Hot Rods I painted the roadster! No more green primer!

I finally broke down and painted my '27 T roadster, spray can of course, and..... some bomber seats, aluminum interior panels, seatbelts, new carpet, radio, new Stones all around with '41 wheels, (black, beauty rings, no hubacps) front brake scoops, Baby Deuce headlights, some new stainless headlight stands, a stainless front frame crossbar, a little pinstripe, four aces graphics, an aluminum trunk lid liner, insulation.... now I'm really tired! Take a look. pigpen



I found that if you put the "Almost Chrome" powder on your hot exaust manifolds with a brush, it just melts right on, even over rust!

 

Great lookin car... what's that thingy hangin under the dash... Radio????

No way would I hear that thing in my roadster..! Hahaha...!

 

That looks better than any spray can job I ever saw (did)

 

Neckin' music, motor turned off.

I did a 51 chevy when I was a kid of 20 with rattlecan blue close to that shade. A forgiving color it was. Yours looks better tho..............

 

Good looking roadster dude.

 

Its an 8 track.

 

Nope looks like a Blaupunkt Tape Player to meeee!
Looks good all around!

 

It came out great! A very nice T-ster!

 

That is a beautiful rattle-can job!!

 

That's right! Neckin' music. I'm a musician.. give me a break! The solid plug wires make for an interesting sound when the motor is running. We used to get that sound on the TV, back in the day, when a rod drove by the house.
As for the spray paint. All Duplicolor truck paint is acrylic lacquer, the most forgiving paint ever. My color is T100 black, about 25 to 30 cans. Cut and buff, cut and buff, re-shoot, cut and buff, 2000 grit, buff more, touch up with black nail polish! Then do it over where you screwed up. pigpen

(Buff with Mirror Glaze swirl remover, use the Mirror Glaze show car glaze, finish with the High Tech Yellow Wax.)

 

I'll bet you are tired..... it looks GREAT !

 

It's hard to hear a radio NEXT to your roadster!

 

Looks good!

Me and MBL rattle canned his '26 T roadster...It came out cool as well!

 

looks good!

 

Not bad looking at all, but the radio has to go in the trunk or use an Ipod. Hot rods dont need shit like that cluttering up the interior.

 

nice looking car, sits nice

 

Texas law. They also made me put those reflectors on the rear to pass inspection and I had to black out the blue dots also. I also have a bar that goes accross the windshield posts that has a manual wiper mounted for the State inspection. They wouldn't buy the fact that a wiper on a roadster was optional in '27. Sometimes I think about moving back to California or Oregon, but then I remember Arnold and all of his taxes and rules and BS. pigpen

 

Looks bitchin.
What size are the sneakers?

 

Damn good job with the rattle cans!

 

Damn, I'm impressed.

 

Thats a hell of a rattle can job!

 

Ball-zie using a dark color and it came out nice.

 

Pigpen,
Your car has been one of my very favorite cars for years! Aperfect example of the way a car would have been built by the average hotrodder in the late 40's-50's. Looks even better now!

Would like to see better pics of the seats and details as to what they are, where they came from, ect.

Ted

 

"Baby Deuce" headlamps????

 

Only thing that I would change is I would park it in MY garage! Great looking car!

 

Looks real good. Cool little car.

 

so exactly how many puff cans did you use it looks good

 

There's a paint job that shows how to do something to the best of your ability, with what you have available to you ( what you can afford ). Great Job! No short cut there!

Jay

 

Front tires are Firestone 500/16 ribbed dirt track tires, on 4" wide '41 Ford rims. I got an alliance discount from Coker on these.



Rears are Firestone Destination LE, P245/70 R16's on 7" wide repro gennie rims. I turned the white letters inboard and blacked them out.

 

Maybe as many as fifty, if you count the previous green primer job, no clear though, just straight black lacquer. The firewall and the wheels got the Engine high temp stuff, which is acrylic enamel. It glosses out nice without buffing. pigpen