done up that way. Car is looking awesome!!!

No V24 for now, I want to restore it to the fender tag first, maybe a year down the road I'll add some factory options, we'll see.