[jamis]

of subject but a funny story
My buddies’ wife worked in the film equipment rental business. When ever there were making a local movie and needed some cars from different eras, she would let us know and we would rent our vehicles out for the actors to drive in the scenes or for back drops.
My buddy rented out his mint 59 caddy and they painted it with some water based paints to make it look like an old rusty piece of crap. The car sat in front of a store front that was made to look like a sports bar. One night some drunk pulls up thinking it was a real bar and smashed into the caddy. Cost the film company about 12,000 to fix it. This was about 20 years ago in a Richard Dryphus movie about a horse racing and betting.

If the sleeper look is really what you want, diffrent faded panel colors is the way to go. If you just want to give it that older vehicle look, dont spray it a modern color, stick with factory tones for that era or older and low luster finishes. No shinny clear coats. Post some pics of when its done.