On August 21, 2004 I decided it was time to give the "old gal" a new dress. There was a few small dents that needed to be addressed & the lower front fenders had a small amount of rust through about the size of a 50 cent piece. This car was much too clean not to paint. I started to remove all the stainless trim on this car. The floorboards are solid as new. I decided not to remove the body from the frame because all the body mounts were in really good condition and the engine and transmission were in excellent condition.I had already done the mechanical stuff as listed on the REPAIR LOG I was now interested in the cosmetics. After removing all the stainless and chrome trim I proceeded inside the car and pulled out everything including the headliner with much help from Teresa who was a tremendous help removing screws and bagging and labeling everything. We removed all the windows and felt strips and pulled all the weatherstripping out. Even the side sliding windows had to be removed. I then went to the dash and removed all the switches & guages & the old padded dash. I then took the car to Eaton paint & Body to my friend Don Mueller who spent 11 Months prepping & painting. He meticulously removed every little imperfection & painted the old girl. All the paint is pearled and cleared with 4 coats. The white is a super bright white (as bright as I could find). The main color is light Rosewood Metallic. The car was painted inside & out. Don did a super nice job. The bumpers were sent to DENVER BUMPER to be straightened & chromed along with the guards. All the badges were replaced with new except for the "Parklane" script. (now replaced with new old stock emblems in 2011). The park light & tailight assemblies were polished along with the grille. All the stainless was polished before installation. New carpet was purchased. All new weatherstripping was purchased including all tailgate pieces (very expensive). A new windshield was purchased. The car really looks nice and the color on this page is not correct. It makes the car look much darker than it is.