Art & Inspiration Candy, Lace, Flake, Flames... wanna see WILD custom paint...

How do you shoot a lace job? Is it similar to a flake where you shoot it as a mid coat?

 

Spray basecoat, lay down lace, spray another colour basecoat. Do a search or go through vondust's posts.

 

just wanted to bring this back up for anything new that might be out there... GAMBINO??? anyone??

 

this thing is just too cool not to share.

bring on the hate, I love this car.

 

whats not to love.well maybe the rumble seat.kool paint

 

Bucky .. 2008

 

Bucky again ..!

 

That is one sweet Cuda! There are some real works of art on this posting. I wish I could paint as good as some of the painters that did these cars.

 

this cars beyond cool who would have thought about the evolution of hot rods ,first it was the 32 then the willys and later the 55 chevy and ultimately the king kong of all hot rods the CUDA OR KUDA and probably the last .c

 

Ostrich back in the day

Was wild then, today its just normal ..

 

This has always been one of my all time favorites

http://www.quartermilestones.com/photos/raymann2/RMAA6905.jpg

 

Very nice pics keep em coming....

 

I'm a big fan of the psychedelic look myself (you had to have been there)

 

big dad cool car .im a little biased my race cars purple and from nevada .but not IA cool pics .c

 

don't you mean "you had to have been STONED!"? LOL

 

Here are some helmets I've done in flakes, kandies, and lace. Nobody has ever let me loose on their car. I've done lots of chopper tins w/ metalflakes and kandy paint but 99% of it is sent to me. Most car guys around here are pretty conservative.....

 

more...

 

NO! You misunderstood my comment. I was just stating that I saw it at Mooneyes a few years ago,parked in the middle of the street cause there were so many cars. There were cars parked on the sidewalk,driveways,everywhere. Saw it again at the GNRS in the building with all the lowriders. If you go back and read what I put,there's NOTHING that would give you any reason to take offense!

 

I've outgrown the liking for this stuff. But I'll share one I stumbled across on E BAY

 

here is one i did its in the stages of being sanded and buffed in these pics... all over silver flake...

 

A few from the archives

 

All of the mentioned paint styles in one. Front and back views, and as a bonus an engine shot and in competition at the Old Sturgis (Kiwanis) Drag Strip (Kentucky, not South Dakota) that was an old concrete air strip.

 

Fuck I love this thread!! Man it's damn near impossible to pick out a favorite.

 

All the paint styles AND a vynil top!

Not that I'm a fan of vynil tops, but I don't think I've ever seen one on a 55-57...

 

Actually, vinyl tops were semi-popular on tri-5s in the late 60s. Most were sprayed on, rather than glued on vinyl.

 

Jerry Reed, those helmets are insane. I've got to get my car to Wis.!

 

cool helmets

 

Cool stuff on this thread.
Anyone got any pics of a silver metallic base with some gold metalflake by any chance?

 

how about panels
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thats GG pleasington not sema,it was the day after i got back from sema!!

 

Alex Gambino is a ruler ..