Going to strip and paint my car, need advice and a recommendation for a book about it

Brooks James said
I have a new Eastwood Drum sander with 6 different sanding rolls. Strip to the bare metal, and condition it. Color will be 1969 GTO Ram Air Judge Concours Red. My plan is for single stage urethane paint. Work small sections at a time, spray them with epoxy primer, go to the next section, and so on.

Your plan to strip it to the metal is solid. These old cars are 60ish years old. Who knows what was done to them back in the day when they got banged up! Do as @RustyRatRod suggested on get supplies from Southern Polyurethane. When you strip a panel, clean it with their wax and grease remover and then use their epoxy primer to seal it up before it rusts. Then do any body and filler work on top of the epoxy primer. Then use the high build primer from there. Once you're satisfied it is straight, seal it with some more of the epoxy primer thinned out according to SPU's instructions to spray it as a sealer. On the outer body of the car, you will be miles ahead if you use base coat-clear coat paint. Paint the outer body all on the same day, not a piece at a time. If you do the outside a piece at a time, it will end up 27 different colors out of the same can! :BangHead: Use the urethane under the hood, in the jambs and in the trunk. You flew helicopters....so you can paint a car! :) Good luck to you.
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