It’s looking like a candied apple…

The body and a few pieces are back from the booth. They're Ford Candy Apple Red! It makes quite a difference when it's all a uniform glossy color. This means we're cresting over the hump of the project and it'll start looking like a car again when the pieces come back together.

Beautiful Ford Candy Red
Beautiful Ford Candy Red

We went with basecoat/clearcoat rather than the original style single stage paint. The clear adds some depth to the finish.

Mustang body in candy red

A few more pieces. Yes, it all matches. The color looks and photographs different under different lighting conditions.

Pieces painted separately
Pieces painted separately