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Originally Posted by Koll
Um. most people back in the 20s and 30s with the rat rods didnt necissarly want them to be flatblack. Its just that they needed to throw a paint on to stop it from rusting. Most wanted nice paintjobs but coulnt afford it at the time and got it later. Its just that flatblack was pinned on it as cool.
Pinstripes are the same thing. After it was black, they wanted to spice it up so they striped it.
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Right, but that is why that is 'the look' that is carried on today. Primer w/dull celar coats now. With flames and whitewalls
And it was really 50s-60s (even late 40s, post WWII), not 20s-30s for the whole rodding thing.
Rodders really can do neat, innovative stuff, they have less preceived boundries. You can get so many cool little (and big) ideas from them. They even jumped on EFI well before muscle car guys, just the way the jumped ont he flathead Ford, and then dumped that for the SBC.