Thread: Fiberglass Rods

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I absolutely agree with you.

I did my first ever body work and painting on the bottom of my 32. Enlarged the trans tunnel in-situ, fixed some flaws, etc.. It was a great measuring stick for what is to come with the topside for me.

And yeah I basically shot it after becoming weary of messing with it rather than having it perfect. But I figure it would cost more than $10k easy to have a shop do all this work and I don't have the resources for it as all my money is in the mechanical areas.

When I finish the top side I already know it ain't gonna be perfect. But I will have put plenty off effort into it, it will look really good, and I'll be proud of it. And no one will believe I did it myself

Kitz

Just got done with my '32 I have a total of 304 hours total in the body and paint.....but it is now flawless

Originally Posted by iceburgh

Just got done with my '32 I have a total of 304 hours total in the body and paint.....but it is now flawless

Not really that unusual to put hundreds of hours into a street rod finish. If it's an original car, you have 75 years of wear and tear. If it's a 'glass car, you have the flaws that were in the original it was cast from, plus some manufacturing flaws due to shrinkage in the glass and such. If it's a steel car, you have the flaws that will be in the stamping dies. These companies can't spead that cost over a few million bodies, so they have to spend a lot less on the dies than a new car manufacturer would, so it is going to be a compromise.

Compounding the problem is the high level of professionalism that the hobby has risen to. Todays older, more astute builder expects a much higher level of workmanship, than the high school kids who built these in the '50s. What is now a "street and show paint finish", was the "full-blown showcar finish" of the past. Rods have truely become rolling art, except, of course rat rods, which are more like a comfortable old sweatshirt, complete with holes and stains. :-)~

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Not really that unusual to put hundreds of hours into a street rod finish. If it's an original car, you have 75 years of wear and tear. If it's a 'glass car, you have the flaws that were in the original it was cast from, plus some manufacturing flaws due to shrinkage in the glass and such. If it's a steel car, you have the flaws that will be in the stamping dies. These companies can't spead that cost over a few million bodies, so they have to spend a lot less on the dies than a new car manufacturer would, so it is going to be a compromise.

Compounding the problem is the high level of professionalism that the hobby has risen to. Todays older, more astute builder expects a much higher level of workmanship, than the high school kids who built these in the '50s. What is now a "street and show paint finish", was the "full-blown showcar finish" of the past. Rods have truely become rolling art, except, of course rat rods, which are more like a comfortable old sweatshirt, complete with holes and stains. :-)~

I agree.... I have been to shows that teh cars just blow you away and you try and look as good as they do.
Here is what mine looks liek now and should have the front end on in the next day or 2

Very nice!