Front Sheetmetal--original paint/assembly order?

[Brad54]

This probably fits in the Original thread, but I don't remember seeing it there.
What was the assembly and paint order for the front end sheet metal.
Were the fenders, inner fenders, core support and grill surround assembled first and then painted black and body color, was the core support and inner fenders assembled and painted black, then the sheetmetal attached and painted, was it all painted separately and then assembled?

What about the hardware? Was the hardware painted, cad-plated, black-oxide finished or what?

-Brad