Thread: How do you like your paint???

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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.