These have been posted B4, could not find the old thread.
The blue car is a Norwood car, and I think the orange car is a photo that Charley Lillard posted.
This whole process of cowl paint was not consistant, paint the sucker how you like it..

, and it was gloss laquer, and it did not have to be rubbed to be glossy, however it did not have that wet look like modern urethane.
And after you done some of this is in order