Eugenians like to celebrate their colorful lives, in so many ways. This past weekend, it was the Oregon Country Fair, with over 52k attending the largest celebration of hippie culture. We skipped this year, as it gets a bit familiar and crowded. But there are other ways to celebrate, like driving a colorful car, like this Altima.
I’ve been documenting the custom painted cars of Eugene since the beginning, and this is one of the better efforts. This house attracts cars of this sort, as it was right here that perhaps the very best of its kind, the famous Buick Century Brougham de Baroque Turquoise and Gold Edition was found and shot. I’m afraid this Altima rather pales in comparison.
Kudos for turning those ugly plastic wheel covers into something worth looking at.
Stephanie is jealous; she’s been hankering for something a bit more colorful than white on her TSX wagon for some time. Maybe a hot pink Plasti-Dip.
Usually, these ‘art cars’ are ugly as hell because the ‘artist’ had no idea when to stop and would go completely over the top resulting in something lacking in design and a prime example of excess. The Baroque Buick is one such example, a really good start that would have looked good if it had been ended about three quarters of the way thru.
This, however, is really well done. Tasteful, well thought out, and I wouldn’t mind being seen driving this – and I hate ‘art cars’ unless they are the famous BMW series (and I hate the Warhol in that one – talk about shining BMW on with bullcrap).
Nice 93- 94 Altima, and a pretty tastefully done art car theme as well in my opinion. The powertrain will be good for years to come, and the healing rains should keep the paint and body nice as well.
Syke is correct; this car is rather tasteful for what it is. It reminds me of the wings of a monarch butterfly, but with slightly differing colors.
I like this, has a certain African safari flair. The factory woodgrain in these had a similar vibe to it. I wonder if that was the inspiration.
I must say I have a soft spot for the first gen Altima, so I’m going to give this a conditional pass.
Hippies are so tiresome. Anyway, people who paint their cars like this must be long-term owners, for it surely can’t be easy to sell these things.
I sometimes see a B14 Sentra in Green Bay Packers livery. Now there’s a cultist! But the ultimate expression of sports fanaticism was the Nika Riot in Constantinople during Justinian’s reign.The Honduras/El Salvador Soccer War was nothing compared to this.
I like the way the artist ‘moved’ the door edges. You expect the doors to open on those bold black boundaries. Must be slightly discordant when the doors open on Nissan’s lines instead.
Would love to see the color designation on the registration. “ALL” ?
Quite beautifully done. 🙂
Its strange,its bizzarre, its overdone, it stands out like a sore thumb, it can blend in with the environment. Nice job.I LOVE it.
I’ll bet a buck that there’s a bag of green bud in the glovebox.
Why not? It’s legal now.
While driving? I don’t think it would be ok to have a bottle of Coors in the glove box.
It is legal to have Marijuana on you in Oregon. I do not know if it has to be out of reach of the driver.
Echoing others’ comments above, this Altima actually looks really nice! The motif is very tasteful and appears to be executed with very careful detail. Not bad at all!
Great job on the paint. Being old skool, I wish it was on an old air cooled VW. Still, well done.
Great looking car and glad to see a nicely done art car. Been tempted to spruce up my own vehicle. I do not understand why some people even dislike nicely done art cars.
The paint effect is ok but I wouldnt been seen dead driving one of those awful Bluebirds.