Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/8 12:47:46

Thanks, Ken. I'm pretty excited now. Color choices are subjective for sure. Beauty in the eye of the beholder.

But I picked this gray for the metallic which highlights on all the curves on the car and also because it's sort of a non-color, that will make opening the door to this gorgeous antique red leather a breath-taking experience.

It looks great with a tan top, might be great with black, too, but that might be too serious and detract from the sporty character of a convertible. I think it will make the chrome on the car more of a participant. Sometimes bright colors take over. They are all you see and define the car. As Interior Decorator for a Day, I think this metallic gray, which has green and brown casts in it, will work especially well with the unpopular early woodgrain that uses mottled Aspen grain with light walnut and carpathian elm compound instead of the red-brown that dealers liked better and the factory changed to after Feb 1940. Maybe, if I'm lucky, 2 months away now.