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Paint job --- Rat Rod
Our Cobra bunch attend a car show in Athens, Alabama Saturday. Great show over 700 cars. The most interesting was a 32 fiberglass rat rod. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story. I did not get to talk to the owner but will be looking for him at future shows.
Dwight http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ss_rat_rod.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...rat_rod_2_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...rat_rod_1_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...rat_rod_3_.JPG |
I'm slow posting pictures because I have to delete some to make room for new ones.
The first time we looked at this car we thought it was a steel car. Then I read the place card and saw it was fiberglass. When you look "real close" you can see the detail in the paint job. I think it took longer to paint this rust paint job than a slick paint job. LOTs of detail in the rust affect. Dwight http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...rat_rod_7_.JPG http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...rat_rod_9_.JPG |
Dwight,
That is fantastic! I can't imagine how they got that effect. Thanks for posting. Steve |
Dwight, isn't it amazing what these guys can do with paint? Some of them are real artists.
Here are a couple more from the Syracuse Nationals that are also not exactly what they appear to be: http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...s/100_0155.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...s/100_0173.jpg |
Now here is a "Raty Rat Rod".
there is actually areal engine underneath the fake hemi. Billhttp://IMG1430 Sorry I couldn't posst the picture...my bad |
I love the rat rod look, and you are right, it takes a lot longer to do one right than a glossy paint job.
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He's even got the tire mark on the 55 from rubbing/racing...
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Those are great pictures and some great work on the cars. I took a couple of a Fiberglass old looking rod at the local show and shine a week or so ago and need to get them sorted. I thought it was steel until I looked close and talked to the owner.
Ron |
I saw a pick-up rat rod last week that looked like a old farm truck that had the paint scraped badly from running through the woods. On closer inspection it was a paint job. I wish I'd brought my camera. The painter was an artist.
Bill Stradtner |
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