I primed my '51 twodoor several times with a brush (I was really broke back in '95-'96!) and wet sanded it out. It looked fine, and got me through. I'll bet that brush painting is WAY more "trad" than using an air gun!
7.00 gallon of bedroom indoor latex FLAT get any color you want (thousands of options) & you wont believe how good it will look & leave it outside for 5 years it'll still look good only a little faded. --------- when its time to give it a 'real' paint job just get paint remover close to it & itll come off so fast it'll scare ya. --- nice flat blue or green or maroon, yello, red, aqua, etc... dont get stuck on black! this 40 i bought all apart & multi colored, we have 10 spray guns here & all kinds of good PPG paint. i hung this car together got a gallon of latex paint & went to town everyone that was here that day laughed i just handed out brushes & rollers & it was done & looked good.