Paint advice

["Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>]

Here's a question for all you guys who have paint/body experience. My '65 
300 has been sitting in primer for a year now waiting for paint. The car is 
little more than a rolling chasis with the freshly rebuilt engine/trans 
installed and only the heater box, pedals, and steering column reinstalled 
inside the car. All the alignment of hood, trunk, doors, and fenders has 
been completed and the final paint has been applied to everything except the 
outer body panels and behind the rear bumper/tail light area.

The painter I had chosen to do the car finally came around to look at the 
car and is wanting me to reassemble the car almost completely before he 
paints it! He thinks I should spot paint around the window jambs, portions 
of the fenders and rear quarters that will be hidden behind the bumpers, the 
top edge of the doors and quarter window area, etc, etc. then proceed to 
install the glass, weather stripping, bumpers, dashboard, wiring, etc. so 
the car is running prior to him painting it.

Is it just me or has this guy been around too many paint fumes? I had wanted 
to leave the car as bare as possible not only to ensure nice even coverage 
everywhere possible but also to limit the parts effected by overspray. If 
the car had not been completely dissassembled I would not have a problem 
with masking glass etc. but this seems weird reassembling it prior to paint. 
The only benefit and the reason he gave for doing it this way was to limit 
the chance of damaging the finish during reassembly.

My gut tells me to stick with my plan but I would welcome any insight from 
any of you members that have experience in this area before I make a 
decision about how I should proceed.

Thank you in advance. Ryan Hill (Vancouver, Canada)

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