I love a bit of 1970's paint but...

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jun 26, 13 6:24 pm

I draw the line at this...

Nice to see a set of header mufflers though, I'd forgotten all about those, had a set on my Barracuda, noisy as hell inside and out....

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Jun 26, 13 6:50 pm

It reminds me of a badly designed HotWheels car from back in the day........................ and yet I love it all the same

mustangbooks · Post by **mustangbooks** » Wed Jun 26, 13 6:54 pm

When I started going to custom car shows it was all metalflake, chrome and flames... can't beat it!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jun 26, 13 6:55 pm

Still like it?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Jun 26, 13 7:02 pm

That Pass side mirror does not look OEM?

I think that car falls into the "Its SO bad, its GOOD!" category.........

db · Post by db » Wed Jun 26, 13 7:05 pm

I'll bet it's sitting in a field somewhere as we speak with a tree growing out of the hood

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Jun 26, 13 8:46 pm

db wrote:

I'll bet it's sitting in a field somewhere as we speak with a tree growing out of the hood

true that

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Jun 26, 13 8:56 pm

Not so Bad its just the insipid pink that's nasty..oh and the arches

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Jun 26, 13 9:10 pm

Some fat chromed out old school 5 spokes and big white lettered rubber to fill out those cavernous arch's and.............. yeah, maybe yo is right

Shame tho cos I would have been obsessed with that if i see it in a CustomCar mag when i was 10

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jun 26, 13 10:19 pm

db wrote:

I'll bet it's sitting in a field somewhere as we speak with a tree growing out of the hood

Take a look at the cars in the background....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jun 26, 13 10:37 pm

Blue wrote:
db wrote:

I'll bet it's sitting in a field somewhere as we speak with a tree growing out of the hood
Take a look at the cars in the background....

maybe late 80,s early 90,s

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Wed Jun 26, 13 11:07 pm

Badly done. Complete miskick. The flames are the worst bit.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Jun 26, 13 11:34 pm

AllKiller wrote:Not so Bad its just the insipid pink that's nasty..oh and the arches

Could they stick out more,are they to protect the paint?

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Wed Jun 26, 13 11:44 pm

love the ole 70 custom metal flake jobs with in reason, but those carlosfandangle arches are Bananarama! ,

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Wed Jun 26, 13 11:59 pm

At this point, I went looking for a copy of the Carlos Fandango advert to post up for a laugh. Then I stumbled across this thread on Rods n Sods. Was reading through it fine until I got to the bottom of the page, when I spat me tea out at what 'someone' had posted as Carlos.

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/c ... know-26943