back in the early 70s (actually just as American Graffitti came out because its what he drove in to go see the movie...) my dad had a 32 chevy 5 window coupe, full fenders, no chopy with a 327 sbc and slotted alum wheel, car was painted dark brown metallic. i've been searchin all over for it so i can buy it back and give it to him. wish i had a picture of the car.
That root beer metallic was fairly popular a few dozen years ago. Looks good on lots of different style cars.
Here's a very stylish brown '32 from Don's site. Thanks Don ! ...and a none '32, from somewhere else, none of these are ofcourse mine...only in my dreams / primerkid
that Bergren- Gammill- Porter- Hawkins- Schiffila- Meyer (and a couple others I can't remember) 32 just doesn't look right in photo's. I don't mean that in a bad way. I spent alot of time in that coupe when Porter owned it. and am partial to that L-88. but everyone that ever owned it, personalized it. after driving it I never wanted another 32. ruined me for life....Jim
My modified was to be painted red but the first run I went to after getting it running Rod and Custom found it and wanted to take pictures of it and it ended up on the cover. I figured if it was good enough to be on a cover of a magazine it could stay brown.
Hello, At the time of the photo shoot, this brown hot rod was nicely done. But brown hot rods were extremely hard to sell to the finicky magazine editors. The photos may be excellent as far as composition, using all sorts of photo techniques and angles. But, as far as the color aspect, not the most colorful for the page or cover. Color pages, the centerspread two fold or even the cover was more expensive to produce, so, the editors were very picky. Even larger color slides than a 35mm film camera still gets a look, but most of the time, a deep discussion took place. If it were Red, it would have been on the cover or a fold out centerspread. But, we were ok with a nice color page and a great story, as it were. How did I get more color? We had decided to go to the Los Angeles Harbor to get the sunny day photos with some colorful backgrounds. The waterfront had historic buildings, the wonderful dining areas along the main, deep blue water channel and even plain backgrounds of the commercial buildings with black/red huge oil tankers for a backdrop. But, we found a wide open area with the green Vincent Thomas Suspension Bridge that had opened in the early 1960s. A sunny blue sky, a huge green bridge high up and a dark blue water color plus a rough looking dock are all came together for a great looking photo set up. Jnaki The brown Model A Sedan Delivery was a great build and the finish made the day look brighter. We all like a “nice rear end…” YRMV
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