Gold stripe

Was in Memphis last year and saw a 31 coupe that was painted two tone pink! First impression was :eek: Barf! But after meeting the sweet seasoned woman that owned and drove it, It worked... Besides the colors were the perfect contrast to her Blue hair.
 
i saw a red & white car painted black yesterday but it was not paint it had no drying time & was could be changed back in minutes. Does the pinstriper do race cars in vinyl? If you picked up some offcuts from a signwriter/racecar-decal place you might be able to put the stripe on and if it looks wrong you can peel it off and trim it down until it looks better.
 
As a pinstriper for 36 years i would recomend Asking if he would do the gold stripe in real gold leaf or vinyl leaf, most of all fire trucks are done in vinyl leaf these days. it's actualy real gold impregnated onto a vinyl membrane and is cut into shape with a plotter or can be bought in 3/4" wide rolls very cheaply.

Wether he's doing it in vinyl or not have him do one panel using the sign gold vinyl and apply the hand painted stipes to border it as he has proposed, the pinstripe paint can be wiped off up to 3 hours later with reducer and the sign gold should be easy to remove if you don't like the look.

Or another thought spray out a sheetmetal panel the same colors as your car and give it to the striper to do a test panel for your aproval.

And for future referance old pinstriping can be removed with easy off oven cleaner without damage to the vehicle paint so long as it's a good quality paint job and not a rustolium job.

http://www.quick-signgold.com/applying-quick-sign-gold/illustrations/

Scott
 
He is a 30 year pin striper, he uses 21 kt gold leaf swirls it and seals it. His car is his 'test car' and he has striped all of it, so you can see what it will look like. He does mostly dealer striping, this new 'hidden stripe' where you can only see the stripe at different angles. He showed me the gold, and thought that with my car being dark, the gold would make it different and stand out. He does not do any vinyl work, all with a squirrel hair brush.
I like to see things as original, but I also like my car to have a personality. I have MacBeth Lenses, and put 1930 arm rests in by the rear seat. I was at the new england reg in Maine, and there was a 30 roadster with brown fenders and a cream body, every person that went by it really gave it the once over.
Thanks to all for your input, I will post photos if I do it.
Thanks to all
 
I would also suggest trying the vinyl gold tape first. Any truck lettering shop can make you a strip of turned gold leaf vinyl that you can put on and easily remove if you don't like it. It is a lot cheaper then having the real gold applied and then trying to remove it.
 
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