<VV> Color-shifty paint and others

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/19/2006 3:50:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
starship at worldonline.co.za writes:

Sheesh,  how conservative you guys are.  No sense of adventure.  I  suppose
you follow the principle of any color as long as it's  black?

I love chromalusion paint and wouldn't hesitate to use it on a  car such as
my Citroen CX GTi Turbo 2 for instance.  I don't think it  suits every car on
the road, but it is finding favor in Europe and I'm sure  it will find its
way onto more and more cars in the  future.

Nick



Probably true, Nick. I haven't had many cars painted during my car-owning  
life. So far, I have had a 55 Chevy painted silver (that was in 1966), a Yenko  
re-painted as a Yenko (white/blue) 1976, another Corvair painted as a  Yenko 
(1976), My Lola race car body parts painted Yellow (1990), still  another 
Corvair painted as a Yenko (1992) a Camaro race-car painted Red w/white  stripes 
(2001). One more to go - likely another Corvair painted as a Yenko.  There seems 
to be a theme, here!  But in reality, Metalflake paint used to  be a real 
Kustom Kar effect, now you can buy it on many new cars. The color  shifting paint 
was an option on several Ford products a few years ago. It will  probably 
move into the main stream as just another (expensive) option. People  want to 
personalize their cars. Many people like their stock cars and stock  colors, 
others long for that "special" look. Paint is just one way to achieve  it!
- Seth Emerson