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Your experience may be limited to the tiny corner of the earth you frequent.

lelanthran 4y ago
> Your experience may be limited to the tiny corner of the earth you frequent. Maybe, but I'm almost certainly from a different corner of the earth, and IME old cars never aimed for the wet putty look. I follow car news quite deeply, and have been since the 80s, and other than military vehicles, I have not seen manufacturers paint their cars to look like wet putty until recently. Maybe they were offered but not popular? If you have links to any examples of old cars that look like wet putty, I'd love to see them.
- worthless-trash 4y ago
  I'm wondering what changed in the world to be popular all of a sudden.
- worthless-trash 4y ago
  https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/mgc-gt-2 https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/mgc-gt... https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/datsun-stanza https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/datsun... ^ this was definitely more "wet putty" when it was new. https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sale/1968-chevrolet-camaro-rs-coupe/JCW5243749 https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sale/1968-chevrolet-cam... <-- this one probably isnt the original color, but there was a similar colored one that I'd seen. (probably more like https://news.classicindustries.com/hubfs/Classic_Industries/CI-New-Blog-Assets/The%20Parking%20Lot/2020-Q2/68CamaroLS_HoodUp.jpg https://news.classicindustries.com/hubfs/Classic_Industries/... or https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/524bc779e4b0b5e2e07d9f08/1445553366515-6MZ6MVLD92H6LO9DGF1S/1968+Chevrolet+Camaro+454ci+Big+BLock+-+Ol%27+School+Garage+%285%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/524bc779e4b0b5... ) > Maybe they were offered but not popular? This is my bet too, not popular at the time. Some of those are in different light and maybe my definition of wet clay are not matching yours.

> Your experience may be limited to the tiny corner of the earth you frequent. Maybe, but I'm almost certainly from a different corner of the earth, and IME old cars never aimed for the wet putty look. I follow car news quite deeply, and have been since the 80s, and other than military vehicles, I have not seen manufacturers paint their cars to look like wet putty until recently. Maybe they were offered but not popular? If you have links to any examples of old cars that look like wet putty, I'd love to see them.

worthless-trash 4y ago
I'm wondering what changed in the world to be popular all of a sudden.
worthless-trash 4y ago
https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/mgc-gt-2 https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/mgc-gt... https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/datsun-stanza https://collectableclassiccars.com.au/private-sellers/datsun... ^ this was definitely more "wet putty" when it was new. https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sale/1968-chevrolet-camaro-rs-coupe/JCW5243749 https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sale/1968-chevrolet-cam... <-- this one probably isnt the original color, but there was a similar colored one that I'd seen. (probably more like https://news.classicindustries.com/hubfs/Classic_Industries/CI-New-Blog-Assets/The%20Parking%20Lot/2020-Q2/68CamaroLS_HoodUp.jpg https://news.classicindustries.com/hubfs/Classic_Industries/... or https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/524bc779e4b0b5e2e07d9f08/1445553366515-6MZ6MVLD92H6LO9DGF1S/1968+Chevrolet+Camaro+454ci+Big+BLock+-+Ol%27+School+Garage+%285%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/524bc779e4b0b5... ) > Maybe they were offered but not popular? This is my bet too, not popular at the time. Some of those are in different light and maybe my definition of wet clay are not matching yours.