spectre6000
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 Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: '58/'59 Paint Guide |
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The gallery is great, but all of the cars are at different angles and in different light such that it's difficult to really get a good feel for how the color actually looks on the car. Here's a chance to show off!
Take a picture of your variously colored ('58/'59 colors please) '58/'59 from the same angle in full sunlight with the sun as close as possible to coming from behind you (keep mind of the shadow, but don't worry about it showing up) between 3 PM and 6 PM (trying to get similar sun angle). The angle should be the same angle as on Bugselecta (90* to the side facing right) from 7-10 paces (far enough away to get the whole car, but not so far as to make it not fill the frame). State the age/condition (i.e. recent resto, older resto, og, etc.) of the paint as pictured. This should produce a catalog, if you will, of the '58/'59 colors similar to what would be on a modern manufacturer's website.
If there's enough response, maybe we can try to tackle interiors next...
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Jason Hopper
-'58 German Market Deluxe Beetle (in progress)
-'84 M1009 CUCV
-'81 K10
"Buy the best, cry once." -Gene Berg
"A cheap man will always buy the cheapest thing available, and then buys another one hoping for a better result, and then spends the rest of his life in misery complaining about it. A thrifty man will buy a good part once and never think about it again." -RockCrusher
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spectre6000
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Here's an example from the Gallery. It's a '60, but it gets the point across. Once there are a few other reasonable examples I remove it from the thread.
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Jason Hopper
-'58 German Market Deluxe Beetle (in progress)
-'84 M1009 CUCV
-'81 K10
"Buy the best, cry once." -Gene Berg
"A cheap man will always buy the cheapest thing available, and then buys another one hoping for a better result, and then spends the rest of his life in misery complaining about it. A thrifty man will buy a good part once and never think about it again." -RockCrusher
"Don't feed the Shitty Parts Monster!" -Me |
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