Painting in a small area.

[Henry Rifle]

I've been obsessing how I was going to paint my '34 in the small garage I have available. The body and hood are no problem. I made a rolling fixture so I can move the body around. I can set the hood on a couple of barrels. The doors are a different matter. They need to be painted inside, outside and on the edges, and I want to paint all surfaces in the same session. I tried hanging them, but that didn't work. It was too hard for me to get at all the edges and still get nice coverage.

I was standing in my garage, muttering to myself because I wasn't getting anything done, then I saw a couple of 2x12 planks and my engine stand, and l lightbulb came on. It only took about an hour's work, a couple of 1/2 x 7" bolts, some shelf brackets and a few deck screws to make a couple of rotisseries to hang the doors on. I can spin them 360 and get to all the surfaces easily. I primed all the parts (except for the body) in just a few hours this afternoon.

Now, if I can just fix the next 10 billion pinholes that Gibbon included at no extra cost . . .