Paint jail. It's a known menace to our craft, one that has seen the demise of many a project. It's the car crafting version of a roach motel-cars go in but they don't come out. It usually goes like ...

We're murder on paint shops. We're always on strict deadlines to get cars finished, and we're prone to changing our minds about colors and styling right up the very moment when paint is ready to meet ...

Henry Ford once remarked, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black.” The quote reflects his focus on efficiency and cost control during the Model T era.