How Was It Done?

[Doug Clayton]

With regards to the painting process on bodies assembled and painted prior to shipment, the Ford paint specification sheets indicate the hoods were already at the assembly plant. At the assembly plant,the body was sprayed with a final coat of paint and the hood was painted at the same time so they would match. You can see this on many low mileage unrestored Town Sedans where the original paint is invariably worn through on the hood but the body paint is often nearly intact. Clearly the body got more paint than the hood under this process.