Ryan, your thoughts on color made me think of this 1953 paint job. The Nethercutts took this brand new 52 Olds and rubbed on it a little bit. These photos are from 1953. Looks good in copper and gold.
my brother found a '51 Olds 2 dr sedan recently for pretty cheap,if anyone wants to build something similar.
FANTASTIC.... thank you for sharing... and if you have more of those fantastic color photo's... please share them with us.
'53? Those caps look to be '57s to me, also. It'd be really tough to find that side trim inorder to clone it.