Poor car taste

When I went to the gym I saw an old shitty looking Maxda MX-6.  It had badly faded paint, various dings and dents and other things wrong with it.  However what caught my attention the most were the glued on, matching, mini hood scoops on this piece of junk.  It also had what looked to be a mini-rudder glued to the rear of the roof, I assume to aid stability when the vehicle is doing 150 mph around the race track.  It looked so stupid.  But then I thought to myself, “Hey, you used to do things of equal stupidity when it comes to cars…”

My first girlfriend when I was 17 had a piece of shit Chevy Vega (not nearly as nice as what is pictured)  It was all in gray primer.  The Vega was a bare bones, piece of shit that Chevy put out in response to the gas crisis of the 70’s.  It found favor with hot rodders since it was possible to stuff a V8 motor into this tiny, light car.  Put some mag wheels and a nice paint job on it and it didn’t look half bad. 

Well although I lacked the funds or know-how to do an engine swap, I decided I would still try to spice up her car, which I did with her permission of course.  I decided the car needed a paint job.  I had absolutely zero car painting experience but I knew how to work a spray can.

I went out and bought a dozen or two cans of dark blue spray paint along with a couple cans of black and white paint as well.  After taping off the windows and trim the best I could, I turned our old garage into a make-shift paint booth, painting the car blue.  I sprayed and sprayed until the tips of my fingers were raw from pressing on the nozzle.  I wasn’t smart enough to do anything to filter the air or protect my lungs.  I was blowing blue snot for a few days later.  The white paint was to put two racing stripes on the hood and the trunk of the car.  The black was used to paint over any easily removable trim pieces.  I remember looking at pride at the finished product.  Yea a car painted with spray paint isn’t going to have a smooth, glossy finish (more like one big orange peel) but it at least looked better than gray primer. 

I tried to add to the new “sporty” look of the car by adding rear window “louvers”.  Yes they basically looked like venetian blinds installed into the rear window.  I was quite proud of myself with the finished product.  I can only think there was a 40 year old man that walked by the spray painted Vega with shitty looking louvers in the rear window shaking his head while thinking how utterly stupid it looked….