Projects Unfinished finishes anyone?

Here are my two......

 

Unrestored cars have an attraction, that most can relate to.. a true step back in time.
Some cars at shows are over done..seeing them in their original form is refreshing.
It also brings back the value and a purpose for some of our old parts, rather then buying the reproduction parts that the popular car owners have available to them.

 

Just a quickie paint job I shot in my garage. Still has some dents and dings in the rear quarters. Just had to get it on the road this spring.
Now I've got the next six months of winter to work on making it better, but it's never going to be a high dollar finish, it's a hot rod and made for driving.

 

Fucking love this car.

 

All work done i my garage.
Gone too paint itt my self.

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I think I've got them all covered.. clic the pic for larger image... Cool thread by the way....

 

Man,what a nice fleet of cars. HRP

 

Camped next to this 32 today at Valley Rod Nationals in Fresno, Ca. On the "drool factor" scale 1-10, rates about 12. Still running original 32 Cal plates.

 

bought the car with this matt black spray can paint. I absolutely detest matt black. Can't stand it! One day I'll fix it. I like the car under the paint and can't see the paint when driving it, and shut the garage door when not using it so I don't have to look at it.
I'll also drop that front end and headlight bar.

 

Why don't you try using a little rubbing compound on the matt black paint.....with a little effort you should be able to get it to look like an old gloss black paint job. Try it you will be suprised!

 

This is Don Dillards roadster,he is a hamber. DRD57. HRP



BTW,several years ago some idiot decide to run over Don and this is what it looked like at that time.

 

Thanks for that.when I first got it I asked a painter friend who said that nothing would help. Not accepting that for an answer I now use a car wash with polish, and that helps. Admittedly the paint is 'gold leaf' thin.

 

Burn through and enjoy the patina.....
Instead of rubbing compound, try waxing it with some cheap auto wax with cleaners in it.....not collector car wax, just the cheap wax for Joe public.

 

My Pick up waiting for an engine rebuild.

 

My roadster in '05 now on the road with same paint.

 

Here is the Model A coupe that my dad and I built. It will eventually get painted all one color but for now we are having too much fun driving it to pull it apart to paint it. Plus, we are still working on it slowly and each part we work on gets a new shot of primer to protect the metal.

 

Mostly original paint




As found in March of this year.

 

This is what old hot rods look like

 

Yeah I have a couple. Both with approximately 60 year old lacquer paint jobs flapping in the wind.

 

I vote you never repaint the 32 3w.

 

A tudor I wish I still had. It'd give me one to drive and one to work on. It appeared to have been brush painted years ago. It was stupid to have sold it!

 

how about this one?

 

killer cars guys. great pics. this kinda stuff just turns me on.

 

Here's mine, aka the Faux'dster, aka "FrankenRod".

 

What color is that? Looks just like the body color on my '34 PU...

 

Love the 55, reminds me of my very first car!
Wish I still had it.

 

Here's Ol' Rusty, my '47 pu daily driver. About half original paint, half red oxide DP74. The name is ironic (get it?) cuz there' s no rust at all!

 

Oiginal paint, been in the family since new.

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