@Road I am going to be going for a more polished look in the paint and with any lettering and striping done. I'm currently thinking of doing a deep high gloss green, like British Racing Green. Also my wife is a graphic designer and I have experience in screen printing and decal making from my AF days so the door decals I am thinking of will be done by us (I'm thinking of some old timey logo of a piston crossed with a torch with the text of SGD (S for my uncle Scott, G for my dad George, and the D for me) Custom Vehicle Fabrication). I will probably end up doing some cream striping on it as well. It has been a few years since I did any pin striping, but I'm sure it will come back to me.
All that said, I would still love to have you out to my place and at least check out the insanity.
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Sounds great,
@Dilldog; deep high gloss British Racing Green, that smooth deep green forest color, will look great, especially with cream striping. A smidge of fire red somewhere in your graphics will bring out both colors in marvelous ways against that green. I saw an old
Dodge Powerwagon done in that kind of green, high gloss, at the
Iowa 80 Truck Stop Museum (worlds largest truck stop) and fell in love with it. I just kept walking around the truck, losing myself in it.
I have all my old Mack striping brushes and my whole lettering kit intact; books of hand-pounded 23K gold leaf and One-Shot enamel and all. Sometimes I travel with it, thinking I'll find some interesting project. I meant to add to my post that I kinda grew up on
Big Daddy Ed Roth & Rat Fink, though not a soul I knew knew anything about him. Not quite the style you're after, I know, though it led me to a whole other world of vehicle mods and possibilities.
If there's any way I can help with anything, happy to do so.
And hell yeah, I'd love to stop by.
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