A couple 'teaser' pic's of the color for my '53 chevy....

[Tony]

I shot the underside of the trunk lid before i went to Rhinebeck last week.
I wasn't gonna make this car 'shiny' but after all this work it has to be done. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

This color looks like a candy in person, even though it's not. It show's a lot of shading depending on where the light hit's.
The basic color is copper, but show's a lot of burnt orange, and even some gold highlight's in the sun.

I like it.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Tony.

[Tony]

A little different angle..not too different, but it show's a little of the color change.

[Slide]

Very cool. Keep it up!

[hotrodsnguns]

Cool color had a 60 chevy pu 409 4 sp painted that color still miss that truck

[lulabelle]

Looks good.After all the work you've put into it,it SHOULD be painted!

[Dat Dirty Rat]

You crack me up!

Looks good! will you still hang with us low lifes?
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Clark

[Tony]

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will you still hang with us low lifes?


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LOL, yeah, I'll just keep the waxing to a minimum, and the driving to a maximum..
And no california duster!

[oldspeed]

Vey nice sure wish I could get the hang of putting on paint that nice

[Jkustom]

awsome tony! Sure will be purty.....
Its Cool to see a Custom in shiny paint, Hotrods almost have to be some kind of less that shiny color, but Customs, they almost have to be Shiny. Its Classy. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[moondisc]

I like it.
Scallops? What color?
Didn't that other rockstar, Brian Setzer have a 32 that color? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[2tall2beahotrodder]

Tasty. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Spike!]

NICE! Great job ROCK STAR! Maybe it can be featured in CKD... Twice even.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Love that color. Come to the shiny side..

Spike

[The37Kid]

I like the color a lot! The fact that you took the time to mask the inner area says a lot about your workmanship. Will the roof be painted pearl white? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tony]

Moondisc, no scallops or any fancy stuff. Just some simple pinstripe's when done.
My goal with this was to see the car as a whole. If you flame it, scallop it or do anything that brakes the 'lines' of the car, you no longer see it as a whole, you see the 'artsy' stuff, then the car.
Not that i don't like flame's or scallops..just not on this one.

The top will be the same color as the bottom..when i chopped it, i changed the rear belt line around the back window.
It no longer breaks back there, it flows right into the trunk. So there's no way to two tone it now and make it look right in my eye's.

And the taping of the holes in the trunk..Oh man i hate it when stuff like that get's painted..
It only take a little while to cover that stuff up, why not do it ya know..

I'm wayyyy over my head with this one..
I'm spending way too much time on the small stuff....
I can't wait til it's done.
Thanks.
Tony.

[The37Kid]

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I'm spending way too much time on the small stuff....


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The details are what make great cars stand out from the rest. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[scarylarry]

I can see Packrats book of notes "skip that nasty, muddy Jalopy Showdown thing and go directly to the nice clean Goodguys Hershey in May"!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tony]

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I can see Packrats book of notes "skip that nasty, muddy Jalopy Showdown thing and go directly to the nice clean Goodguys Hershey in May"!!

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Oh HELL NO!!!!

I'm gonna be there man you can bet on that! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
If i bring the '53 down, we'll just pile in Spike's Buick and take a spin around the track so i don't have to clean my car.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[low springs]

i thought about color like that for my 54...picking a color is the hardest thing when building a car. i'm stuck between a burgandy or a blue...

[Tony]

Thats why may fav color is black..nice and simple.

I spend over an hour at the local paint place flipping through the 'chip' books.
Every time i found one i liked, i'd mark it and keep going.
When i finished looking through them all, i went back and checked the one's i marked...

The funny thing is, i chose 3 colors, and all 3 were the same one.
So i guess the choice was easy..

It was shiny or not that was a tough choice..
Between my dad and Dat Dirty Rat, the decission to shiny clear it was made.

[glassguy]

dude that color is the balls,, when i finished the merc the 1st time that was the color!!! goin shiney black this winter. ill get enough velvet rope for both of us so none of these scumbags can touch our pretty sleds!!!!! dave

[Tony]

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ill get enough velvet rope for both of us so none of these scumbags can touch our pretty sleds!!!!! dave

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LOL!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

What about the angel hair??
If ya gonna have velvet rope, ya gotta have angel hair. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif