Projects Paint colors

Chrome the windshield frame and stanchions. Believe it, it'll make a difference in your color choice.

 

I've always wanted a plaid car...maybe a slammed down custom with a plaid flaked roof.

 

Bronze er root beer metallic....

 

Red with black scallops


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I think open cars should be a lighter color, no metallics, all one color. It's a mater of taste.

 

Couple pics of the web .

 

Is the car in question your avatar? If so I would leave it alone.

 

yes it is, go back to post 89 and that is where i explained the reason why

thanks to all for the reply's

 

is that Cayuga Blue on that Car?

 

I guess I’m tired of the suede thing. HRP’s “beater” with paint weathered over many decades is cool to me - new suede not so much. (Again, just my opinion)
If this were me, it would be shiny black. Or black fenders with a blue or green body so dark that you have to look twice to realize it’s not all black.
But it’s all about the style, era, and vibe of the car. If it makes the owner grin every time he see’s it, that’s all that matters. What everyone else thinks is irrelevant.

 

Agree totally...............what you said!!!!!!

 

Here is a Model A I did in the 70's. It is a 60's Ford color "Royal Maroon". It looks more red in this picture, but depending on the light it go's to a dark maroon (no metallic).

 

This is the correct color for a real hot rod:

 

On a traditional style roadster Maroon or Navy blue with black fenders and wheels would look appropriate. If you stick with a timeless color combination it won’t look dated in a few years.

 

There's been more than enough suggestions to pick a winner by now. If you can't get off the dime, show this thread to your wife or ladyfriend and let her pick. She will do so fearlessly and never look back.
Or.......
If something mostly white is still calling you, do it. Back in them good-old/bad-old days, white and off-white were by far the colors used on coach-built specials. It don't get more traditional, upper crust than that.

 

I’ll bet in the last 7 years he’s picked a color.

 

I'll see your bet and raise you an indecision about tires

 

Doh!
It's always the new guy reviving the dead that blindsides me.

 

Satin paint finish is actually hard to maintain. Go gloss black or a VERY dark green or blue on the fenders. Do the body in pearl not metallic of flake. Don't make it bright white but something like Wimbledon or a more ivory white.
The dark blue and green was an old moonshiner trick. Their cars looked black at night but during the day they could drive right past the revenuers who were looking for a black car.
Check out the Model A Ford Club paint color book and see if there is anything that catches your eye. Find one of the older books that had actual chips. The new ones are just printed and lousy.

 

I think the pearl white and satin black are two different finishes. Satin and gloss work well together id the two colors are similar like gloss black and satin black. This is just my opinion, but you did ask.

 

i beg to differ.my truck is satin black very easy to maintain.everything depends on the quality of paint and the painter not forgetting preperation..my truck has never been washed occasionally i rub it down with wd 40 on a cloth..get a half shine that soon goes away