At the Fall Colors Tour this year, I was attempting to film a Willys Jeep that was rolling through the woopty-whoops.� The trail got narrow and the speed was high.� I ended up tangling with a few trees and shrubs.� The result?� A substantial scratch that ran the length of my Willys, ODie.� I was devastated, but didn't want to dampen the mood with my disappointment.�
When I got home, I quickly cleaned the mud, dirt and dust off ODie.� I ordered new stencils from Military Stencils, then got busy removing the brackets, footman loops etc...
The scratch wasn't deep, but it couldn't be buffed out. Semi-gloss paint has many advantages, but buffing out a scratch isn't one of them.� So, sanding down the panel was in order...
Good thing I have extra paint.� As you can see, I covered everything I didn't want to paint, then watered the floor to keep the dust down, then shot some paint...
I let the paint cure for a month...
Set the stencils, painted them, then bolted all the stuff back on.� It was time to put ODie back into his Fall jacket, so the top went back on.� Took it for a spin to show the neighborhood that ODie is back to his old self again.� All is right in world!...
Thank you for tuning in to my mini Willys project.
Tim
