Thread: "Painter's Delight" Willys

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Gotta share this one! One of my "regulars" has a new car. If you live in the Northeast, you might have seen this one before, with blown smallblock Chevy power. It now resides in Arizona.

We are going to do some drawings, with a few different styles and colors of flames....pick one....then finish mounting the hood.....and "sling paint"!

I love it when projects are kewl..........and don't involve the nasty stuff, like bodywork and primer. I'll post a picture when it's done.

Any Willys looks good when ya "Burn It"

Here's the last one I did. A little extreme.... but with a blown 572 BBC.... maybe it was just right! :-)

That ain't Xtreme----
That's just RIGHT ! !

Just my opinion, using the blue car as an example, but I would leave off the flames on the doors, they don't appear to 'flow' well with the front of the car, just do the hood and front fenders.

From another big fan of flame jobs,
Mike

Actually the flames were done that way at the owners request.

His logic was to be able to run with or without the hood, and not have the flames look "chopped off".

Since it's his car.... and his nickle....we did his design.

Us painters don't ever get 100% control....just 100% of the blame. :-)

I know you had to do what he wanted, but I agree the door flames don't look right. Sort of like add on graphics or something. That paint job would have been perfect with just the ones on the nose.

Knowing your eye, Jay, it had to bother you a little too.

Don

It did notice the interruption in "flow".... but he's been back with more work.....and it beats workin' a real job! :-)

Of the hundreds of custom jobs I've done since '72, I can only think of about a dozen that were actually my choice.....and part of that is because I used to sell prepainted Harley sets. :-(

Yeah, I guess only the "Soup Nazi" gets to tell his customers what he really thinks. The rest of us have to bite our tongues a little and keep telling ourselves "it's his money, it's his money, it's his money............"


Don

Man You do some good work, that one hot ride.
I had a 73 bug that was the same color blue w/metal flake.
then I had it pinstriped w/ a light blue and it looked great too.
I love that blue. Kurt

I did not shoot the blue, but it's a candy.

I'm sure I'm the minority here but I like plain red But I hope he spends lots of money with you, you are very talented.
Ken

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

I'm sure I'm the minority here but I like plain red But I hope he spends lots of money with you, you are very talented.
Ken

Me too....got tired of flames before the went out of fashion the first time around..... But hey, if it pays the bills, it's good work!!!!

Nice work, I like the choices of the blues and yellows, you are a gifted painter!

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

I'm sure I'm the minority here but I like plain red But I hope he spends lots of money with you, you are very talented.
Ken

Thanks, Ken. Actually you are in the majority, right now. When I attend shows, this seems to be the preferred building style.

...then there are those people who, through many decades, always like the same thing, no matter what changes the hobby is going through....like me! I am a big fan of "one-of-a-kind" builds, that will not be confused with any one else's car. It isn't just rods. I was active with Corvette clubs in the '70s. We were scooping hoods, flaring fenders, and adding striking paint, but today the events look like a "used car lot". I did some graphics on a 2006, and he has won best paint at 10-15 events....but usually, actually, has no competition.

I remember reading an article (by Tex Smith?) in Hot Rod years ago, where he jokes about attending a huge show, then trying to find his red '34 Ford in the parking lot. Ooops, wrong wheels....Ooops, interior color is a little different....and so on. Funny stuff, but too true, if you are looking through my eyes.

Still, this is a hobby that is supposed to be for individualizing your car....and if you like a solid color, that's what you should do. Too many people today try to pronounce that there is a right or wrong way to build, but then it would be a hobby of "sheep". I wouldn't like that. The variety makes it more fun to "look".