Show your backyard paintjobs!

I was raised doing paintjobs in the backyard with my Dad...many cars! Me and my brother painted my '62 in that same backyard back in '02...and also my old '51 (which now belongs to my brother) in that yard back in '96. Later on, I rattlecanned the white top of my '62 in the front yard, and D-Ray striped it...

 

Rattle can primer and flames and stripes

 

Knowing the truck would sit outside I used an industrial Imron.

 

its rolles and realy dont look to bad, its gonna have a real paintjob as soon as it is finished

 

when painting out in the backyard & you get a bug (bee, big mosquito, fly, etc...) buried in the paint. people will come & point it out -- you say yep 'i got him' & the little bastard almost got away BUT i got him!!
thats what i always say if i get a bug in the paint.

 

This is a damage picture I took. I wish I'd taken more pics when it was perfect, and before the horrible, car shattering events of last may. got some somewhere, I just gotta find em. but heres something- painted in the garage. 1st paint job ever and I decide to go with a three step candy. it was hard, but if you follow the directions to a tee and memorize that shit, it aint so bad.

 

ok whitewalltires i want to see a couple more pictures of this little tractor.



thats awesome. not too OT, made by ford, bigger back tires than front, painted with flames... almost a hot rod.

 

Looks good guys. Hey Johnnynogood, I used to run those little padlocks on my Novas lift off hood too. Four different keys though...

 

Painted on my gravel driveway in front of my shop.

 

This is one example of the cars that I`ve painted, this Ford Cortina was painted an early spring morning outside the garage in the rising sun in -87 ? Can`t remember, it`s too long ago... Color is somekind of Mercedes white acrylic.

 

Painted in a small carport...



Painted in the yard...



Painted in small garage...





Someday I'd like to try a booth....haha!

 

Heres some of mine done in my shop. The 95 s-10 skull was my first shot at air brushing. 46 ford ,67 chevy, and 23 T buckett, all flame are free hand taped then painted

 

All of these were done in my garage in the last 5 years. the 62 vette won a NCRS Top Flight Award

 

OK, Nothing to be proud of, and an OT car, but I got it done with 15 cans of walmart $1 flat black spray cans. The car had a lot of surface rust, so I sanded it down Sprayed it up in my back yard. I also patched the front fenders and rear quarters, lowerd the front about 2", and it had a rebuilt GS350 and auto. All back yard work, and it looked good cruisin' at night....

 

I used to have a 72 GS...wish I still did.

 

Dirt floor pole shed, just threw down some old carpet, hosed it down with water and started spraying.

 

The 50 was done in our shop. the fleetline was done in the shop with rustoleum (alot of orange peel!)

 

i do all my paintjobs in my tight garage...so lets start with some pictures...

 

next..

 

another paintjob....

 

34 ford pickup..and 64 chevy pickup

 

....and 57 ford delivery

 

Circa 1975 or 6...

 

My first ever job, in the attached garage,even my dog ended up purple

 

..and this Roadster body that we just done, the black is an etch ,instructions said to paint over within a few hours ,;BUGGER'........looked kool in black.

 

Sick work, toxictom!

 

My old 1959 Volvo 544, was a barnfind that was pulled after 30 years in the shadows. I had three weeks after work to build the car, almost succeded! The color is the original olivegreen, but here in a silkfinish...

 

Nice work ToxicTom!!!!

 

toxic tom has skills!!!

 

Buick done in the garage, running out of warm weather (plenty of leaves though)




A couple OTs (sold to find a Riviera)



A couple more OTs. Looking at these old pics, it looks like a flamed door was more important than insulation and drywall at the time.