so, when ya gonna paint it? how do you answer?

[skull]

the last few weeks every where l take the truck, the question always come's up: so, when ya gonna paint it?


never

l tell them why on the truck and most say "cool, leave it that way".

the 30lSH dodge is cheapy wal-mart black/red spray paint. no plans for real paint, bonus, it's easy to touch up.


Later

 

[Old Iron]

Your truck has more paint on it than mine does

 

[likes ihs]

i hear that all the time. i just tell them it took along time to get a natural metal finish like this. the green thing to do is not add any chemicals to it.

 

[CR55]

I tell em...it is painted and leave it at that.....

 

[Tripper]

I always say... "It is painted... painted by Mother Nature"!

BoB

 

[jmlcolorado]

Eventually I'll get tired of answering that question about mine, so I think I'll have "It IS painted" pinstriped right below the windows so all I have to do is point.

 

[ratrodney]

Eventually I'll get tired of answering that question about mine, so I think I'll have "It IS painted" pinstriped right below the windows so all I have to do is point.

Great idea. RR

 

[Sam_Fear]

Car people, I tell them 'It's a rat, it's not getting any paint if I can help it'. The car clueless, I tell them 'I'll paint it the original blue, IF I ever get that far' - otherwise they give me a confused or horrified look.

 

[Willowbilly3]

I just read a thread on another forum and the guy was all bent because someone ask that. I say it's just one of those dumb questions you get used to. I had a friend with an old flat black 48 Ford pickup he drove everywhere.He had a rattle can of flat black and when someone asked the question, he'd just get that rattle can, paint a little and say "Hows that?"

 

[ponchotom89]

I always get that same question. My answer is what, you dont like the color?

 

[Bonehead]

I tell 'em my truck is too fast for paint.

 

[sneakysnake]

Someday.
Half of the time the same one that asks then says "I kinda like it the way it is".I guess there is some unwritten rule that it must be painted.

 

[von-zipper]

Eventually I'll get tired of answering that question about mine, so I think I'll have "It IS painted" pinstriped right below the windows so all I have to do is point.

Me too! I just wonder if some of those people can even read!

Zipper

 

[John T. Hodgen]

Hey All,
I always say, "Rust IS a Color!" Later--John T.

 

[Old Iron]

I just tell them rust is the fad and it would ruin the value if I painted it

 

[Rat'l Trap]

"Spend 10 Grand on a paintjob and then have some inconsiderate butthead put a ding in it with their door? Not happenin."

 

[donsrods]

How about this comeback: " I've been taking donations toward the paint job and most people are kicking in between $ 20 and $50. How much can I put you down for ?" Bet they stop asking pretty fast after that.

Don

 

[Sam_Fear]

[cl[cl Don, that could work for a lot of things!

 

[Krooser]

For a few years at Back to the Fifties there was a group of young kids who would flash signs at the cars leaving the fairgrounds... they always flashed me a "it will be nice when it's done!" sign.

One year I had one made that I flashed back... "It IS done!"

 

[440shorty]

Paint

I get, "when are you going to paint it one color?"

Sometimes I shrug and say "I don't know?" other times I say I haven't decided which one yet.
Then again, the sleeper vibe might be ruined if it weren't one color.

A friend nicknamed it "the calico kid" but car names don't stick with me.

440shorty

P.S. The grill says "Oldsmobile" the door "Bonneville" and the tailgate "Pontiac."