Featured Art & Inspiration Yellow cars

Cigarette Cream, 1936 Cord Yellow is the ticket

 

Those coffin-nose Cords are such beautiful automobiles!

 

He ran out of yellow paint.

 

427 made a lot of power.

 

Brad Doty had a beautiful yellow sprinter back in 83.

 

I also thought the "Wagon Master" looked better yellow than black.

 

I hate yellow cars, so what do I do, buy yellow cars.

 

'55 T-Bird Goldenrod Yellow

 

You beat me to it!!
Bob Larivee, last owner of the original Mysterion, with my reproduction at Stahl's museum.

Bob with Ed when he bought it!

Me with the repop.

 

Hello,

There are some sectioned cars that just look too far gone in the custom approach. I remember those early R&C mags with photos of odd looking sectioned 50 Ford coupes. They looked to us like bedroom slippers. A little taken out was too much, when a stock bodied coupe with some paint and chrome rims was all that was needed for a cool hot rod or custom. But, they were different. Sometimes, they looked like a plastic model that accidently got stomped on, in a fit of teenage angst.

As the trend continued, even the Model A coupes, as well as others that were sectioned, looked out of whack and that someone made a mistake in the design/build. It was something to get accustomed to in the custom car field. But, those cars were very rarely seen as daily drivers to work or school. Neighborhood car shows and shows at parking lots across the whole areas did show some custom cars in attendance. For the most, the custom cars that showed up were mild customs that were used as work vehicles or family cars.

By the time we were traveling all over taking photos of hot rods and motorcycles, we stuck to our choices as to which style would be gladly accepted into one of the magazines that were available to everyone. So, we stayed away from showcasing the sectioned cars. Nicely done hot rods with a touch of racing look was the style and those were plentiful. In all of the hot rod shows and runs that were usually outside, the hot rods outnumbered the weird sectioned cars by a ton.

Jnaki

Rod Powell’s sectioned 39 Chevy Sedan, Crow Canyon Park.

When my wife and I drove into the parking area of Andy’s Picnic (in Crow Canyon Park, Castro Valley), we saw plenty of colorful hot rods and trucks. But, one stood out as a cool street legal sedan from far away. My wife noticed the color standing out from the rest of the reds, blacks and muted colors. It was a bright yellow 39 Chevy two door sedan with green flames sitting in the lot. It looked stock and from a distance, it was hard to say it wasn’t a custom car, but a daily driver. It would make a fabulous color feature for our magazine entries.

So, much to our surprise, we found out later that the yellow 39 Chevy sedan was owned by Rod Powell. His shop and creations had been recognized by the local followers and featured in magazines. So, this one was a first that we saw and instantly, could see it as a feature in a magazine. But, come to find out, from the local, Northern California photographers, it had already been in someone’s portfolio for a future feature.

In looking at the bright yellow 39 Chevy sedan, it looked stock. The first thing anyone notices is the bright yellow paint. Then the contrasting green flames tastefully done on the sedan. But, many weeks later, someone that I showed the photo to for a possible magazine quick entry told me that it could be a custom car as the 39 sedan was sectioned. WHAT? SECTIONED? The actual sectioning is not noticeable until the sedan sits next to a stock bodied model. Then the slight decrease in the body is noticed, but unless there is a trained eye, it was very hard to see.

But, a cool custom car, none the less…YRMV

 

The only yellow cars I ever liked were what Chevy called butternut yellow. A very light, creamy yellow I like.

 

Hello,

When we owned a 1965 El Camino, it had one thing that was definitely noticeable that irritated those that were inside. Living on the West coast areas, the sun seems warm to hot on various days. But, as the sun starts it decent in the afternoon for us and we are driving South along the coast, the rays are beaming down on our heads+ necks in the back. We did not enjoy this moment, but our little dog that enjoyed running back and forth along the rear panel behind the seats enjoyed any sun, along with her anxiety about horses.

We do not ride or ever owned horses, but our little dog got all anxious about hearing the term, “Horses.” She would jump up on to the ledge and run back and forth to see…horses, which in our area, there are/were none. Even if our dog heard the term horses in a conversation, she would jump up and check out the scene. Weird dog…

But, those afternoon drives were a “pain in the neck” as the saying goes… pun intended.

Ranchero owners, large or small are in the same situation. The nearness to the rear window will make the neck area, Red, if the sun and direction is at such an angle…

The El Camino has a very narrow ledge behind the seat and is the closest thing to the glass.

Jnaki

But, there are options… this cool yellow Ford Ranchero has an alternative to the “red-neck syndrome…”
Nice, cool rear window, sun reflection shade…


The rear view may not be perfectly clear as day, but it does give a view of the surrounding/following traffic. YRMV… with the “Warm California Sun,” there are no sunburned necks !!!

 

My wife's '55 Dodge;


I've never liked yellow, brown or gold cars, but when she showed me this one about 5 years ago to replace her bright red AH Sprite, for some reason it was appealing. I've been working on it ever since!

 

Some from today’s show.

 

Mine. Both the same color

 

It's all perspective. Depends on the shade and what it's on.

Automobiles is typically a NO, but as life moves so does the rule of exception. See the "I hate Yellow" post.

The picture while tongue in cheek does offer various shades and perspectives, and Dolly well she's just a national treasure so any color on her would be acceptable. Much like the "right" Hot Rod for yellow, yeller, yellah, or yelloo

 

Owl's Head museum limo