Hi Freddie,
You are correct. No masking done at the factory when it came to painting the car. It was painted assembled as one piece, therefore, interior and such all got overspray and a light coating of color.
Since I’m painting it in stages, I mask off what was already painted so overspray doesn’t get on the fresh clear, that’s all that’s for. Once unmasked, it’ll all look like it was painted as one piece. I do it in stages since painting everything at once is at least a 12hr process from start to finish. And, I’d be 105lbs and probably dead afterwards! Doing it like this makes it manageable, I’m not rushed, and I can concentrate on the task rather than feel overwhelmed by how much painting is ahead of me. I may do the door jambs over the weekend if I don’t have to fly and then the only thing left will be the exterior.
A unique thing I did was hang the fender tag from the window channel by the factory parts tag remnant that was originally there.
It made for a good hook to hang it on. On this car, the tag was secured to the inner fender with a screw and then bent up while painting. After paint, the tag was bent back and the other end fastened with another screw that was unpainted. I installed a screw on the inner fender and painted it while doing the engine bay. Now it’ll look correct when installed with a slight bend on the corner with a painted screw, and the other end an unpainted screw!
My Super Bee was a Lynch Road car and as such, the tag was hung on the window channel or column mount and could have received only a dusting of color, no color, or a lot of color. Just depends on what the painter did. No bend in the tag and no painted screws.
Neat stuff!!
Cheers
Dave