(MBBO #5 Class II) Four-gone Conclusion...

[LukeTheJoker]

Same can I am using for touch ups on my Datsun!

Luke.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Wow, just four days into this and your already painting! We've got three months right?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Wow, just four days into this and your already painting! We've got three months right?

87 and a half days left, he is well ahead of time!

Luke.

 

[OddJob]

Wow, just four days into this and your already painting! We've got three months right?

TRM, up here we might have 30 days left before it will be too cold to paint. I have shoveled 6" of snow off my driveway as early as Oct 5....

We also might land on a couple of 70-80 degree days in late October / early Nov. But we can't count on it. I figured, hey, none of the parts are on the bike yet, why not paint it? That way there's still room for some creativity with doodads and add-ons later....

 

[OddJob]

Oh yeah, there will be a chain guard too.....The BACK40 parts paint stump...

 

[OddJob]

And the work continues...closed cell foam sleeping bag pad cushion for the 'naner. Going double layer this time I think...more cush for the tush...

 

[Muttley]

........closed cell foam sleeping bag pad cushion for the 'naner. Going double layer this time I think...more cush for the tush...

Your 'taint will be pleased.

 

[furyus]

You guys are in the wrong build off if you're thinking patina... Muscle cars and muscle bikes are not lead sleds or bare metal bombs or faux patina. Muscle bikes shine! They have awesome paint schemes, fades and flames, checkered flags and chrome. Not rust. On a rat rod it's a sweet patina but on a muscle bike it's rust. Not the same. It's tough, I like patina too, but the paint scheme makes or breaks a muscle bike. Chromes gotta shine.

Carl.

406 big-block and a four-speed. Looks fantastic. Different strokes, etc.

furyus

 

[Chad T]

This looks like a cool one OJ. Look forward to seeing the first shiney Back 40 build.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

406 big-block and a four-speed. Looks fantastic. Different strokes, etc.

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furyus

Haha! I love that car and ratty bikes too...
BUT...you know it ain't a Muscle Car.
1965 Ford Mustang pretty much acknowledged as the first muscle car (actually 64 1/2) Anything older don't make it. MANY ratrod carshows allow nothing newer than 64' for the same reason. Now I know as well as most that there are some crossovers but as a rule of thumb...
Ratrods or 1964 older, 1965 or newer Musclecars...

Carl

 

[Wildcat]

That Galaxie looks good like that, original hubcaps and all, but shiny is good too!

 

[furyus]

Haha! I love that car and ratty bikes too...
BUT...you know it ain't a Muscle Car.
1965 Ford Mustang pretty much acknowledged as the first muscle car (actually 64 1/2) Anything older don't make it. MANY ratrod carshows allow nothing newer than 64' for the same reason. Now I know as well as most that there are some crossovers but as a rule of thumb...
Ratrods or 1964 older, 1965 or newer Musclecars...

Carl

Oh, gosh we're gonna ruin OddJobs thread, but it's definitely muscle. If you're right, you eliminate 409 Impalas, 413 Dodges, 406 Fords, and a bunch more. The Mustang was the first pony car, not the first muscle car. The Big 3 all made basic super stock drag cars available to the general public, and in many ways these cars were far more pure muscle than the cars that followed in the later 60's.

That said, most muscle cars are shiny. I really dig survivors and rats, though, so I don't believe rust and muscle are mutually exclusive, especially forty-some years after the era ended (new muscle is a different thing).

furyus

 

[LukeTheJoker]

First muscle car was the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88...

Shiny:

Or rat:

We really should give OddJob his thread back now...

Luke.

 

[Psycho Sammi]

TRM, up here we might have 30 days left before it will be too cold to paint. I have shoveled 6" of snow off my driveway as early as Oct 5....

We also might land on a couple of 70-80 degree days in late October / early Nov. But we can't count on it. I figured, hey, none of the parts are on the bike yet, why not paint it? That way there's still room for some creativity with doodads and add-ons later....

You wouldn't have that problem if you stayed here in AZ year around and we only have to shovel sunshine not snow here.

 

[OddJob]

You wouldn't have that problem if you stayed here in AZ year around and we only have to shovel sunshine not snow here.

Ain't it the truth....looking forward to 'winter' in the valley...

 

[OddJob]

Glad to see that ^ Luke. I was getting a little worried, because I'm pretty sure my Columbia is older than '65......thought I might have to drop out....

 

[OddJob]

Rainy day outside The BACK40.....working on the 'interior'....seat cushion and upholstery.

Double pad on the seat pan. Red faux leather material. Good color match, should be nice and s-mooo-th.....cool texture too!

 

[OneHorsePower]

TRM, up here we might have 30 days left before it will be too cold to paint. I have shoveled 6" of snow off my driveway as early as Oct 5....

sounds like i won't be the only one revealing the bike in a white background

Paint job looks good! and that leather could not match it better

 

[OddJob]

sounds like i won't be the only one revealing the bike in a white background

Paint job looks good! and that leather could not match it better

Thanks OHP. Yeah I matched the paint to the leather....the purse to the shoes, so to speak!
That one ^ was for @metalchewy ....my fashionable fabric finding friend!

 

[OddJob]