The car is now out on the road, running well.

I went to a local car cruise night, and realized that my paint finish needed work.
A red AMX pulled in with a deep deep shine (red paint by coincidence.) So, back to the body shop supply store to pick their brains and see what I can do to bring out the shine on my paint.

The answer seeemed to be a 2 part solution: wet sand with 1000 grit paper and polish with a fine polishing compound and foam pad with a rotary polisher.

Well, I took a chance on the wet sanding, being that I have enough paint to paint the car 3 more times. Since I don't have a polisher (yet) I put the foam pad on my variable speed drill. Although its a bit tough to handle, it gave me the chance to experiment with the sanding/polishing procedure.  The result was great first time out. I had to go back over the area again with the sand paper to get the surface a bit smoother, but the polish really makes a big difference right away, especially on the flat surfaces.  Pictures to come soon.