Thanks.
Nope, no ceramic, but probably as expensive as if it was!
A stupidly labor intensive hand-sanded-73-times paint job... I forget all the coats of prep/sand/etch/sand/bog/sand/prime/sand/fill/sand/hifill/sand/blah/blah/blah... to get the fiberglass and metal to a final common base for paint that was pretty flawless.
..believe it or not, it actually looks even better in person...