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Great looking paint color and finish. The interior changes are so well done it is a shame they so hidden from view.

Beautiful looking finishes throughout. The stance along with the rolling stock really captures the Street Rod look.

Beautiful paint finish and body trim. Liked watching your film on the build and seeing all of the detailing of the engine that you did on this build.

Like the wheels and stance. I had forgotten how good the colors on this looked.

Those are the ones I mentioned.

There is as many ways to go about your masking dilemma as there are members on the forum. I can only suggest the way I tend to do it, but I also look forward to hearing what other suggest since that is how we all learn. I try to outline any body trim at the same time as defining the body panel lines. I often even tape off the chrome trim to help keep any designs on the trim and save any distinct character lines. When masking for a two-tone paint schema I'll also mask over the chrome trim masking to help prevent any bleed through under the tape. As for color painting sequence like you're doing I might paint the entire body white if the second color was not a real dark shade. This may give the second color a brighter base and make it brighter to the eye than a gray or black primer and also save some on the second color that way. When masking the second color before spraying the color coat give a light dusting of a gloss clear around the edges and allow to dry. This will also help prevent any paint color bleeding. All of this requires a lot of good masking tape and careful planning, but the extra effort is worth while in the end.

These hub caps look just like the OEM hub caps in the AMT '57 Chrysler 300C kit.

Great looking clean and realistic looking body and paint finishes.

Great looking paint color and finish. The changes to the body styling look far better than what the kit provided.

Great looking color and how you just can see the flames. Like the engine and chassis detailing.

Like the body conversion and the paint design and color looks spot on. You didn't mention the engine, but I remember when a lot of guys were putting V-8's in Pintos and Vegas, they were very hot in their day. Like the wheel-tire combination and the stans.

Beautiful looking paint finish and color. The interior and engine detailing looks great. Very cleanly detailed trim and window moldings.

Beautiful looking paint finish and one of the best all time colors. Like the unusual and well detailed engine.

Great looking paint colors and finishes especially considering what you had to start with. Lots of great looking chrome trim and finishes.

Very impressive fabrication work here, and realistic looking finishes.

Alway enjoy seeing pictures of the shows in your area. What I like the most is the wide variety of vehicles that show up and the level of finish on them.

A thought on a winter driver, may no longer apply as it was a long time ago in the latter part of the last century. I would buy some $50 to $100 dollar car just to drive in the winter months. I could usually sell it off in the spring often for more than I paid for them. These weren't the most desirable cars and often large heavy more door sedans seemed to work well but still very serviceable for the job at hand. Very few cars of that era had anything resembling a locking differential or even front wheel drive. A set of oversized snow tread recaps and a few midnight parking lot practice sessions to learn how they would handle in the snow and ice. That part was sort of fun anyway. As for the sandbags, we all put them in the kickup over the differential in the trunk. The absolutely best car ever in the winter of 1966 was a '53 Buick Special with the straight eight and Dynaflow transmission.

Like the Red Impala as a friend and co-worker had one and I had a Danube Blue one. The White interior looks nice and bright. Nice engine detailing.

Great color with lots of sparkle in the finish.

Great looking paint finish and the red stripes look better with the red interior.

Beautiful looking body and paint work, all the body lines flow smoothly. The wheels look perfect with the bow tie centers. The interior with the luggage makes a good contrast.

Beautiful looking paint finish and color. Depending on the lighting sometimes it looks almost as if it is a two tone. I think this is because of the high metallic content of the paint. The body trim is all done very cleanly. Like the stance and ride height. In real life if it was any lower you might have a hard time turning. Great engine detailing.

As Greg and Peter both pointed out the kits wheel finish looks very close to the photos that Greg sent that show an original looking Mustang. My only thought would be a very light brushing with either Tamiya Black Panel Line Accent Color or their X-19 Smoke. Looking at your photo you will notice how the two wheels on the left side are somewhat darker than the two on the right. This is probably because of the lighting, but this is the sort of difference you might expect using the suggested paints.

I also noticed what you had pointed out about the appearance of the windshield. The reason I mentioned the positioning issue is that is something I have run into in the past on some builds. The top edge of the windshield might not have the same exact shape as the roof maybe. As for the "horse collar" grill, the story I heard years ago was the Edsel was designed by Henry Sr.'s son Edsel Ford who also was also involved in the design of the original Lincoln Continental. How true this is I really don't know. Edsel was sort of an automotive design type more than anything else from what I understand. Poor health has been blamed for his short life.

When I lived in Sacramento (1986 to 1996) I visited the railroad museum there a few times. Anyone with even the slightest interest should visit this facility. The museum is located in what is called the "Old Sac" area and also has many great restaurants along the river.