Getting Ready to "JAMB" my convertable, What all to do?

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IMHO the whole car should be assembled, and stripped of all items not going to be painted body color, the only componets that should be jambed off the car, prior to painting, are the hood and trunklid, the entire body should be assembled and panel aligned, shoot the body/engine compartment/door jambs/trunk jamb at the same time, painted mirrors and such can be painted off the car at this time, depending on the color, your skill level, humidty, etc, etc, batch painting major panels off the car can result in shade/texture differences, best to paint the car as whole as you can, there are exceptions for each car/componets,...plus installing pre painted fenders/doors/etc always leads to that "uh-Oh!" boo boo

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That's my take too

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My plans are like 70cuda383 is talking bout. I will then assemble the car and align then paint entire car as one with the hood off and door jambs masked off. I understand the color differance and probs with painting panels on diff days and such. WHat i was wondering is where is the best place to make the tape lines on door jambs, underhood and is it better to paint with trunk lid off also. I guess that would eliminate tape lines in trunk weather stripping area. Thanks and hope that cleared up my intentions.

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IMHO the whole car should be assembled, and stripped of all items not going to be painted body color, the only componets that should be jambed off the car, prior to painting, are the hood and trunklid, the entire body should be assembled and panel aligned, shoot the body/engine compartment/door jambs/trunk jamb at the same time, painted mirrors and such can be painted off the car at this time, depending on the color, your skill level, humidty, etc, etc, batch painting major panels off the car can result in shade/texture differences, best to paint the car as whole as you can, there are exceptions for each car/componets,...plus installing pre painted fenders/doors/etc always leads to that "uh-Oh!" boo boo

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I like to do all of them this way. No tape lines or dry jambs.

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IMHO the whole car should be assembled, and stripped of all items not going to be painted body color, the only componets that should be jambed off the car, prior to painting, are the hood and trunklid, the entire body should be assembled and panel aligned, shoot the body/engine compartment/door jambs/trunk jamb at the same time, painted mirrors and such can be painted off the car at this time, depending on the color, your skill level, humidty, etc, etc, batch painting major panels off the car can result in shade/texture differences, best to paint the car as whole as you can, there are exceptions for each car/componets,...plus installing pre painted fenders/doors/etc always leads to that "uh-Oh!" boo boo

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How did the factory paint it all?

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Short answer....not worth a sheite!

Real answer, painted all together and did mostly a poor job in engine compartments,trunks, and door jambs. Outside was decent for the era in which they were built.