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Anyone have anymore gold leaf or metallic gold custom paint jobs...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5456/chevado2ht2.jpg

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg

Re: Leaf,Lace,Scallops and Cobwebs.
 

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Internet photo.

Never noticed it myself.

Looking at the letter placement and lace pattern, still not sure.

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I love then too, it was a day when you and the painter would figure out the paint scheme....my painter was called "Fig", never knew his real name.

I'm not wild about wraps but those paint jobs back then but today they would be $20,000.00 plus.

JimR

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Lots of Mind altering drugs and experimenting going on back than. I kinda remember them I start getting flash backs looking at those paint jobs stealing my grandmothers table clothes. We even did suede stuff

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Well, at least someone broke the ice as to the...."why".....most of the paint jobs were so crazy! :D

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A few of the Mr Bardahl Camaro's with custom paint...

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/24...600x600Q85.jpg

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And a couple of Mavericks for the Blue Oval fans...

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/75...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/25...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/11...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/50...600x600Q85.jpg

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A few more old shots of some Camaro's...

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/30...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/27...600x600Q85.jpg

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Thanks for the pics, while "cousins" a couple of them are Mercury Comets. We appreciate them none the less.

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A few more Blue Oval pics...

http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

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http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/50...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

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http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

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A couple old Mopars...

http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

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And some old pro-stock Cuda's with gold leaf lettering & custom paint...

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/11...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/14...600x600Q85.jpg

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Two "current" day paint jobs I think are noteworthy. I told Mike at Indy that I thought it was one of the best I had seen in years, he said, he would pass it along to his paint guy. I hope the Mule isn't a wrap, it sure is colorful.

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Got another "old school" one for ya.

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I remember a local guy who asked us to leave the booth before he started painting since he wanted to be "one with the car".

When we returned, the air was thick and it wasn't from overspray.

Unlike the masters of the time like Oop, Circus, and Jim Hooker it seems like the local guys all bounced around quite a bit. The painter I mentioned earlier had been a bartender before his paint career and later became a minister.

We quickly learned though the guy was good he absolutely didn't know when to quit. After he ruined a friends cars with way too many "fish scales" we learned to stay close and make him put down the gun when the time was right.

Along with lace and scallops, he was also later known for "mountains". Like fish scales, he used a cut piece of cardboard to spray the outline. I remember a friend paying big bucks for "ribbons" on his B/HR Corvette in 71 or so. I didn't notice many of those in the photos so far.

Gold leaf lettering was admired and pricy, but I remember when ChromaGlo was released as an alternative. It was the first "stick on" graphics I can remember.

I was told years later by a professional drag racing photographer that the one thing you could do to insure your car would NEVER get photographed was to use leaf or other shiny lettering as it just wouldn't show up well in the photo.

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A few more old shots of some Chevy's...

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/35...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/40...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/50...600x600Q85.jpg

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I was saving this one Dan. When growing up this was "the fastest car in town" back in the day.

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A few more shots of some Mopar race cars with custom paint jobs...

http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/37...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

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http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/24...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/36...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/50...600x600Q85.jpg

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Yes, that's it! And one of the nicer jobs I've seen on top of that.

I'd forgotten to mention "bubbles". I think they used very thin paint at high pressure for those.

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Is this an example?

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This was a 54 Crown Vic given to me when I was 17. I already had 2 cars and my folks would not let me have another. My boss had to move right away and gave the car to me. It was stripped of interior and drive train. I kept it at a friends(so called) house who later said he had to move it and traded it for a motor. If I would have been notified I would have moved it, oh well. Wish I had it today, would have been a great Nostalgia car. The head lights and tail lights were frenched and the paint was great for the day, about 1975.

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Exactly, but most of them I saw were pretty small and used on corners, highlights, etc.

You've got some great shots of Old School stuff!

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CycloneFE, cool pics I never seen bubbles before...would you happen to know who this one was...The Love Machine, lol.

http://images54.fotki.com/v77/photos...142vivi-vi.jpg

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I didn't know what "bubbles" were either, but when Dan explained it I remembered that Camaro. Most of my shots were shot locally at Motion Raceway in Assumption IL. I did visit close "big" tracks like Indy, Joliet, Gateway, Beech Bend. The camera got me closer to the racers and I listened to everything they said, hope I am not too old to finally use it.
The Love Machine, I have never seen, looks like a D/G? Falcon/ Fairlane, I would guess BB powered and unsure of the track. Good lookin car though.

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"FREAK DROPS"

Thin (water consistancy) paint, shot through an airbrush.
Put some paint in a small area and then using just the air, push the paint out from the middle. You could get something similar to a sunburst or really any shape you could push out with the air.
Searching the web for an example and just can't find one. :confused:

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FE , looks like Orange Co . to me .

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Found 'em.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../fireworks.jpg

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Now your talkin!!! I look closer at the Camaro I posted and I think someone put a circle up and painted around it. It looked similar, but not like what you have here. Neat, very neat.

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Charlie, that's a pretty cool paint trick there, never seen that before...I came across some old Superbird street machines.

http://www.superbirdclub.com/files/tmp174.jpg

http://www.superbirdclub.com/Charity.jpg


http://www.superbirdclub.com/customaero.html

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Mighty big (and I think good looking) platform for some custom paints.

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That looks like a '68 Fairlane. Pretty much the same as the '69 except the rear marker lights.

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Cobweb up close.

Straight lacquer over basecoat(can use acrylic enamel or urethane) play with pressure till you get what you want for a pattern, let it evaporate and clearcoat.

http://www.kustomrides.com/images/D/CobwebRED.jpg

I never shot it this heavy (only did a couple of dirt bikes) but still a good example.

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Greg of Akron the king of lace, scallops and butterflies.

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Here's a couple of a Plymouth Cuda custom show car...

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln...ut9po1_500.jpg

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/in...h=117607;image

http://www.themoparstore.com/sonic.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...eSonicCuda.jpg

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...uda19743-1.jpg

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...uda19742-1.jpg

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The 'Rod Shop' race team...

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparf...1&d=1327778421

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Looks like blood splatter...