 I'd skip sandblasting the sheet metal. You're creating more work than you'll save. If anything, strip that. I'd skip stripping the chassis too. Any paint that's still stuck is good "primer" in my book. Wire wheel/wire brush all of that. As far as dismantling. The more you disassemble, the better your finished job will probably turn out. I removed all the sheet metal and grill of course, the seat, the fuel tank, alternator, hoses, belt, gauges, battery, covered all the wiring, and masked a lot of small details before shooting the Flint Grey Metallic. I removed the rear wheel centers and shot the silver mist rims. Sheet metal was totally disassembled, then sprayed. I used just shy of 2 quarts red, about 2-1/2 quarts of Flint Grey, and about a pint of silver mist. Paint is MF/AGCO enamel. There are better/tougher paints, but I wanted as much "original eqipment" as conceivably possible. I got my decals through MF/AGCO. I ordered OEM part # decals. The hyphen in the MASSEY - FERGUSON name was only used for a very short time after the merger. My 150 had original decals up until I painted. No hyphen. New decals don't have it either.
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