What do you guys think of this paint scheme?

[TonyL]

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I think it's cool, but my wife is kinda on the fence about it.

That's an aproximation of Mazda blue and flat black.

[eville]

wouldnt be my first choice. I like the color of the blue.... but not that black stripe thing.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

looks like a pair of Adidas..

[1sick65]

I like the color combo, just not the design. What would it look like to do a bumblebee stripe across the nose (like a Camaro) or across the rear (Like a Dodge)?

[Gordz32]

I like the colors but how about some kind of hockey strip from the nose back

[TonyL]

the dodge stripe was my first idea.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

But I dont know. I felt it was wrong in some way. Could be my skills just suck.

[Gordz32]

Your skill don't suck, I can't even figure out how to do that stuff on my photoshop, I Suck at it. Try one with the hockey stripe and keep it just below the top ridge of the fender door and quarter, so u can still see some blue above it but make it flow so its not just a straight line. I dunno?:pat:

[TonyL]

I'd also done the hocky stripe one, and felt it lacked the "hard core" look i'm going for. It's not bad though.

But I think it makes the front end look "smushed" and the back of the car longer. Which is everything I'm trying to avoid. The corvair has a huge ass, and a relatively small front area. I need to either bring focus to the front of the car, or take away the focus off the huge quarter panels.

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[zbugger]

Out of all of them, I like the first one the most, but I'm not a fan of two tones. Even though, technically, I'll have one on my car..... Anyway, I say stick with the solid blue.

[s10kool]

go for the yenko style that came on the camaros and chevelles and put VAIR instead of yenko or a baldwin motion style that came 70 camaro

[Samckitt]

I like the original design & the hockey stripe. I don't care for the band around the rear portion, makes the rear look fat. To me the blue is too bright, I would do something toned down a little, more gray in it.

Just my $.02

[parsonsj]

How about more of a classic stripe down the middle of the car or perhaps offset?

jp

[TPI Monte SS]

I like the original design & the hockey stripe.

I'm with Scott, I dig those two designs the best. How about using silver instead of flat black? I think you might like that.

[Ricoch3T]

What is that?!? I've stared at it for a min or two and can't figure it out.

[69Nova]

I like the first one the best.

[Blitz]

I think the first one needs tweaking. Maybe stripes that get progressively thinner. I really like the offset stripe idea. That bumblebee would be a good choice too. Yet another idea would be the Grand Sport stripe down the left fender.

[BADVELLE]

I like the first one because it is different, although the others are timeless, they are used to often on all types of vehicles. Go different or should I say, "Dare to be Different"!

[TonyL]

What is that?!? I've stared at it for a min or two and can't figure it out.

It's a 1966 corvair. (I've dared to be different)

Im still leaning toward the first one. Something about it looks "right" to me. A racing stripe may happen as may conventional "SS" stripes. Im still kicking around lots of ideas.

[camaro608]

yah lets see a yenko style honestly i like them all

[trapin]

But I dont know. I felt it was wrong in some way. Could be my skills just suck.

"You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills." ~ Napolean Dynamite.

Sorry Tony, I had to.

I love the two colors but maybe you should look at regular black against that blue rather than the satin black. A thick black stripe going down the hood, roof, and decklid would look killer.

[TonyL]

Yenko style

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[curly]

I personally like the hockey stripes.... they flow with the body lines very well IMO. I'm new to the site (hoping to purchase a '64 Chevelle within the next year for a pro-touring setup). I have always like the look of the Corvair and even more because you don't see that many on the street.

[1sick65]

Yenko style

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif


I like this one. Flows with the body lines

[BA.]

I just wanted to chime in that I kinda dig the first, original design. (and most of the others too, but not so much the hockey stripe. Funny how none of us can really agree. hahaha)

Anyway, I agree with the use of a black other than flat black. It's too much contrast against such a vibrant and deep blue.

also, the bumblebee stripe and the orginal design would be enhanced with the thin 1/8" or 1/4" stripe on both sides of the main stripe. (wow, that's hard to say well)

[Jayco_Automotive]

i would have used white for the stripe but i have this ocd thing of black and blue, must have been all the fights i used to get into..

[Damn True]

Try the stripes all of the configurations in white.

[TonyL]

white? Hmm. Not a bad idea guys. The seats, door panels and headliner will be white. I was focusing in on my "black" engine.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[Damn True]

Shallower angle. Match the angle of the rear window.

