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One piece of advice DON`T  let anybody talk to you while you are spraying. Happened to me and I stopped for a second while still spraying and ended up with a run.

Here goes  71 chev vega ,70 pontiac bonneville, 69 plymouth belvedere, 66 vw bus, 81 vette (chevette), 69 chev pickup, 81 honda accord ,58 renault dauphine(never ran), 74 bmw bavaria, 77 olds cutlass,83 ford exp(remember those), 79 chev malibu, 84 toyota van, 84 renault alliance, 87 hyundai excel, 85 saab turbo, 92 chev corsica, 79 ford f-150,65 mercury park lane convertible, 78 ford f-150,  87 nissan pickup, 98 chev lumina, 93 nissan pickup, 91 mercury capri conv., 92 isuzu trooper(one of my favorites), 02 impala, 98 ford explorer, 92 toyota camry, 91 chevy conversion van, 92 ford pickup.  The impala, explorer and 92 ford pickup we still use.  My dream car is an Austin Healey 3000 mk II. I dont care if I go up or down in years. These are in order

Back then they were called cars.Remember in 77 when  GM downsized the big cars(bonneville, 98s ,cadillacs etc), how tiny they looked. Now they are considered tanks

Dino, I once painted a 1979 f-150 with 60 cans of krylon. Before that I painted a Kelvinator refrigerator red. (the exact model rick`s restorations did on tv). After that I would paint vending machines at a vending company I worked for. All the autobody principles work for vending machines and large appliances.  I learned the art of spray painting on the f-150. I may try a guitar myself when I see the finished product Russell has

Youre down in georgia where it doesnt get that cold. I had a 1966 vw bus. It wasn`t fun to drive.It could barely get out of its own way. Always in the right lane and freezing your you know what off because  Vws have no heat. Try a VW up here and see. I never bought another Vw again But I learned to drive on a 1970 Caddilac with a 472 and rochester 4bbl. I also had a 1970 Bonneville with a 455 and rochester 4bbl. They are huge like the Olds 98. I remember getting 7 mpg also. They moved like lightning but sucked gas like water. The VW came after the Bonneville

I`ve had a lot of cars and trucks since 1978. My favorite was a 1991 mercury capri. I bought that to replace my 1965 mercury park lane convertible. I junked the capri in 2008. After my wife recovered from cancer,It just wasn`t important to me. Now I have a 98 explorer and a 92 f-150. The pickup is in awful shape, I always have the right of way at an intersection.

On the back of the February Car and Driver there is an ad for Newport red cigarettes.There is a partial shot of a strat painted a color similar to what you want.Plua an amp painted a red krinkle color. You may want to check it out.I`m sure it is on other magazines as well

I tried to teach my daughter.Then I decided to send her for lessons. I didn`t have the patience to try myself. After 2 lessons she fell off a swingset and broke her left arm. (at her 9th birthday party). Lessons were put on hold for 2 months. She has been taking lessons since.

Mask and canisters? Half the fun of doing autobody was inhaling the fumes.

If you use spraycans, I was partial to krylon(oil base). It dries fast and was easiest to work with.  RUSTOLEUM IS AWFUL. It runs like you wouldnt believe. Spend A couple dollars and practice on ajunk piece of wood first. The last time I spraypainted anything was a box for my daughterin 2003. I used krylon. I don`t know if it is still made or not. Let me (us) know how it goes