1950 Chevy Truck Paint Progress

November 24, 2016 1950 Chevy Truck, Banner, How To

We periodically do a few major projects in the Full Octane Garage. We are currently building a 1950 Chevy 5 window restomod truck and we wanted to share some of the paint progress.

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