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You're not going to get good results using a spray can. At the very least you need a paint gun and compressor. If the color is a metallic then it's even trickier. If I have to blend a door for instance, I'll blend into the front fender and the quarter. I use a wide fan on my gun and spray in very light coats. Feathering the paint is where several layers of paint/primer are smoothed into each other. You don't want to sand a blend job if it's just color.. If the panel has been cleared then you can get by with sanding. There's more to this, but this will give you a basic idea.

I know of one In Pasco county FL.... Will talk to you Tuesday night about it.

Ummm Wow! I don't want to say much more that!

Altho I doubt I'll have a car done in time for this show, I do plan on attending and taking in the judging school. Spectating both days of course too. I went to one of the first meets held at the Hilton back in 1989. I really liked the set-up there. I think there's 8 or 9 cars from my region going to this show. (Orange Blossom Region in Polk Co. FL)

That's a fine ride! I wouldn't mind being a fire chief back then if I got to drive around a classy Buick like that.

Chaplain, I really like the pic of the 26 or 27 T touring. Great stuff! Makes me wish I was there.

CJ, Please don't take my post the wrong way... I understand the creative factor and all that. When I restore a car for a customer I have to fabricate panels sometimes so I know where you're coming from. My best sugestion I can give is find someone near you with a Victoria and spend a few days getting photos, demensions etc.. I wasn't saying it couldn't be done, just that it would take a long while. With Yankee ingenuity anything is possible!

Jay, Great photos!!!!!!!!

All I can comment on is Ford... Model A bodies were color sanded & buffed while the fenders were not. The Fenders were dipped in enamel and the bodies were sprayed with lacquer. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">as i have said on a previous post about painting , i have been painting cars since 1965 , all my sanding from the first to last sand is all done by wet sanding (ie) with running water and wet and dry sandpaper . in my opinion it gives a far superior job , plus it beats getting sanding dust in your lungs or wearing a dust mask. as for sore hands the next day they soon harden up after the first layer of skin is worn off </div></div> i agree 100% .. my hands are permanently calloused from body/paint work. I consider it a badge of honor. Wet Sanding is easier and saves materials too. I spent all day blocking out a '55 Ford Victoria with 400 and 600. Hope to paint it first of the week.

For one... you would have to find a slant windsheild cowl which decent ones run around 3-400.00 .. All the small brackets, gussets, garnish mouldings are stampings and are cheaper to buy them to make them. The doors are a complex procedure to fab from scratch no matter how skilled you are. Here again it's cheaper to seek out a set then try and make them. The Vicoria and A-400 share the same door. You can buy a decent Victoria for about 15K.. whereas if you went to make one from scratch you'd have several times that and it would just be a custom body on a Model A chassis. But this is just my opinion.

I used to get the nay-sayers all the time.... Once just to prove a point I drove a friend's '09 Model T Touring on a tour.. with no trouble. That got alot of them thinking.. especially considering I was only 16 at the time! I got my first Model A when I was 15... even tho I'm only 29 now, it seems like I've had it for 40 years. The nay-sayers just need to wake up and open their minds a bit...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Leonard Shepherd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Toyota "OWNED" the State Fair of Virginia this year. Every new vehicle at the fair was a Toyota and they had Toyota trucks all over the fair. They even had one pulling the tram that takes you to the parking lot. </div></div> They're stealing an idea of Ford's from way back in the 20s & early 30s.. by having a "Ford Day" or a "Ford Fair" and overrunning the town with Fords and Ford owners. I have an '06 F-150(ok the wife drives it more than I do), it's a decent truck and does the job well. The Toyota Tundras, Nissan Titans are horrid inside with all the plastic. I agree with the previous posters who stated that they're trying to improve the macho image. I'll stick with my Model A pickup... it's paid for and it has no computers or vacuum lines to deal with.-- well one for the windsheild wiper.

I'm a bit confused..... Are you talking about a Victoria(passenger car) with the steel panels and wood subframe or a 'huckster' with an all wood body- a home made body not like a Station Wagon that Ford produced. It would be cost prohibitive to build a Victoria body from scratch.

And it can make you a mite sore the next day.... I've been painting cars for years and I still dread the wetsand/color sand (synonomous terms).. But the end result is worth it.

Old Man, I'd look around on ebay for the same/similar items as yours to get a feel of what people are paying. keep in mind you'll see a couple inflated prices, but it'll give you an educated guess! Good to see another Floridian here! What part of the state?

I've never been to Hershey.... but plan to go one of these years. The issue with people buying real estate just to park their campers so they can watch the action from their living room is a common problem all over.... At a local show here there's some folks who have Prevost buses -- 4 of them and they buy about 20 spots and don't sell a thing. The show organizers are just renting real estate.. I'm sure they want to sell as much as possible, but there also should be some ground rules. MCHinson- I'll take of the extra parts problem, send them down my way! LOL

My only guess would be the Ford Archives. And there's a chance they may not have them.. Vicky's were built by Briggs and the body was shipped to the Assembly Plant. There's a Model A Victoria Club.. you can get their address off the Model A Ford Club's website MAFCA.com

Plans or the wood itself? Unless you're an excellent woodworker- I'd just buy precut wood from a major supplier and tweak it to fit your car. You can buy the subrails, top wood, post wood etc....

I don't know why anyone would buy something new. Most of the Scions, the compact Chevrolets, Kias, etc. all look like crap. You don't buy a new car because of it's looks- you buy it becuase it's new. I'll stick with my '56 Ford and Model A pickup as my daily wheels.

For the money- get a Harbor Freight Buffer.. It's not a bad piece for the money. It won't replace my Makita, but it's good for someone who doesn't do paint & body work for a living.

Denny, I sent you a PM with their info.

I use a local company known as C.A.R.S. or Central Auto Refinishing Supply. My local Dupont/Spies Hecker jobber isn't worth a darn either. They wouldn't look up numbers for me or even place a call to Dupont's Library. I cancelled my account with them and haven't been back.

Looking to buy a Model A project- year & body style not important. Trying to find an A for my son to tinker with. Also any Model A Parts you might have laying around. Preferably in Florida or Southern Ga.

Rusty has a good point. For instance my PPG Jobber can call the main color library in Ohio and get the formula. I had to do this the other day on some paint for a '37 Oldsmobile. Even an old IM number will work. My old Ditzler(PPG) book lists Grove Green as DAL-40113. This is for Lacquer.. but any good paint store can cross reference this number. Esp. a PPG jobber.

I'm 29 and have a few cars as well as own a restoration shop restoring cars back to original. No Rods for me.. there's plenty of people who do that now. In my area, there's very few in my age group that have old cars.