I am sad that there no longer seems to be any middle ground between not repainting old cars at all in favor of "patina" (which in a lot of cases is — authenticity not withstanding — often rather nasty looking) and a zillion-dollar candy gloss coat three millimeters thick. If you want something that looks old-school, there were plenty of Mustangs running around with Earl Scheib one-coat resprays back in the day. That's the retro look I'd go for. It won't cost a fortune and it won't be something too fragile to use and enjoy.

I say you rebuild the existing powertrain, clean up the sheet metal as best you can, then prime and sand the crap out of it, before going at it with an HVLP gun filled with Eastwood single-stage urethane.

Crap, I gotta stop reading articles on this site. I knew about these, but never wanted one. NOW I want one of these... but with only 784 made, surviving examples are probably getting to be damn expensive.

But you know, garden-variety Hornets can still be found relatively frequently and fairly cheaply. You could build one into a functional equivalent pretty easily and relatively cheaply, while having the freedom to update and personalize the build without ruining something rare.

Crap, I gotta stop reading articles on this site.

I'm kinda partial to John Welsford "Swaggie." blue water micro-yacht.

That wouldn't surprise me too much. The owner was asking $33K for this resto-mod.


http://hooniverse.com/2010/08/16/1966-bronco-pickup/

All six of the legendary, almost mythical Excelsior OHC boardtrack racers were destroyed by Ignaz Schwinn (literally, taking out his rage with a sledgehammer) after his protege Bob Perry was killed on one while qualifying for what was supposed to be the bikes' debut race at Ascot in January 1920.

Paul Brodie started with five surviving photographs of the bike and a corroded crankcase of a similar OHV model, and has made what can arguably be called either replicas or modern recreations.



Read the whole story here, but I warn you, you will need plenty of time (and humility):
http://flashbackfab.com/excelsior-project-paul-br...

Had to google Skoda Estelle, as I was thoroughly unfamiliar with them. The things I learn here...

No, I just checked the Ram site and it's still available on the standard cab.

Baroque is the perfect descriptor for that truck. Especially when the original T100 had such clean, uncluttered lines.

The storage compartment on Can-Am Spyders is also referred to as the frunk.

Actually, now that I think about it...