Chopped 1948 pontiac, no more golden pearl 50 olds here we go again

Wow what a difference a chop makes. Purple is my favorite color. Mine is a 46 whore door but still..... It came with a matte black which makes it look like it maybe belongs .... I dunno.... whadya think? I first was going to paint it.... but the retro rod black has grown on me.

 

i like your the way it is looks kool.
Foot

 

I would think that pontiac engine blue with fattened clear would look pretty good, and fitting on your poncho.

 

maybe blue, still leaning toward lavender.
Foot

 

OK Foot..... here's my take. I personally like the lavender or purple color. Problem is.... getting the right shade. Have you thought of a dark purple? I know I have seen some cars with lavender and allthough I like the color they can look like an easter egg if the car is too big. You need to remember that what surface area is. If its a lot.... then thats a lot of that color. Can be too much very easy. Do what you like ...... after all thats what its all about

 

found a purple i like may go that way.
Foot

 

I like it! But PURPLE yikes ,hasn't that been done a thousand times on Kustoms? Plum crazy went out with old 70's Mopars ( just kidding), paint that sucker your favorite color and don't worry what others think. Nice Kustom ,hope to see it when your done. You will get many smiles per gallon cruzin it.

 

lo lid, thanks for good words, im like an old woman cant make my mind up. Have done so many different colors, try to make it different every time.
Foot

 

Why not look at original colors? - google this linkaintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?model=Pontiac&year=1948&rows=50

RodL

 

Great story! Ennis is still here, it had grown some, but not a whole lot
I know you said no dark colors, but a pearl green (doesn't have to be too dark) would look SO good on those body lines.

 

Deep maroon or a dark green like hunter or juniper green. Not to be offensive but I'd ditch the cone caps for some more old school early '50's type hubcaps to make it more period looking.

 

hope to drive the pontiac back there when done.
Take care foot

 

hey jerry give me a call 707 376 5667 i will give you a good deal on spraying it !!

 

jeff will do
foot

 

very nice

 

thanks much
foot

 

dont go too light/pale/pastell it will look like an easter egg a good meduim purple would be nice and as others have said the 40's cars look better in darker colors

 

thats what the plan is not lite of a color.
Foot

 

man that is a swet ride just getting started on my 48 poncho coupe seeing your just gives me goose bumps lol. i vote hotrod flatz plum purple with big puple flakes flat and shinny at the same time cant go wrong but i think those cars look good two tone im going red on top black on bottom with red black and silver metal flake layered to look loke bowling ball keep up the good work on the rodz

 

The body work on the back of the car looks really good. That's the look I've been looking for.

With all the talk about bumpers, I'm interested to see what you do with them.

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color hell, that car is great, awesome, fantastic, but I'm prejudiced for Pontiacs.

 

thanks for good words
foot

 

I'm a big fan of flat purple. The ladies like it too.

This car was painted about 10 years ago by the original builders, single stage paint with a flattener. Hasn't chalked or faded much at all since then. It's actually held up quite well. I hope to get it into shiny paint in the near future, but in the mean time, I say go for it.

 

My 48 came with the old original "Oyster gray" and "Blue lake blue" paint..not for everybody but I dug it.
BTW, the old original blue-lake-blue top paint was actually metallic! From the factory.
Might look cool with blue metalflake over gray pearl...

 

rocky, thats a very nice pontiac
foot

 

What a sweet ride that was. By the way nice shorts you got on there Rocky.

 

thats what im going for
foot

 

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Great color combo!!

 

2X however my personal opinion, purple or even worse lavender would not do that car any justice...I'm leaning towards a deep burgundy...Just my 2 cents...

 

This lady does not like this...this lady would question said men's sexuality...just saying! It's a purple easter egg!