Here is a picture of mine. Rattle can black and engine is the wrong color. I don't even bother to try to make the black look good. But you guys pulling the engines and getting to it are getting me motivated!
I hear ya! I saw the pictures of the motors on that thread here recently where everyone was showing their under hood engine bays. That's what got me motivated. You'll get to the point where you've had enough like I did. LOL.
I used paint striper to get the paint removed which left just smooth bare metal on the fender wells. Paint rolled up like nothing. I sanded the fire wall because there is so many tight spots, studs, etc.. Prime it a good Epoxy on bare metal especially. Then you get to sand and sand and fill and sand and scrape and prime and say I wished I just left it alone...LOL