Thread: P-86 Mustang
View Single Post
Old 04-12-2008, 03:45 PM
  #10 (permalink)  
KAILUAZ
Infidel
 
KAILUAZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,324
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

A quick update.
So I've been going back and forth on which paint source to use. The MILSPRAY looks like some good stuff but its way expensive ($189.00 a gallon).
I was lucky to find a few Jeeps at the Bay Pines VA car show and talked to the owners. Both use the Gillespie paint which is kind of the standard WWII restoration paint. Its super cheap too at $30.00 a gallon (well plus hazardous shipping charge).
I also found a military restoration board and posted some questions over there. They were very helpful and I've decided to go with the cheep stuff.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.p...viewforum&f=46
Now I just have to find someone to prep and paint the car. I figured I'd do this back wards and paint the car first, that way any scratches and dents while putting it back together will give it some character.

Heres a link to the Gillespie stuff for anyone that cares:
Army Jeep Parts Inc., O.D. Paint, Gillespie Coatings Inc. manufactured.

Last edited by KAILUAZ; 05-21-2008 at 08:38 AM.