Car culture is a funny thing. My Firebird is BRIGHT RED! It's loud. A bit obnoxious. But when I drive it around I get a lot of big smiles and thumbs up from the male public. The women do their best not to acknowledge me and not make eye contact and get away as quickly as possible. General discust is mostly sent in my direction. Now I restored my wife a white 56 Tbird some years ago. Porthole top, fender skirts, white walls. The whole nine. When we take it out the women are all over that thing. Invariably we will be waiting for a stoplight and a woman will pull up and roll her window and tell my wife how much she loves her beautiful car. Mostly men just kind of give a fairly subdued head nod or a chin up recognition. Funny how different the reactions are along gender lines.