I’m too fucking stupid to even upload shit. I was moving to a new shop and came across these in a box.
bitchin, the Emperor..... Sold at a Mecum sale a few years back for around a hundred grand, I think the Barris family bought it
I wonder how they chromed the frame. Did they plate each rail in sections, and then rivet or bolt it back together, or was it done in one huge tank? It would be really hard to replicate that today.
Hello, Some of the old color slides and negatives I found in my own box of photos ended up staying in those boxes for years. I had no idea that they could be resurrected. Some old photos are too far gone, but if the actual color transparencies are in fairly good condition, they are salvageable. Once those color transparencies are scanned in high resolution or for simplicity sake, 300 dpi is used for most scans. But high quality photos can be scanned at 600 dpi. Once I scanned at 1200 dpi and it took forever for one simple scan. The results were not as good as the 300-600 dpi range. That sounds like a bunch of “gobblygook.” But, scanning transparencies can be done on most color printers, all in one printers. The better the all in one, specs, the better the scan results. Sometimes if all you want to do is scan some color photos, black and white and other prints, a simple scanner as a stand alone, will pay for itself in the long run and it won’t take up the household all in one printer/scanner/copier. The stand alone scanner will have the negative holders, the transparency plates and other things to make scanning easy and simple. A first time photographer that can read instructions can make quality scans with the scanning procedures. Plus, all scans are automatically sent to your folder of choice on your home computer or if the scanner is hooked up to your laptop, you are in business. Don’t even think about hooking up a scanner to your phone for storage… Jnaki With all that said, the first thing is to clean the negatives or color transparencies. Wipe or dust with a air bulb or clean photo cleaning cloth. The idea is that, what you don’t clean off the transparency, will definitely show up on the scanning procedure and results. If a mistake is shown on the transparency, usually it is hard to remove. So, you have to work around that. The above photo was not scanned. I copied it to my standard photo program built into most Windows computers. The Apple Computers also have an outstanding built in photo program, too. The miracle of modern scanning and/or these computer programs makes it a different way to get a better overall photo results. YRMV The computer colorized programs are ok, but are not the best for old hot rod photos to come to life as if it were 1961. Unless they were already taken in color and the program reads the nearby color correctly. As for the purists of old photos however bad they are and become prized possessions, that is one thing. Some old photos cannot be cleaned up as it just won’t happen correctly. But, you can still make the old photos come to life with a little help from your computer and programs. YRMV
Hotrod roadster ,coupe or pick-up,making a full custom nose is very brave,the art of it blending into the rest of the car is super hard to do. Very few pull it off,were most maybe like it or at least don't totally hate it. This one had a custom nose that came over fairly well,I think at the time. I had already seen many fail to blend with the rest of a hotrod,a custom nose had been done on.
hey germ, its good to see you! I've enjoyed your posts since the wild and crazy days. Ignore A Boner. hes a new guy who doesnt know who you are Keep posting
I'm thinking that they told how it was done in one of the articles on the car after it won the AMBR and there were a number of magazine articles on it. I was 14 when it won and it was a mind blowing car at the time. The right shop or equipment can make some great prints using those slides/transparancies. Most of the photos we saw in 1961 outside of the cover shot of the magazine were in black and white.
Very cool car. Thanks for the pictures. I have an old magazine with that car in it . Now if I can only find it.
I can’t figure out why it double posts? I’m in the middle of Iowa on a gas line job welding and the signal is horrible out here.
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