rattle cans and lace, my truck got it this weekend.....

so I decided to tidy my 66 Chevy up this weekend before i move it on. surface rust was taking hold of the roof after a winter by the beach and it was bumming me out so i decided it was time to lose rusty silver roof and the red wheels and went out and bought some gold heavy duty Rustoleum and get too it......Now you understand, this truck was never a show quality ride just a cool old truck for hauling stuff so i wasn't out to win any trophys. just tidy it up with a classy sating gold roof.....or so i thought. I kinda got carried away and found myself reaching for the tape to see if i could lay out some straight lines and gentle curves....well before I knew it i was at the fabric shop buying lace, stopping off for more gold and copper paint and picking up and heading back for more clear when i realised i wanted the roof to look deeper......... I took my time and didnt try anything too complicated, i just wanted to see if i could get some good straight lines and follow the curves of the roof. Running a constant line of tape and then trimming out the tape that joined the panels with a razor blade so that all the edges and corners lined up was my first big learning, and I soon got the hang of running long pulls of tape to get good parallel lines by eye.









once I came up for air i realised the rest looked kinda plain so out came the tape again and this time the hood got hit with faded scallops and lace.......


Once I got done with that the old silver scallops looked crap so I ditched them in favour of plain black flanks and gold wheels. I totaly enjoyed it and now have a hankering for a real spray gun and I could do with finding out who makes the best tape to use. I was just using what i had and though the yellow vinyl stuff went round corners great it seemed to stretch and give an uneven thickness line. anybody got any reco's?

So here she is, let me know what you think. I think its a hell of a lot better than the before shot and out in the sun today the roof really glowed.





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Love that

 

That looks really sharp! A big step up from the scallops in your first pic, nicely done

 

That's one damned fine job you've done on your pick-up.

You'll find using a real paint gun (or guns for some of us crazy-types) will give you an ever better finish. I have a top-of-the range Iwata that I bought 25 years ago for doing big stuff, plus a door-jamb gun (great for motorcycle frames, etc) and a cheap Chinese gun for priming.

As I've been away from SoCal for 29 years, I'm not sure what the hot set-up is these days. One point: make sure you get a compressor that will handle painting large areas. The one I have is fine for doing sickel stuff and touch ups, but runs out of air for painting cars.

 

nice mod

 

great work!!! the truck wouldnt look right without the scallops to finish!!

 

Awesome. Just a hint, if you hit the "enter" button after ea picture, it helps.

 

Thanks guys, it means a lot to get a little encouragement on here.I'm stoked with how it came out, the gold and copper really glow in direct sun....I cant wait to have a little more room to work in and improve the equipment i have available to try some more complex work.....

Panhead pete, what does the enter after each image help with?

 

That came out really well...

 

I dig that truck. I'd drive it! And it actually looks like It may be low enough to make the transfer from my wheelchair! That is what always screws me out of getting a truck. And I am a TRUCK MAN. I hate driving cars (well, daily-driver type cars anyhow)

James

 

This is the sort of stuff I'd like to get my grandson into doing on our longroof project.

 

That looks great man. I am going to try this next weekend on my sons wagon.

 

So you went from 'classic' flatblack ratrod with red wheels to updated ratrod with spraypaint lace roof and matching wheels.

There are other sites that love this sort of thing.

 

sweet love the way thr roof looks faded

 

^^ ^^

Nice job on the roof

 

Yeah, I guess you could look at it like that. I dont really care, I did it myself, in my own garage with what i had available and now my beater truck looks a hell of a lot better. And I had a blast doing it.

I'm just learning some skills my friend. I guess I could have sat on my ass and dreamed about paint jobs i cant afford to pay somebody else to do......

 

Your truck looks great! Love the changes.

You painted the wheels something other than red and did some classic paint tricks with the lace and it gets called a ratrod....whatever.

 

Get a life dude

Not good enough for you cause he didn't dump thousands into a paintjob?

Is it a Ratrod because it was rattle canned

Don't like it, don't look.

 

Looks good

Best of all, you did it yourself, learned a few things and had some fun... Can't complain about that..

 

You didn't have a show truck, but in my book, you do now!

 

Wow, that came out pretty swell. think mom will notice if i use the living-room drapes?

 

i commented before but ill comment again. the truck looked ratty before and the scallops were awful and stuck out like a sore thumb...red wheels...way over rated.

now its very classy and fits better into a traditional style

the truck looks great. ive always loves those years and would do no less to it if i had one!!

 

That truck is cool! Nice work!

 

F*ck that. Are you serious?










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looks great.....

 

I like it!!! looks real Kool...

 

Truly a Good Look!!

 

A Truly Good Look

 

that came out great,,i can't believe it's rattlecanned,,
the wheels would look good with the same colors, same fade, and topped off with spider caps..

 

Look's good man!