HOT ROD BLACK (Matte)

Keep the pictures coming boys

 

My 46 Coupe

 

A buddy's banger that was his dads back in the '70s. The black primer was getting thin so it is a winter project to add some to it after rust removal.
(red wheels too)

 

All the more paint it is going to get

 

Here's a 38' Buick

 

My '52 on the left has been hotrod black for the past 11 years... I do plan to actually paint it within the next year or two though.

 

Thanks for the pics

 

I'm digging these pics! The first few 50s pics are killer. Flat black, hammered, pipes pointing up! Seems like there's a lot of discussion about which colors are traditional and which roof height is most comfortable. Not that those aren't valid discussions, but I imagine these young guys in the 50s wanting to go fast first and foremost.

 

F From this years Georgetown Hill Climb.. Doesn't have red shiny wheels either

 

Another hill climber

 

yet another matte finish at the Georgetown hill climber event.

 

I'm really digging this one again. It is just the right amount of driven And it has splash aprons

 

My beater... *clic the pic*

 

Sweet louvers ^^^^^

 

I'll play. Been this color twenty years.

 

Satin black will never go out of style

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. Momma Pecks 51 Merc .

 

Another one

 

...I wish Bill would get on here and share his Hotrod/Custom stories...

I think this A Bone meets the criteria...

....bttt...

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...black or red...hmmm

Works for me...

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...black...maybe...matte...absolutely

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I've painted a bunch of my hot rod builds matte black (Valspar/John Deere Blitz Black). Originally did it so I COULD'NT win a trophy...but then matte became popular.













PROS.
*Less than $200 for paint, reducer and hardener.
*No cutting, buffing, polishing or waxing.
*Washing, Bucket of water, Dawn, sponge, and hose it off.

CONS.
*Your bodywork must be perfect. Unlike shiny paint which can distract the eye with shine/ reflection, matte shows EVERY scratch and flaw because you are actually seeing the surface of the body with no distraction.
*People will keep asking "when are you going to paint it".

 

It's Hot Rod Black. Said so on the paint can. My current project is in red suede and missing fenders.

 

What the heck, I'll follow with another 41-46 black Chevy

 

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