Many early cars were rolled/brushed. In fact, the old Dodge Brothers dealership here painted them @ the dealership then had a parking area on their roof where the paint would dry/bake. The only brushed car I ever had was a $50 1960 Chevy station wagon that must have had Latex paint on it, as it would leave powder on you whenever you'd rub against it. (also had a cool J.C. Whitney floor shifter instead of 3 on the tree, and a garden hose in the oil breather to try to channel the smoke away).
***the shifter was scavenged/stripped out of it at the end of it's life, then was filmed being pushed off the top of a limestone quarry (or so I'm told
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