I painted my car today!

damn, i dig it! Little things like this set a car off.. something you dont see everyday.. well done.

 

Interesting color combo!

 

If you had told me forehand, I had set No! If you have showet me forehand, I had told you I hated them apart and together!
And now on the car, I love them together!!! And with the chrome, light and gl*** I can feel my blood rushing away from my head, "South-bound".

Keep up the good work!

 

Go Bruins

 

Man I love that blue, even the gold works with it nicely. I can't wait to get to that point on my car. Thanks for the inspiration, can't wait to see the finnished product.

 

bold color choices.....i love it!!!!

 

Thanks guys.


I was trying to put together my vent windows the other night when I discovered I’m missing a couple pieces! I need the little pivot point piece that rivets to the frame that holds the gl***. I’m also missing the push pins that fit in the vent window handles.


Anyone have any of these they don’t need?

 

Car is looking really nice man! Cant wait to see it around the lower mainland!

 

Thanks.
I was tring to have it together and running to take to Ocean Park Ford in Sept. but I found out last night the show is on Aug 4 this year. So... we'll see....

 

Man, you throw down some nice paint!

 

I like it!

 

Wasn't sure at first pic in thread and by last pic I loved the color combo! Great job can't wait to see complete with wheels painted and gl*** etc

 

I'm starting to understand how some projects go unfinished for years. Nothing has been going smoothly. My windshield finial arrived this week, in the wrong province ...and broken. I was going to put in the quarter windows today but the new rubber gaskets don't fit very nice. I still haven't found the pieces for my vent windows that I'm missing. The top piece of my grill was located and a friend of mine was going to pick it up this weekend, hopefully it's OK. Oh well it’s all nothing more money won’t fix. I feel a little better now after venting.

 

Maybe detail the trunk, or door jams 'till the gremlins simmer down.

 

Man, I know it's been said, but those colors are awesome!

 

Ya. I hear what your saying. I started working on a licence plate bracket for the front after things just weren’t working out for me.

 

My avatar was a beach last month as well. I left her alone, then slid up real easy like one day to get re-aquatinted. And the gas gauge has not glitch'd once since. Then the billet/urethane carrier bearing installation-bingo smooth as ice. Next up: peel and seal the interior. Good luck in the next task.

 

How in the world could anyone think those two colors go together!! I really want to hate that paint scheme, but for the life of me I just can't. When I look at the gold roof and the blue body separately, they just don't go, but when I look at the car as a whole it looks great, I can't explain it.

I do however think one of the previous posters is right in that I'd paint the wheels the same color as the roof and bring the roof color down into the body with some pinstripping. I'm really looking forward to seeing her when she's all done. Great Job!

Scott

 

I'm with Highlander on the idea of painting the wheels to match the roof. There is a local meat plant here in OK called Blue & Gold Sausage, and their packaging colors are a dead ringer for the colors on your car! Of course, the UCLA Bruins colors match, too!

I really like the way you've taken your Chevy. Unique, without being weird or fugly.

http://www.blueandgoldsausageco.com/products.html

 

I have to say I like the colors and the car is looking very nice. Would be good to see it in person on one of my yearly jaunts out to the west coast.

 

I went down to Puyallup this weekend and saw this.



I was kinda surprised to see another blue car with a gold roof! It's going to be like flat black with red wheels now.

 

I picked up the pieces I needed fro the vent windows from the chrome shop today! So now I can put the doors together. I put the grill on last night and got the hood to latch right. But I'm still waiting for the windshield.

 

I applaud your choice of colors and willingness to go out on the limb to be different. I have attached a better photo of the Larry ernst clone to show the colors better. Barris was also bold to lead the way with colors, much to the betterment (in most cases) of Kustom cars. Hope to see your car in person one day especially with all the trim (jewelry) back on it. Keith

 

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Re: I painted my car today!
How in the world could anyone think those two colors go together!! I really want to hate that paint scheme, but for the life of me I just can't. When I look at the gold roof and the blue body separately, they just don't go, but when I look at the car as a whole it looks great, I can't explain it.

I do however think one of the previous posters is right in that I'd paint the wheels the same color as the roof and bring the roof color down into the body with some pinstripping. I'm really looking forward to seeing her when she's all done. Great Job!

Scott
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You took the words right out of my mouth! I agree with some stripes of that roof color.

 

The colors are different but great! A nice set of very well polished full wheel covers like early sombreros or lyons caps definitily would favor the bright colors.

I like this car a lot, and am a huge fan of un-chopped 49-51 chevy business coupes.

Whats under the hood???

 

still LOVE this car! hey did you put new rubbers in the trunk yet? i got my two new ones for mine and have no idea how they go.. its two pieces and each one is different.. i know one is half the top and the other half the bottom.. but dont know which is which..my car never had them since i bought it.. thanks

 

I have a set of '50 Olds caps for it that I was going to be running. But I've been thinking about getting a set of the '57 Lancer Caps for it. The ones with the original gold night in the center not the bullets.

What do you guys think?

It's got a straight 6 with the 3 speed in it still.

 

I have a buddy coming over tomorrow morning to help me take off the trunk lid so we I can put on the weather strip. Mine came with instructions so I’ll scan them later to night and post if for you. But the longer one goes on the trunk lid, down the sides and around past the latch and the shorter one goes in the trunk jamb under the back window.

 

Hear ya go BadLuck. My kids stopped screaming so I got it done this afternoon.

 

needs some stripes and gold leaf! I dig it!