The Doctor's travels through time. Fin.

[Cord Fourteener]

10 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

And bumpers oiled. 

 

That's a pair of sharp and crisp looking cars. Love it.

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

The Cyan strip reminds me of the stripes on the Rio model, especially in Nevada red, which was a kind of dark pinkish red,

I almost went for this colour when I got a Rio Grande in 1994 but went for Kingfisher blue, and carried on the coloured stripes on to the bumpers.

After the doc's car this just looks worse than beige. 

[Cord Fourteener]

44 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

Not sure if this is meant as a compliment or an insult 🤔😂

Whatever the case, winding up the owners club members is always funny. 

I think there were some here who were similarly triggered.

[AndyW201]

6 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

After the doc's car this just looks worse than beige. 

And what's wrong with beige? I'd rock a beige Metro...

[Ghosty]

Reminds me of this, actually: 

[SmokinWaffle]

10 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

And bumpers oiled. 

 

I gotta say @DoctorRetro - your drive is one of the ones I'm most envious of on here... Metro looks cool as penguin piss - I'd rock that every day with a big grin. Same with the Punto - but pink always wins.

[Cord Fourteener]

7 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

And what's wrong with beige? I'd rock a beige Metro...

Nothing wrong, it's a really nice colour that, apart from when seen next to the pink Metro.

[vulgalour]

Cyan pinstripe you say, on a 90s car you say...

 

[Fumbler]

42 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Cyan pinstripe you say, on a 90s car you say...

 

[Rustybullethole]

22 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I really like that. It looks quite clean at the moment - I wouldn't add anything else, it'll look too fussy. 

 

100% with you there. It ain’t mine though so do as you please doc 

[Rod/b]

This is looking fucking awesome Doc. If it were mine id probably go matt black on the b and c pillars and that would be it. Bin the rubbing strips, it looks clean without them. 
 

Nice job. 

[Fabergé Greggs]

I’m all about the blocky contrast between the black and pink, so my tuppence worth is no rubbing strips or wheel details.. I’m gonna be really annoying now and say that I preferred the bumpers pre-linseed. Matt black against the pink FTW! 
 

Having said all of that, a splash of cyan would look banging, but maybe more freeform  like Vulg is suggesting rather than a stripe. 90’s Halfords fake paint splodge? 
 

anyway, looks ace 👍

[Fabergé Greggs]

Now you’ve got me thinking of my favourite bike.. 

[vulgalour]

I sincerely hope you had matching leathers for that, or at the very least a matching shellsuit.

[Fabergé Greggs]

7 hours ago, vulgalour said:

I sincerely hope you had matching leathers for that, or at the very least a matching shellsuit.

Oops, my post was misleading- I haven’t owned one- YET! 

[Grumblespeed]

Look good parked together like that - reckon you need a Punto coloured stripe on the Metro, then put a Metro pink stripe down the Punto (probably need to start peeling the other stickers off the Punto & painting the wheels black to make it work)

[vulgalour]

You did have the shellsuit though, right?  You seem the sort

[Dave_Q]

Hey Doctor, when you painted the 'tro did you just use the standard cap that comes on the Montana paint or did you use a different one ie a fat cap?

I am looking into this as an option for painting my scooter and I watched some videos on graff paint caps and ended up more confused.

[Dave_Q]

Another question, how is the finish? It is orange peely or did you get many runs or did it go on quite nice?

Have you flatted the paint back at all?

[DoctorRetro]

4 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

Another question, how is the finish? It is orange peely or did you get many runs or did it go on quite nice?

Have you flatted the paint back at all?

Used the caps that they came with but if doing it again I'd try something different/wider. I found the caps confusing too. 

Yes, it's pretty orange peel-like, but suspect it's thick enough to flat back. 

Did get some runs but again, it's quite forgiving 

I'm not planning on rubbing back / lacquering, I prefer the slightly satin finish, it means it's easier to touch up if needed. It was never going to be a perfect job. 

However my friend who painted his Mazda 121 managed to get a lovely finish by taking time on the prep and finishing. 

[tom13]

10 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

Used the caps that they came with but if doing it again I'd try something different/wider. I found the caps confusing too. 

Yes, it's pretty orange peel-like, but suspect it's thick enough to flat back. 

Did get some runs but again, it's quite forgiving 

I'm not planning on rubbing back / lacquering, I prefer the slightly satin finish, it means it's easier to touch up if needed. It was never going to be a perfect job. 

However my friend who painted his Mazda 121 managed to get a lovely finish by taking time on the prep and finishing. 

Been following that on retro rides. What a beat that is!

[sierraman]

I think it’s actually improved it’s saleability on the used car circuit. Years ago the value of Ford Ka went up by at least 200% if they were pink. 

When all is said and done it’s not a 1932 Hispano Suiza, it’s a fairly average example of a fairly undesirable difficult to sell car. If you want a pink one then fair enough. 

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

When all is said and done it’s not a 1932 Hispano Suiza,

No, it's definitely not one of these...

 

[DoctorRetro]

Always nice to see DVLA up to speed! 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

They got it wrong.  ‘Fucking PINK!’ should be on there for accuracy.

[bezzabsa]

@DoctorRetro what did you decide about trim rings, and what size are they???

[DoctorRetro]

8 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

@DoctorRetro what did you decide about trim rings, and what size are they???

They were 13s. I sent them back and got a refund. 

[mitsisigma01]

Next time go big... 

 

[DoctorRetro]

New car delivered today, thanks to @rob88h

It's a bit cosmetically challenged in places, but that's nothing a bit of Graf City spray can't sort. 😁

 

[DoctorRetro]

100 Internet points to anyone who gets the thread title change significance.