Art & Inspiration Vintage Ad ???? Paint car $1.25

This is what I believe to be a vintage ad for painting a car for the complete cost of $1.25. I've had it packed away for at least 20 years, but not sure if it's "made up" or a real ad that has been preserved in acrylic. Stu

OOPS, I trying to get a pic. I'm not real puter literate.

 

That would be in the era from about 1912-1922 or therabouts. Nice piece.

 

It's not real large (maybe 4x7) and I had attached it to an old ISCA award plaque which was originally made by Wabbit's Wood Works. Stu

 

Back in the mid-60's, my dad had a '49 Hudson that he paid some moonlighting co-worker to paint in his garage for $15. The paint job wasn't too bad, but my dad wanted it painted blue & the guy painted it green. To top it off, not too long after that, I side-swiped something & put some pretty deep scratches all down the one side of the car.

 

That's the cost of the paint only, have to add a couple $ for labour.

 

Hard to believe you could cover a car, even a roadster or touring, with just a quart of paint! Maybe the lead and other additives allowed the product to cover more square feet. Stu

 

the cheapest I do remember is earls. for I think it was 19.99 way back when.....

 

Pre-Earl Sheib

 

remember, they were using brushes with no worries about a show finish.

 

Don't know the truth, but an old timer told me they used pumice and water in between coats to keep the finish smooth. I think that may be the process used on a brush finish. Stu

 

Yep, pumice and mineral sprits were used to flatten each coat, and a quart, well brushed in would be plenty to cover a roadster. The lamp black used as pigment, covered the nearly new Ford with no worries about 'holidays' or skips The heavy varnish used it these early enamels ment that when they were well brushed out with a camel or squrrel hair brush, they flowed out with few brush marks.


'' Meanwhyle, back aboard The Tainted Pork "

 

^^^^^Hopefully the guy doing the pumice and mineral spirits was a non smoker. Stu

 

That looks like an old ink blotter, from around the 1920's. They were used for advertising up to the '50s.