Purple Cars????? any of them out there??

buddy's top that i shot purple with silver metal flake

 

Here's another. '39 Ford Standard

 

Because it's a community that's only known about hot rods from about 1970 on, many people in Cape Town ***ociate hot rods with wackiness and zaniness, and therefore consider colours like orange and lime green and, indeed, purple especially appropriate for a hot rod. There are those on the Cape Flats who don't think it's a proper hot rod if it isn't "lekke pês" i.e. purple ...

 

purple is my favorite color..here is "s****e"

 

Purple is a great color for a custom. Purple was always considered the color of royalty. I think everyone else has already covered all the best examples, and I know it was already mentioned, but take a good long look at the Joe Nitti roadster, it's almost breathtaking. I don't know if it was an exact replica, but the clone of the origional version of the G****vine even had purple pleated heart shaped inserts in the seats by Manuel Arteche (sp?). I dare your buddies to call that car gay, and just think of the chicks you could pick up in that thing. I'm very secure in my hetero***uality, but there's a handful of PINK cars out there I would drive, and wouldn't care what anyone had to say.

 

This was a '37 coupe I built in the 90's.

 

Wow, that is incredible!

 

Here's mine still under construction

 

it's a Harley it's naturally cool, it takes a lot to make a bike uncool. Bikes always look good in purple, as well as customs and hot rods, just because you don't see the color much on the street.

 

I notice the pictures are from the "good side" of it...not the high tech side.

I always liked that car except for the different wheels/look on each side thing...is it still like that and where is it today?

 

A lot of these cars have the same problems as mine, they look more blue in pics but in real life they is "fer sure" purple.

 

yes, and the last time I saw it Sept '09 it was sitting in the Petersen.

 

hurry up on that thing, will ya?! we're dying here!!!!

 

I call mine eggplant. Many tell me it looks black.

Jay

 

LOL...I'm picking it up Saturday, bodywork is finished and the skirts look killer, much better than I got them...!!! Time to hang fenders and hood...then off to the painter...

R-

 

Who's doing the paint?

 

Local guy...

R-

 

Eastcoast57's bad*** A:

 

I know the show was in black and white but on Leave It To Beaver, Lumpy Rutherford drove a purple 40 Ford convert. I was going to do mine up similar at one point. I seem to remember seeing a color pic somewhere, anyone got one? It was a cool car.
Side note: Great episode where Wally and the Beav chained his rear end to a tree and it ripped out when he drove away. Quite a few years before they did it in AG.

 

here´s a pic of my purple hotrod

 

Eh, mom? Isn't that Big Olds kind of a shade of purple?

Here's a mostly finished drawing of a car that, if real, would be purple. It's a '54 Merc with a '57 Cadillac roof and tweaked Packard tail lights as I see it.




This li'l number, too, would be purple in the rel world. I took a cue from Roth's 'Tweedy Pie' but only a little:

 

Yes "son" but it's Ladycruser Lavander so I didn't think he'd be interested in that color choice.

 

Some purple pictures I've collected. Sorry if any are repeats.

 

Uhm...Jigger...??? Hate to be argumentative...but it looks like a '57 Cadillac roof to me...if it's any consolation, you got the color correct...

R-

 

I love Purple!!!! My girl friend says I'm a *** for liking purple... What does she know!!!!

 

It seems most of the really good looking purple colors are either metallic or have a peral over them.

Are there any examples of a solid purple (i.e. non metallic)?

My wife loves purple and I would love to paint our truck in a cool purple but don't want to do a metallic as my first paint job.

 

Why not, if I may be so bold?

 

Main reason, I will be painting all the parts individually as I finish panels and metallics are a PITA to match, where a solid color tends to be easier. Also I plan on a single stage paint and metallics tend to be harder and don't look as good (striping, motting, etc.). I have found some really nice blues, yellows, oranges that in solid colors but would love to surprise the wife with her favorite color... for putting up with my hobby.

 

I see. The almost sure-fire way to avoid mottling and striping is to just give it a fog coat. With metallics, spraying more doesn't necessarily "darken" the hue, the way the metallic pieces settle determine that. I find with metallics it's good to get just enough for coverage, and then if you have doubts, a good fog coat will cover any "mistakes".

 

Mine is blue/purple efferdescent pearl mettalic.