Thread: Your Favorite Paint Jobs.

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Originally Posted by nitrofc

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A very cool and unusual idea!

Originally Posted by nitrofc

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Here is another recent favorite.....this time a street car! Unusual colors, interesting detail, very classy.

....and one last favorite (from my idea file). This one is "over the edge", would not work at all on a street car, and is a little too "gay" in terms of color....but I guess I like the impact it has!

i like the wild multi color schemes, i took these at the u.s. nationals in 2003.the first 3 are the same car in pieces. sorry i cant find the whole car in one picture.

I've got some pictures of that first Willys somewhere, that I took at the Tucson track. I think it was in preseason testing.

Pro Mod class has proven a worthy replacement for the excitement of the old gassers!

The Gassers had chopped tops, blowers, 'flake and candy paint with lace, cobwebbing, panel paint, and "leaf" lettering, and went guardrail to guardrail!

The Pro Mods keep some of the old body styles alive....and in terms of performance and appearance, they are even more intense than the gassers were!

It's nice that some of the recent evolution of the sport has actually kept the old attractions alive, for me and my fellow "Boomers". :-)

BTW, I grew up close to Indy, and went every year from '62 to '75. Viva la "Golden Age"!

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Here is another recent favorite.....this time a street car! Unusual colors, interesting detail, very classy.

very nice car , it was candy purple ,that on his base colors he fadded black into silver so the edges looked darker that normal .

mile deep black paint

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

mile deep black paint

A "classic" choice......Always nice!

That is the paint job that seperates "painters" from novices!

Last one I did was a 348/3X2 '58 Impala hardtop.

[quote=HOTRODPAINT]A "classic" choice......Always nice!

That is the paint job that seperates "painters" from novices!

I have never been good with the air brush art stuff it is very nice .but on some things less is more .if i could do it i would .there is a lot of guys making good money doing bike parts. i like to paint but just got out of it to much over head and it is hard to get good money for the work. and there is not any one that wants to help.. good help .is not easy to find young kids that want to learn any thing. i really like working with steel

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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

A "classic" choice......Always nice!

That is the paint job that seperates "painters" from novices!

I have never been good with the air brush art stuff it is very nice .but on some things less is more .if i could do it i would .there is a lot of guys making good money doing bike parts. i like to paint but just got out of it to much over head and it is hard to get good money for the work. and there is not any one that wants to help.. good help .is not easy to find young kids that want to learn any thing. i really like working with steel

I agree about much of this. The only thing I would say about making money at it is, the artwork and good paint work is very labor intensive, and the work, as you know can be nasty. Many jobs run a hundred to three hundred manhours. It's more like peeing into the wind, than robbing a bank!

I've got quite a number of skills, so if it wasn't for my love of art and custom vehicles, I'd go get a real job! At least it would have regular paychecks, and some benefits. The problem is that I love what I do!

hey hotrodpaint, ive got the same california charger dragster model in my closet. its about 1/4 done and has been sitting for about 2 years. how about we just trade, think of all the hours of enjoyment you will have assymbling it. not to mention it will look 100 times better when you are done than if i finish it.

Actually the pictures are of a diecast, that I got off of the net. I couldn't find great photos of the car on short notice. :-)~

That kit you have probably has the coolest box art ever put on a model kit!

Here is another old favorite from about '67-'68. Tommy Ivo's "giraffe" car. Sorry I don't have better pics. Somewhere I have a great magazine centerfold of the car at Orange County or Lions.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

You mean the Bob McCoy sedan? Here's a drawing he's done of his former car followed by a picture taken in recent years of a car that claims to be the same one.

Yep, that's the one. I couldn't remember his name (half the time I can't remember MY name ) Always loved that car.

Thanks Bob,


Don