Books on 70’s style paintwork
 

Would like to teach myself how to do some of the psychedelic paintwork seen on gassers and race cars of the late 60’s and 70’s for when I paint my gasser. Does anyone know of any books that explain in detail how to do paintwork such as fine line, lace, quilt, endless line, fantasy panels, swirls, and other fun stuff? Included is a couple of pictures of that style. I’ve done some body and paintwork before but will be in way over my head and need it clearly explained.

I plan to teach myself on a couple of spare deckids and fenders before I touch the car. And if I really suck I’ll change my plans. I would like to try it though.

There are a slew of books on ebay for automotive custom painting, both old and new publications. I am not a painter but one concern I would have is that the techniques used with lacquer are way different than they are with todays modern paints. The old books may give you some ideas of the types of effects you want to end up with but the spraying techniques will be vastly different.

There's more than just spraying from a gun on those cars. I see a lot of air brush and hand pin stripping too.
Lace is about the easiest, as you just pick the pattern you want and find a way to keep it tight to the panel. Then there is the Dart with a lot of taping and air brush for the shadow effect in the blocks.
One of the members on here did a lace job on the roof of his '55 and it is very well done and cool.

As for the paint, both lacquer and enamel were a gloss product and single stage urethane will be the same, no need for a clear over it all for gloss.

That El Camino is the bomb.

I’m partial to that Corvette. But the Elco is neat. SS454 to boot.

The paint on the Corvette has to have involved more than 1 artist and took MANY hours to complete. I won't live long enough to learn HALF what it would take to do that job...:headbang:
I do like the Elco, but the shadowed, block job on the Dart is my favorite.

Joe from the iron resurrection show could do all that type of painting.

Big fan of that style! Every one of those examples are fantastic!

My favorite era of car customization and custom painting. YouTube is definitely another resource for you to research the painting techniques, and you may be able to find some older guys at your local body shops who may have some insight for you.

Definitely share some of your work even when you're just starting out.

Found this and thought it was fun. Though it is a few years later than my chosen era. Most of the styles were used earlier.
March 1976 Hot Rod