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Single stage all the way. Too many irregular surfaces would be difficult to sand between coats efficiently. I painted the engine bay and trunk on my Duster with single stage, came out great. Not painting the outside either, pretty close match.
'68 Super Bee was available in a post body only. In '69 you could get one in a hard top. On the flip side, the '68 Coronet R/T was a hard top only, marketed as a "well-appointed" muscle machine.
I don't necessarily think the factory sought to make the sedan bodies stiffer for "racing", it was...
Sounds like you might have doors from a Coronet 440 that had the body line trim, see below.
If there are no trim holes on the quarters or fenders, there was no trim which means the doors you have were from a different car.
This is the exact Dulcich article I referenced when I filled in the trim holes on my old car. Eastwood sells a body solder kit with all you need except the torch.
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/3065/
https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-basic-body-solder-kit-basic.html
I did it on my old Bel 1 about 20 years ago by melting lead sticks with a torch. I smoothed the lumps out with a waxed paddle while hot and then hit it with a DA sander when it cooled. I used aluminum foil tape as a backer.
I ended up with some warping so using clay around the holes and/or...