I have had my 40 for a couple years now and took the advice of many of you to just drive it, enjoy it and not get in over my head taking it apart. I have been fortunate to have very few issues with it and have put almost 4000 miles on it in the last 2 years, enjoying the heck out of every mile. It has a few small areas of the body that need some cancer treatment and a few not quite matching panels from previous paint jobs, which led me recently to the choice to get her into a body shop for some work and a new paint job. Ultimately, after some soul searching I decided to change the color (sorry purists) as I do not intend to sell and am more concerned about my enjoyment of the truck than affecting resale value. Don't worry I'm sticking with a period correct LC color.
My question is this: This is a frame ON repaint and no one is taking out the engine to paint the engine bay. What SHOULD be taken out/off to get the best paint job possible in this scenario and what would be too much work ($/hr) for the body shop to take out. For example the heater box could be masked off or removed (probably an hour of work). Some of the fenders/bib could stay on or be removed to be painted separately. I know this is a matter of opinion and many of you who have done amazing frame off restores that I've been able to ogle on this forum probably bristle at the thought, but I'm looking for some advice from those of you who may have done a color change like me without the benefit of having a bare tub. I believe the body/paint guy I found is going to be very good and has done a lot of classic cars, but not a 40 and I think he could use some guidance on some of these things.
Many thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers
My question is this: This is a frame ON repaint and no one is taking out the engine to paint the engine bay. What SHOULD be taken out/off to get the best paint job possible in this scenario and what would be too much work ($/hr) for the body shop to take out. For example the heater box could be masked off or removed (probably an hour of work). Some of the fenders/bib could stay on or be removed to be painted separately. I know this is a matter of opinion and many of you who have done amazing frame off restores that I've been able to ogle on this forum probably bristle at the thought, but I'm looking for some advice from those of you who may have done a color change like me without the benefit of having a bare tub. I believe the body/paint guy I found is going to be very good and has done a lot of classic cars, but not a 40 and I think he could use some guidance on some of these things.
Many thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers
