Back in black

After work, with the shop doors open to the lovely 70-degree weather, this was scuffed and blacked out. It looks as messy as it's supposed to look, at least according to the several photos that I found online of an original door.

via eBay

Strange how difficult it was to find a photo of a Corvette door of this vintage that still had original paint. These cars seem to all get painted red and/or black at some point in their lives.

These awful paint jobs make figuring out how things were painted originally very difficult to determine.

This photo, taken from an eBay ad for the sale of this door, was very helpful.

Once the paint totally cures, the internal parts will be installed and this door will be done.