Hot Rods Unearthing 1950’s hotrod paint on a chopped 1932 5W coupe

Damn. That is incredibly cool. Glad you have it well in hand. Kudos.

Imagine owning that thing in the mid 50's and then some 20 years later, in 1972 going to a movie. You stroll into the theater to see American Graffiti and on the screen your eyes are filled with a ten foot high visual of a weak approximation of YOUR yellow deuce coupe? I would have fallen out of my frigging seat. The chop, the color, the bobbed rear fenders.

OK maybe it's just a chopped yellow deuce coupe, but man, there are some similarities. The stance with the full moon wheel covers is superior to the AG car. The striping. What a badass find. Congrats.

 

Most of the time old girls look better with their clothes on…

 

What a neat car.

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Wow! What a find and what a save. If it were mine I would not be able to resist restoring it right back to this...

 

That's "Knock it outta the park CooL!!"
Now, gitter runnin'!

 

Got the rest of the car sanded, and went to the local paint shop to pick up some paint to spray a few pieces. I was told the car was 1955 Ford Yellow…yup

 

Very Cool, Chris !!!

 

Golden Rod Yellow
Even the name has Rod in it. I approve!

 

Perfect stance, chop, and paint.

 

This thing just keeps getting better and better! What a car!

 

So what came first, seeing the pin striping on the car or in the photo, then sanding to find it? Have the photos been with the car all along or did they turn up in the info search? Great project. Bob

 

Mmmmmmm
I love perfect paint

 

you could see the striping under the rattle can, and my friend John ID’d the car not long after I bought it. He had a couple photos, and the rest have trickled in over time. So I always knew the paint was under it, just needed the motivation to unearth it

 

'55 FORD, GOLDEN ROD YELLOW,

MY FAVORITE !!!

 

I don’t know what to add that hasn’t been said already…..I’m speechless!

 

How cool is that!

 

such an awesome car

 

Coolest thing I've seen in a while, nice save!

 

Dig dig dig'n it!!

 

are you planning on blending some of the paint in?

 

not really except maybe the wheel wells. I need to paint the panel below the deck lid, headlight buckets and grill. It will be a fun challenge to see if I can get it a close match

 

Man, I'd have to leave it just the way it is and drive the wheels off of it...
What a find... Congrats!

 

There’s a very wicked 55 Chevy lookin for you.

 

No shame in old patches of primer. Or even new patches of primer that will soon age and look old too.

 

What a cool car! I love the worn patina on it, as well.

 

and Von Dutch stripin too ............


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Yeah but this one's cooler lookin' than Milner's...

 

TRUTH

 

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