Three coats

Three coats is what I pulled off the body parts today. The original primer and white, another coat of primer, bondo, and white, and a coat or rattle can silver with some more bondo. The second white coat was the most tenacious. Whoever painted that on used some good paint. It was tougher than the original stuff and way tougher than the lousy rattle can paint. With the fenders all taken down to the metal I can see all the ripples and flaws. The front fender will be easy to fix. The cowls will take more work. There were bits of bondo all over and lots of small dents and ripples. Very little rust and no rot though.