With the Lexus sanded down nicely, if you consider ‘nice’ to mean uneven and with deep gouges in places, it was time to make it look at least a little bit more like the General Lee.

Halfords kindly supplied plenty of Hemi Orange paint and a bit of lacquer for barely any money at all, so then it was simply and early morning drive to Swadlincote where our good friends would help us paint a perfectly good Lexus quite badly.

Following a bit of breakfast, we set about removing lights, grilles, number plates and anything else that had a screw or nut holding it on. Then we fired up the compressor and started spraying primer around, before retiring for a round of drinks.

Finally, it was time for the paint. “Bloody hell, that’s orange” was a frequently uttered exclamation. It’s really very very orange indeed. More orange than many a minor celebrity. But exactly the right amount of orange for it pass as The General.

That’s the basics now sorted. Next up is the mechanical bits to mend, and the extra accessories to add.

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