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Initial body color test. @Tom, this was with a HF HVLP gun regulated down to 10 PSI. Single stage paint with hardener.

Sorry for the 20-questions, but can I ask what paint you are using? I got a quart of PPG and hardener, maybe a year ago, and was just floored by the price. It was over $400 if memory serves, over 5 times the price of the only full-body respray I've ever commissioned ($79 at Miracle Auto in High School in the late 70's.... ).

@Tom, I'm using Limco on the Bronco, a lower cost paint line. Limco is part of the BASF corporate family. I'm using "Supreme Plus" single stage acrylic. I got one quart of paint, a quart of reducer and 8 oz. hardener for $130 (no sales tax in OR).

It's worth noting that I've been told that the color mix can have a big effect on the price. Apparently red pigments are the worst. And when I had the '72 911T repainted in 2020, a gallon of Sikkens silver metallic base coat was close $1000!

@arne Cool thread! I currently have a '68 Mustang with a straight 6, and a few years back tooled around in a '68 F250 in a great factory "Utility Yellow".

spacecad3t wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 12:01 pm @arne Cool thread! I currently have a '68 Mustang with a straight 6, and a few years back tooled around in a '68 F250 in a great factory "Utility Yellow".

I had a '68 firebird in high school with a straight-6. It was Pontiac's rare overhead cam engine, similar to the 944 really. And, I had it painted in nearly the same yellow as that truck, curtesy of a $79 Miracle Auto Painting respray. I literally dropped it off before school and picked it up before dinner the same night. It was less miraculous than the commercials claimed.

That sounds like a cool inline 6!

Dash is all wired and installed. Steering column goes back in tomorrow.

Cool project.

Looking good! Can't wait to see it finished. That is one fancy fuse box.

Warming up in the driveway while I reconfigure the garage for some paint work.