Ulu

I'm young enough to have been weaned on rattle cans. Dad never had a compressor capable of paint spraying, & what he painted was usually done with a spray can.

And stuff always got painted. Even if you couldn't fix body damage right away, you always painted it right away. Every time he got new tires, I had to sand & paint his wheels.  

Paint can be pretty or ugly, but its first purpose is not beauty but preservation. Unbroken paint is a good preservative, but once scratched, chipped, etc, it becomes a trap for crap, and crap plus water causes rust.

If, when it comes time to re-paint Edith I (for some reason) cannot afford to have it painted professionally, I'll paint it myself, and I won't have to paint it with rattle cans

This is the real reward of our old car hobby. It's not about us restoring and polishing up the metal to show off for ourselves so much as it is about putting a shine on the dreams of others.

Congratulations Trampsteer. we don't get to make wishes come true every day like that.