Best way to paint A bodies???

Are you repainting it the original color?

If so, you can get away without doing the complete jambs, if the original paint is okay, with no rust, etc.

I did the panel replacement, and the removal of EVERYTHING on the body (chrome, trim, door handles, door seals, etc. etc.) and the body shop did the priming/surfacing/base/clear......they did paint the jambs, but only up to the nearest seam or lap joint of the panels in the jamb. They also did part of the engine compartment, but I'll have to finish/reshoot the engine compartment one of these days, when I pull the junkyard 360 and go back in with a 340.

This is a driver, not a show car, but everyone comments about the paint when I have the car out (it did turn out really nice)......I've never taken the car to a show (in my mind, it's not done/ready yet), but several people have told me it looks good enough "as is" to show). Car was painted in 2005, still looks excellent 4 years later.

It is an excellent example of how you can save money by spending a little more money to buy the car in the best possible condition you can find, so you don't have to go overboard with a "rotisserie resto"/replace half the unibody project. You are money ahead by doing so.

It will cost the same amount of money to "restore" a slant-6 Duster as a 340 Duster, but the ROI on the /6 car will suck.