Help on COLOR!

Looking for some "MENTAL" help here guys.......I'm in the "bodywork" stage of my car....Pounding out dents, hammer dolley work, little bondo here and there......

I DO NOT know what color to paint this darn car!!! Been leaning towards BLACK.....but also like the "RED'ish" color as seen on the cowl and rear quarter....Heck I was even thinkin a satin white, and a aluminum silver color as well!!!

I know it's MY car and should paint it what color I want...problem is I like a lot of the colors out there!

Shoot some thoughts/ideas...Thanks!

I say a very dark oxblood, and wheels the same color as the rears that are on it now. You're going to get a lot of different opinions with a question like that

Before I read what you wrote, I was thinking what a good color the red is at the front and back. I think I would distress it so it is really not a solid color.

brownish red! not primer red , but really brown just above rust color!

i think the red that it already is would make it look tough kinda like a killers car on a scary movie lol

I do like that red on there...even a tad darker would look pretty good as well!


Played around with some crappy photo editing software and came up with the following colors.....

Yea, pic number 4 is what I was talking about.

I even ask the wife who really doesn't care that much for my project....she also said she likes the dark redish brown that is on the cowl..mabe even a little darker in a satin type finsih....Looks like I'll go something along that route!!!

not that my opinion really matters....but i like the 4th one too!!

I vote to leave it pretty much as it. That original patina looks great. That is the way I am going to leave my RPU.

Don

IMO I think it looks way cool just as it is !!!!!!!!!!!!

This is pretty much the color that I was talking about.

How about something like this?

satin oxblood red with a black flake top. black wheels with big chrome center caps and rings. bring the black down to body line in the back, behind the rear windows.

paint will detract from that rod. get the body straight maybe put some primer on it but please do not paint her. every one paints there rods. paint is for wussy's please build your cars with your harts not your pockets

I agree. Leave it in the original patina. It`s so tough to get that look back without looking like a fake attempt. Let it weather.

I looked around for a while to find a sedan with original patina to do.
I`m leaving it just like this.

OK I have put off getting into this discussion long enough. I have to agree, the way the rod looks as is looks really good. And don't get me wrong, I love the way natural patinas look, the 31 I am building had a solid rust covering with a few patches where someone had brush painted it. I am not going to put a high dollar paintjob on it, actually I am considering a can or two of $10 rustoleum enamel. I just can't see building something without stopping the decay process so I can drive the hell out it and my kids can still drive it in 16yrs without having to relace the metal. Is my thinking out of whack? I do custom airbrushing, so I don't think it would be that hard to do a "weathered " look while preserving the metal underneath.

as far as colr, the way that car looks now is cool, but the oxblood color is bada$$$$

Another oxblood vote.