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You guys are all right! So, it will be wet on wet, all same day and clear coat on top. I'm 30 days away from paint. They asked that I be there on paint day. I think its to share the blame. This will be their first camo and probably the last. My paint is acrylic.

Ziggy0, Thanks. I think painting the truck green will be one day and the brown/black the next. Clear coat remains a question. Your plan seems better but I'm at the mercy of a body shop. Time is money.

Went to see my CUCV. It's been 6 months and will be another 6 weeks. Progress is being made. It's filler work. I bought the paint for them. The truck will be green all over and brown and black camo on top of the green. Grill guard, both bumpers and mirrors will be green only. Question of...

Tim, thanks for the help. My body shop consists of one man that works 4 days a week and a manager/owner that hold down a full time job elsewhere. He comes in evenings and on Saturday. It is really hard getting anyone interested in doing "restoration work. I got your paint info sent to the...

Paint Problems My body shop guy says these paint codes don't mean anything to "modern" shops that sell auto paint. Is there a cross over guide to ID these colors in todays paints. My back-up plan is to just paint the truck OD but I really wanted the camo. The truck has been in the body shop...

I'm getting ready to have some body work done to replace rust with new sheet metal + paint. I like the camouflage look and want to know where to find the original pattern used for my '86. This is going to be expensive. I'll probably spend $5,000 and increase resale value $500. Bruce