[firstgenaddict]

The problem with most restorations is that everything is VERY deliberate and appears as such... the chalk marks the grease pencil marks the over spray etc. It takes a HELL of a lot of work to ACCURATELY replicate the marks created under the pressures of an assembly line environment...

Consider the amount of time that the person had to make the marks, they did not take 5 minutes or even 2 minutes to make them. They were scrawled across the firewall quickly, study the stroke marks and practice so that yours are quick and show the strokes, even if they are light or a little larger or a little smaller they are better than the choppy crusty DELIBERATE marks seen on most restorations.

How many people contemplate gun angle for over spray patterns?
or that the front ends at Norwood were sprayed set up on bucks whereas the bodies were sprayed with reciprocating guns and thus the over spray patterns will be different from the front end.
Because there was only an inch or two gap between the front end panels the over spray on the drops into the engine compartment are often light has primer showing through.

OR exactly how the engines were painted... The bar area which is not orange on the front of the engine was used to cover the stamp pad, bypass hose, and also so the painter could swivel the engine.