as defivered from thefactory Paint Chips, scratches and defaceing shall receive a deduction on condition." The important thing is for paint to appear as typical factory production, which normally means a small amount of fine-grained orange peel, not a perfectly flat mirror gloss. Also it's common to see evidence of bonding strip seams slight mismatch of panels, unbuffed (semi gloss) finishes in doorjambs or in accessible areas. These cars were buffed when they were built, with, by cuffent standards, very coarse compounds and wool pads. This process tended to level the orange peel but not eliminated it all together. Also, you could expect variations in the amount of orange peel depending on the conditions of the particular day the car was produced. Things such as temperature, humidity, paint batch or mix, the mood of the paint technician, how much time the person buffing spent on the car or color (how much the texture would show due to light vs. dark colors). It's very likely that there were huge variations in appearance from one car to the next. This is still very common in today's auto production. It is very difficult to pinpoint an exact texture or appearance for typical factory production. It helps to spend some time looking at Bow Tie cars to determine what an original appearance might be. Bear in mind that most twenty to thirty year old original finishes have probably been buffed many times and will likely appear somewhat flatter than they did @, originally. So how do we create this appearance with today's finishes? There are generally two types of finishes used today, the single stage finish and the base coat/clear coat system. The single stage system will create the most original appearing finish. The clear coat finish is not impossible to work with but is difficult to use and avoid an appearance, which might