got door art on my flat black 64
 

There's an ole-timer (like me) who lives not too far from me who has been lettering trucks for many years (every thing's gone to vinyl letters now-days) so I got him to work up a shop truck door art for me after I painted my 64.
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Some white walls and drop and your there. Cool truck.

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looks great!gotta love the flat black hot rod look..

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nice work!!

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VERY COOL, man thats a lost art, I remember seeing it done to my pops old truck, amazing

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that is cool, exactly what i want on mine some day.

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That looks cool. What kind of black paint is that? It nails the hot rod look.:metal:

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Nice Love It!:chevy:

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Where did you find the seat cover?:chevy:

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Looks great, Bill!

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nice job looks coooool

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Looks good!

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I was kinda going for the correct hot rod look for the year. So, wide white walls are a no-go. White walls weren't popular in the mid-60's (trust me, I'll be 61 yrs old in February, so I know.) My 63 has a 4-6 drop, but I kinda want this one stock ride. I might do a 2 in the rear just to level it out.

thanks, it's 1st Dimension single stage with flatener added. From the local Fisher Auto Parts dealer, at $57 for a gallon with reducer. Decent paint, but it probably won't last 10 years or anything.

It's a Mexican blanket I bought off eBay and took it to the upholstery shop where they used it for the material. It was a 5x7 which was enough material. I think I paid about 40 bucks for it, but you can find some cheaper. The upholstery shop charged me 145 to sew it on.

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Very cool looks good!! Thats not bad for that paint, it will probably last longer than you think.

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Same here...just have to come up with a logo...

Nice truck, man !!

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That is great! I love it.

-W

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That looks amazing, he did great work!

The truck looks sick!

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Thanks John,
You may want to find a good sign painter, cause I didn't come up with this one, the painter did. Most of those ole time sign painters are artists, because if you think about it, they had to have the talent to paint all kinds of things on trucks. I actually showed my guy a bunch of other door art pictures that I had saved up. He looked at them and said "okay, let me see what I can work up." Then he came up with the whole design himself. I just told him what I wanted it to say. And, my original idea was either an adjustable wrench, a rod and piston or maybe an open end wrench for a graphic, but he came up with the roadster. That's what these guys do for a living; logos.

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Very nice..

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I went the cheap route for bed wood. T1-11 covered with Marine Spar Varnish. The inside of the bed was just rattle-canned. I did that in case I put something in the bed that scratched it up, I could easily touch it up. As you can see, I was kinda hard on it when I put the wood in. So, I'll have to retouch it up.

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Man that looks really cool. The flat black is that a primer or a top coat? oh yeah thats some pretty country out that way. Nice job..Chris

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thanks Chris. It's not primer, it's single stage enamel. Primer tends to turn white with age.

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T1-11 siding. Wow, I've been racking my brain trying to come up with a cheap bed just to stabalize the floppiness of the bed since its well gone. Thats a cool idea that I might have to barrow until I get back to the bed and some money unless of course the T1-11 idea just stays. ;) It would at least last until I get into paint since thats going to be a while a way.

That logo is killer too.

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Just put the strips right over that.

I saw one like that, and had to do a double take.

Looks good, on the cheap.