Preparing an original steel-bodied hot rod for paint is a big job. If it served time as a jalopy racer, as my '32 five-window did, it's going to be an even bigger job. Once I had the old Ford body ...

We're murder on paint shops. We're always on strict deadlines to get cars finished, and we're prone to changing our minds about colors and styling right up the very moment when paint is ready to meet ...