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Has anyone ever seen a tiki / Polynesian based paint scheme on a rod?
If so please post some pics!

Ummmm......the Maori tribes are a bit touchy about seeing their ancient / tribal symbols being used inappropriately or for commercial gain.
If you can claim Maori or Polynesean heritage, it could perhaps be a tad different, but if you can't........
Well, put it this way; I for one, (being honky,) most certainly wouldn't.
It would / could have the potential to upset an awful lot of people.
Think about it very carefully.
johnboy (From New Zealand, God's Own Country, and home of the Maori people.)

I dunno, Man....back in Hi School and before it was politically correct to be "politically correct", the big fad in Hi School was to have a Tiki to ware around your neck on a thin leather thong.
This was about the time that the Beach boys were big and there was a glut of
"Gidgit" movies and, of course, surfing was really becoming big.
Most were hand carved and had jeweled eyes.
Never got to much static from anyone.
Only got into trouble once for having a Marlboro hard pack rolled up in my sleeve.
DT

Just my usual comment that I reserve for similar paint ideas.... IMO art belongs on canvas, paint belongs on cars... Guess I'm showing my (very opinionated) age, but I still believe quality is the best paint for a car!!! Heck, I still think a two tone is wild!!!!!

But the other rule applies, it's your car, do it the way you want it and to heck with what anybody else (especially geezers) thinks!!!!!

Originally Posted by GulfCoastGasser

Has anyone ever seen a tiki / Polynesian based paint scheme on a rod?
If so please post some pics!

One of my boys is building a VW bug. It will feature some bamboo, palm trees, maybe some parrots, and at least one tiki.

We hope it will have the exotic "feel" associated with the south Pacific, surfing, and a garden-of-eden paradise.

This is also somewhat traditional art, if you remember the southern California car culture, "surf woodies", and even the beach movies, of the '60s.

(QUOTE)Just my usual comment that I reserve for similar paint ideas.... IMO art belongs on canvas, paint belongs on cars... Guess I'm showing my (very opinionated) age.(QUOTE)


This "Geezer" sees custom cars as "personal expression", and therefore "rolling art"......but I am also very glad we all have a different view. I can't imagine living in a world where we all paint our cars the same color, with the same wheels, and even the same pinstriping on them! How totally boring!

......Wait!......That's happening right now! :-(

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

This "Geezer" sees custom cars as "personal expression", and therefore "rolling art"......but I am also very glad we all have a different view. I can't imagine living in a world where we all paint our cars the same color, with the same wheels, and even the same pinstriping on them! How totally boring!

......Wait!......That's happening right now! :-(

agreed, however----"My name is Dave and I'm a Redaholic!!!"

Point gotten. :-)

BTW......My name is Jay, and I'm a product of '60s hot rodding,... so it's flames, mags, and big-ass back tires for me. :-)

Glad to meetcha!

You asked for pictures...right? Obviously, these were on a bike. The theme was a compromise between spouses. Kind of a "Carribean pirates meet Jimmy Buffet". :-)

More to come.

...and here are two PT Cruisers, and a Vette.

I doubt if this is exactly what you are looking for, but maybe it will spark some ideas. I have a bike coming some day that will be a south seas tribal theme, but sometimes they don't get completed.

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Point gotten. :-)

BTW......My name is Jay, and I'm a product of '60s hot rodding,... so it's flames, mags, and big-ass back tires for me. :-)

Glad to meetcha!

Jay

Thanks so much... man you are a true artist.

I too am a product of the 60's and I grew up with Kustoms (Barris, Roth, Starbird, etc) and drag racing funny cars, so the wilder the better for me.
I am not a big fan of low riders and chopped up bodies but I appreciate the beautiful craftsmanship and understand why so many people are attracted to it. Maybe that is why I am not!
But a car should be a reflection of its driver, so if momma want to paint flames on her soccer taxi-van then COOL!

Recently I put flames on a Scion XB...(the really boxy minivan)...for a gal. It's part of the price I pay to be a painter. :-(

It's not all bad though. The locals with blower street cars have found me lately! :-)

I just saw this Chevelle wagon up at Hot August Nights. Those engine covers are painted, not real wood.

And the other side of the hood

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Just my usual comment that I reserve for similar paint ideas.... IMO art belongs on canvas, paint belongs on cars... Guess I'm showing my (very opinionated) age, but I still believe quality is the best paint for a car!!! Heck, I still think a two tone is wild!!!!!

But the other rule applies, it's your car, do it the way you want it and to heck with what anybody else (especially geezers) thinks!!!!!

I'm with Dave. I thought the airbrushed murals were hideous at best and I was really glad they went away, same with the lace tablecloth paint and those goofy 80s graphics. Paint and chrome, and don't paint the chrome, at least not the same color as the rest of the car. I also love 2 tones, I wish they would make a comeback on new cars.
Now having said all that, I am really thinking of doing a south seas beach look paintjob on my 1953 Rollohome, which doesn't roll so good. I would put it up in the trees by our lake at the ranch and have the front yard all sand.

And, wrapped cars...oh I guess I won't go there