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Happy 4/29

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1960 Jaguar E2A​


After a successful decade of racing, Jaguar created a E2A, a new prototype that would lend its development to future racing and production cars. Essentially, E2A became an interim model bridging the gap between the iconic E-Type and the victorious D-Type.


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The release of E2A marked Jaguar’s possible intention to continue their motor sports program which ended in 1956. E2A was designed to accommodate the new 1960 sports car regulations which included minimum heights for both the car and windscreen. It was these same restrictions which forced Bizzarrini to raise the windscreen angle on his Ferrari GTO, effectively ruining his initial form.

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This reminds me - for some reason - does anyone do metal flake paint anymore? That would look even better with purple metal flake!

Metal flake is starting to make a comeback, but it's limited to the period correct type of cars, lowriders and motorcycles. I've always been told metal flake is a bitch to shoot, so I wouldn't expect it to make it past the hardcore guys who do it at home or drop $10,000+ in a paint job. There's a youtube channel called time warp customs or something like that who does some awesome old skool paint. Here's one of his tanks.

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Metal flake is starting to make a comeback, but it's limited to the period correct type of cars, lowriders and motorcycles. I've always been told metal flake is a bitch to shoot, so I wouldn't expect it to make it past the hardcore guys who do it at home or drop $10,000+ in a paint job. There's a youtube channel called time warp customs or something like that who does some awesome old skool paint. Here's one of his tanks.

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If you look at many of the new cars today they have a ton of metallic flake in their paint. In some instances that's all the manufacturer changed to form a "new" color.

My 06 Ram is a good example of that. The original paint was called Patriot Blue Metallic, there was also a color for 05 that was just Patriot Blue. When you parked them next to each other the metallic looks like a darker blue. I had the truck repainted a kitten over 2 years ago and the body shop used a larger flake than OE and it looks even darker than before.

The flake is way more pronounced now.
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Before.
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