Penstripe

I just finished my late 1950's custom. pinstripe or not trying to keep that look what you guys think ?

 

From the photo I think you should have used something brighter than white on a white car.

 

Stripe it... But get someone that can stripe. Not someone that says they can stripe

 

Can someone post up one of them"this thread is useless without pictures," doohickies?
Paul

 

The car ain't done 'till the stripes are dry.

 

sorry I'm a FNG will post photo

 

Hey man, relax a little. I really wasn't taking a pop at you, everybody on this board was a FNG to begin with. It's just hard to give an opinion without a look at the subject in question. Look forward to the photos.

Paul

 

here it is thanks for the help!

 

nice car. if it were mine id have just a couple nice small stripes put on by someone that is skilled at it.

 

subtle stripes would suit this one. beautiful car!

 

Dark Green and white would look nice!

 

Or 3 shades darker than the mint color, and something just a little "creamier" (ivory ?) than the white....if you want to stay really subtle.

 

subtle stripes X2. maybe pull the darker color from the interior as the main contrast color. Nice car striped or not.

 

tubby44, I love '58 Fords! Some subtle pinstriping would be nice.
Some tasteful scallops would be nice. Leaving it the way it is would be kool, too.

You can't go wrong whatever you do. Great car!

Welcome to the HAMB!

 

Picture looks like it was actually taken "back in the day". Reminds me of some of my fathers rides. Not generally a custom guy, but that's a car anyone can appreciate.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1255077&stc=1&d=1298953073

 

Hey I got the car from Waxahachie, Texas!!

 

1 dark green pin stripe, nothing more.

 

If it were more radical, I'd suggest striping the door jambs and stuff like that, the "show points" places.

On a car like yours, in my worthless opinion, I'd drive the hell out of it. Its a super nice car, and I wouldn't clutter it up with a lot of gingerbread. Maybe a few very subtle stripes here and there, and maybe some on the dummy spots even. Not that what I say means anything, other then that you've got a super-nice car.

Do you know the color code? I'm kind of toying with the idea of mint for my car too

 

LOL! There are a lot of really nice cars here and yours definitely qualifies! My father loves the flipper style hubcaps. He was a teenager in Houston so it's not one of his, but he definitely would want to claim it!

 

there are the original colors but the white has green pearl shot over it and then cleared

 

I'd say leave the exterior alone, I'm really digging the straight two-tone. Minor striping on the dash and maybe trunk lid and call it at that.

 

VERY clean 58 you have there if it were mine i leave it as is

but if you decide to stripe it ,im a firm believer in the "less is more" train of thought

make it very subtle and tastefull

 

Thanks guys !

 

Bring it by my shop and we'll talk about it .

 

If it were mine I'd stripe it, then again that's what I do.

I'd go just a shade or two darker green then ivory on top of that, and keep it subtle. Everything I stripe of my own I keep simple, and anytime a customer says 'do whatever you think looks good' - which is most of the time thankfully, I do the same.

Striping should accent the car, not be the focal point.

Seems the trend these days is HUGE pieces on cars, several of the guys I work for always want 'over the top' striping.

Nice mild custom, BTW.

 

Less is more, looks great as is. The look is there, it just gets cobbed up if you keep going.