You could spray can that hood and get it pretty decent looking, cheap and easy. Nice truck.
Yep, rattle can is certainly cost-effective on an older rig
Mine sports the ACE brand International Red and Gloss white. Wash it up good, bondo any low spots, sand the rough stuff, prime it, and spray bomb it. To go the two-tone paint on my truck, the initital paint was 2 cans of primer, 2 cans of gloss white, and 2 cans of red. But all I have to paint is the regular cab and front clip. I don't have a crew cab and dually bed...but I'd say it could be done with 8 cans of black and have 2 or 3 coats.
After the initial paint job, I wash mine up good in the late spring or early fall when temperatures are decent, and just give it 2 more coats of red and white. Matter of fact, I'm going to do that pretty soon here, that way the truck looks good for the rally.
It looks great from a distance, and with the cheap spray bomb, I never worry about scratches.
And x2 what Heath said, bring it down to the rally!!
