Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

What happened to the copper wheels?

 

I have always liked the " SHELL " logo.
There is an even cooler one that is related to SHELL aviation products that might look cool on the door !
Feel free to manipulate it on the colors that you have chosen via the patina look ! The flying A logo would really look cool as well !

 

Hurry back Joey, these guys are building your car on your thread with no input from you. Next thing they will be there in SF , knocking your garage door in and invading with compressors hoses and spray gear..or brushes. by time you get back home you will own a street rod with purple and yellow pastel paint straight out of the 90s!

 

No no no, it's his car! I was just bored at work and decided to tag in with the whole paint topic.
Joey's car is perfect as it is in my eyes, just needs those chrome banger parts installed!!

 

He He Heee...straight out of the 90s...that's 2 doors down on the right...

 

You ain't the criminal here Retson, you didn't start this "paint Joey's roadster" fetish. ( purple and yellow)

 

yeah right, on the right, right? and with a unuseable blown sbc with a pair of predator on top
...hurry Joey,hurry!
before all is lost!

 

I trust this young man is visiting in the past to discover...Hamb Hamb Hamb...I'm experiencing 1963...I thinking he's building in the flavor of 1950 or so...Flathead Hotrods really never stopped...2 or 3 carbs...oh yeah...

 

Yippee!!...bring it on...

 

Lol

 

In my opinion:
Fake race numbers, fake speed shop lettering, and random logos painted on cars are the new crybaby dolls and A&w drive in trays. They should be avoided at all cost.

 

I'm of two minds about those... at the end of the day if your car isn't a legit, period, survivor hot rod, it's a pretender no matter how authentic a recreation it is. We're recreating the real deal and the real deal often had numbers, names, speed shops (even fake/jokey names), stickers, logos, sponsors, etc...

Sometimes recreations of those details make me cringe, sometimes they look right at home and help sell the car as a period piece... the effect depends on the builder's taste and execution.

Joey's attention to detail and thought process for selecting parts means that if he decides to slap numbers or sponsors or stickers or a fake speed shop on it, it will be another part of the "story" he's looking to tell with the car and will feel 100% right at home. And if he doesn't, that will be 100% right too.

 

Well said!

 

I could see the Gray with Copper trim, here is a cruddy Paint quickie.
I bet Señor Ukrop has a better plan.
I didn't bother with the Purple/Yellow/Teal, many of us still have nightmares about those choices!

 

That's my favorite side of the engine, love that picture. At least you're not asleep at the wheel. I'm not a big fan of FAUXTINA. There are times when it can work but certainly not as many times as we see it.

 

...Inspirations

A Close and Lighter Shade to the 40, any thoughts Joey?

Credit to All That Inspired this

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Stogy, you nailed it.
Warren

 

I heard he sold the car and spent all the money on mustache wax after his time in the PNW

 

Keep a cool tool, after 55 pages let’s have some faith.

 

Relax it's just digital crayons, absolutely no finishes were damaged in this exercise......as I said no pressure, or dictating just Hamb Comradery...

 

Yeah man someone’s gotta be bullshitting in the garage while Joey’s going threw the house to the front door to pay the pizza guy.

You’d think he’d know to just go to the garage door by now. Must be a new guy.

 

"Hamb Comradery.." sometimes the HAMB is like the Taliban with torque wrenches.

 

Hey @Stogy , that is pretty cool how you tastefully sneaked in that cool flying A logo on the firewall !

 

Thanks 41, I figured a gasoline logo would be fitting near the Fuel Filter/Bowl...I had fun with this...I put trim rings on the wheels as well, a little shiny for a more formal street presence...the color is also a Pale Leaf Green...I will try to match the 40 as that was Joey's preference after all...Thanks for yours and the others input...its a momentary glimpse into how it might resonate visually...

Thanks to everyone for the kind words...

 

Your thoughts are entirely plausible in this Journey...It is Art...Zazzle......or is it...Dazzle?...remember that Thread? I firmly believe Hotrod/Custom are in huge ways forms of Art...Art that Rumbles and can be pretty Snappy...

Congrats on the frame and other goodies...1947 in the Cross hairs...one step at a time...