1966 Barracuda New Paint - Part 1 of 2

I've put off doing the major bodywork on this car for a long, long time. A couple of previous posts from two months ago and had me doing the left front fender (fender)  and the left rear quarter panel (quarter panel) of the car. That work was actually done in July of 2018 and February of 2019, respectively, so I didn't get to the right side of the car until four years from the time I did the front fender. Four years to get all the bodywork done shows how much I dislike bodywork. But as I mentioned in a previous post, I wasn't about to hand over $15,000 to a body shop to do the work, and my philosophy is that if I am able to do the work on my old car, I should do it. After all, isn't that what us car guys do, work on our cars?

Well, the long, and sometimes painful, hours of bodywork have paid off. I've actually started painting the car. The Chrysler paint code is RR-1, Yellow (yup, plain ol' Yellow). It's what came on the car from the factory and I wanted to stick with the original color. Here's the first bit of paint on the inner door frames and gas cap:

Next came the underside of the hood. My thinking here is that I'll get the door and hood parts done that require those items off the car, then I'll reinstall them and paint the rest of the car. Here's the hood, in all its glory, plus flies galore stuck to it:

The door frames are next. I had to "open" the paper door to drive the car out of the garage. I got a couple runs in some discreet areas. I need to do some research on how to set up my $11 Harbor Freight HVLP paint gun to get better results. I also got some orange peel on the hood.

I hadn't started or driven the car since July of 2021, but the car started up as easily as if it had sat for a week or so. For those that aren't familiar with these old cars that have Carter AFB carburetors, these carbs have a propensity to let the gas evaporate out of the float bowls after sitting for several days. Cranking for 15 or 30 seconds (with a few starter breaks in between) is normal before the engine comes to life.