Thread: How do you like your paint???

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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Being an old drag fan, I also love the cerny paint work, (below) and the other styles of the era! I'm dying to do a '70s style psychedelic job! I have seen signs of it coming back, but I think it will be 5-10 years before we see much of it.

I'm all for the comeback of the psychedelic paint schemes!!!! Brings back memories of my mis-spent youth!!!! Maybe one of those paint schemes on my old T-Bird?????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'm all for the comeback of the psychedelic paint schemes!!!! Brings back memories of my mis-spent youth!!!! Maybe one of those paint schemes on my old T-Bird?????

.....With a giant portrait of Jimi Hendrix on the hood! :-)~

You can only look at so many Red cars and Black cars. I like things that are not the same ho hum

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

.....With a giant portrait of Jimi Hendrix on the hood! :-)~

hmmmmm. Think I need to send you the hood!!!! Sounds like one heck of a good plan!!!! Could you do one of Janis Joplin on the deck lid?????

To me, it really depends on the car. The type of car, the age of the car, the accessories on the car all kind of dictate what would work best. Some colors go better on big cars than they do on small cars and vice versa. Graphics can make or break a car, depending again on the style of graphic and they type of car.

I wouldn't expect to see a wild colored swoopy graphic on the sides of a 32 Ford with rolled and pleated interior, a checker board white and black painted firewall, a detailed flathead and red painted steelies with baby moons and a trim ring. Some things are just better with plain old pinstriping and no flashy graphics. Other cars, the flashy stuff looks far better than pinstriping.

As to flames and scallops, again both can look great on selected cars, but not on the same car. I prefer scallops on 50's and 60's (and some 40's), and flames on 20's thru 60's vehicles. Again the style of the flames and the scallops also can make a big difference.

Speaking of flames, here are two shots of flames from the same car as seen last weekend at the NSRA nats in Tampa. Appears to be a labor intensive paint job, looks nice, but not my style.