desperate need vintage color photos of this 32 roadster!!

I am almost ready to paint this car back to it's old colors. Pearl blue with candy blue frost. Still looking for old (color) pictures of this car, cause I am not certain of which blue.

1932 plymouth roadster built by Art Russell. Grand National Icas winner of 1965/66. 1956 olds engine, 39 lasalle trans.

Who can help?

Also see my Web-site for more info www.tonupkid.com

 

bttt

 

That was a Car Craft magazine cover car October, 1963.

Color then appeared to be black, but the inside 2 page story did not mention the color. It this form it was a street roadster, rather than a show car. Interior was simpler, too.

 

Thnx Dave

Yes this was in its pre show form. color black. in 1963/64 Art Russell extended the body down wards and rolled the rear. new diamond tufted interior, new headers. and the car went to corky of Barris kustoms for a paint job.

anton

 

bttt

 

anyone??

 

No pics. It had a fade paintjob before Gene invented the fade paintjob.
All pics have been destroyed so the car didn't exist.

Just kidding.

 

You'll never get the true color from any photo, especially from a magazine reproduction of a vintage photo. Even if you have an original print or negative it will have faded, and color reproduction wasn't all that accurate 40 years ago anyway.

Are there NO traces of the original color on it? You might have to carefully sand down the current paint to find out what's underneath or find a hidden place untouched by the respray.

A very nice car BTW.

 

You are correct about the fading of magazine color pictures. The printing dyes as well as the acid in the paper cause the color to fade and the aging of the paper changes the color.

However, it depends on the type of film used in the original film exposure. If it was the old Kodak Extachrome, the dyes in the negative would have faded over the 40+ years. If the original film was Kodak Kodachrome, it should not have faded. Kodachrome was made to be color stable. The dyes were added during the processing of the film unlike Extachrome where the dyes were added when the film was made thus before processing. Kodachrome is/was the most color stable of the color films. Kodak wanted the film to be stable for over 100 years. Its because of this that all the old professional photographers of the '50's, '60's, '70's and '80's used Kodachrome slide film. I've been away from photography for so long I don't even know if Kodak still makes Kodachrome or a product similar to it.

Its amazing the things you can learn on the H.A.M.B. That's my nickle's worth.

 

thnx and bttt

 

I've been watching this thread for a couple of days now and got to thinking that you might contact Andy Southard Jr. He was a photographer who captured all kinds of images of hot rods and customs for magazines and has produced several books recently. He gives his address in them and asks for comments. You might try him. The address I have for him is: 5 San Juan Dr, Salinas, CA 93901, USA. This address was taken out of the book Hot Rods of the 1950's.

 

thnx, thought of that. I s he still around??

 

Maybe someone else could answer that better than me. Anyone?

 

ANDY SOUTHARD JR.
5 SAN JUAN DRIVE
SALINAS CA 93901-3012

(831)424-2149

This was on an adress sticker on the inside of my autographed copy of Hot Rods & Customs of the 1960s

I do not know if its good any more

 

will try to phone or write him, thanks !

 

Update.
Going through HAMB and researching the history of this cool little Roadster now under new ownership in Finland. Just adding these old photos from another thread... (I know Anton already has these) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74711

--mika

 

I always loved that car...

 

Me too! And now it's in the next town, small world!
--mika