[bookends]

I like the first design in white the blck just wasn't doing it for me, maybe a silver or red. how does the first design cross the hood? is it symetrical?

[TonyL]

yeah. Like a "V" on the hood. I was matching the fender angle before. the rear window angle may be better though.

[TonyL]

here's the hockey stripe in white.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[WhiteG240]

You should go with either the Hockey stripe of the yenko stripe. The others just don't look right.

[Jayco_Automotive]

i d taper the stipe back at least 3/4 of the lenght of the car not 2/3 then again just personal preference

[TonyL]

like this?

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[TonyL]

i d taper the stipe back at least 3/4 of the lenght of the car not 2/3 then again just personal preference

you're referring to the hockey stripe? I'll see what it looks like.

[TonyL]

it looks like this.. not bad either.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[TPI Monte SS]

Tony, that last pic looks cool too. Hey, what happened to my suggestion of using silver (back on Page 1)?? :)

[TonyL]

I asked my wife, and she said "no" to the silver. But we'll see.

[tri5-73dart]

Hello,
I had this idea and couldnt find a way to describe it, so I gave it a try with putting it on the car, this is what I got, its kinda just tweaking yours around a bit. sorry I couldnt do any better for I only have paint...Hope you dont mind me messing around with your car lol, ne way heres what I got:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us)

-Mike

*EDIT* I just seen your wife said no to silver, so maybe you can switch my design to black and see if you like it, I cant really change the color in paint :-P

[samuel good]

i dunno, the first one kind of reminds me of the bmr race cars...

[Damn True]

I asked my wife, and she said "no" to the silver. But we'll see.

Blue + Silver = Dallas Cowboys

That's a no.

Of course Blue + White = LA Dodgers.....yikes, that's worse. Make sure that shade is NOTHING like Dodger blue.

[tri5-73dart]

well I tried black in Paint, and this is waht I got :

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us)


-Mike

[1sick65]

[quote=tri5-73dart]Hello,
I had this idea and couldnt find a way to describe it, so I gave it a try with putting it on the car, this is what I got, its kinda just tweaking yours around a bit. sorry I couldnt do any better for I only have paint...Hope you dont mind me messing around with your car lol, ne way heres what I got:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us)

-Mike

That design is almost to Fast and Furious for me, but that's just my opinion.

[Jayco_Automotive]

how about trying the stripe in bright yellow?

[muthstryker]

tony i dont know about the blue and balck... maybe a charcoal gray with a flat black hockey stripe?

[TonyL]

Hello,
I had this idea and couldnt find a way to describe it, so I gave it a try with putting it on the car, this is what I got, its kinda just tweaking yours around a bit. sorry I couldnt do any better for I only have paint...Hope you dont mind me messing around with your car lol, ne way heres what I got:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us)

-Mike

*EDIT* I just seen your wife said no to silver, so maybe you can switch my design to black and see if you like it, I cant really change the color in paint :-P


I like it! not bad for paint. Mess around with my car all you want! I need all the ideas and input I can get.

[formula]

Blue on black is tough for me....feels like a giant bruise.

What about switching the white and blue? White on the butt, blue on the nosey.

[6'9"Witha69]

white? Hmm. Not a bad idea guys. The seats, door panels and headliner will be white. I was focusing in on my "black" engine.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gifThis si my fav so far. The one matching the roof at the quarter wasn't bad, but I still like this one best. This is not white though. It is a bright silver and this is what I would suggest. Maybe a shade darker but not too much.

[6'9"Witha69]

Oh, and stay away from stripes over the roof, too FORD style. Not Chevy style.

[Dr.Olds]

I like the first one the best just because it is different and I think it actually goes with the car too, but it's just my two cents. It's nice to see something with stripes that aren't camaro stripes...not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that you see them alot.

[ALLKAR]

Always liked the Grand Sport look.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
Post #34 is Very Cool!
Hard too beat the Hockey stripe in post #36
(sorry had to flip the pic )

[TonyL]

Nice work! Defiantly better than the Yenko Stinger stripe. (Yuck!) Something to think about though. Your program is so much better at fine lining stripes. Any chance I could get you to do regular SS stripes? I tried and I suck, they just won't look right for me.

[ALLKAR]

Nice work! Defiantly better than the Yenko Stinger stripe. (Yuck!) Something to think about though. Your program is so much better at fine lining stripes. Any chance I could get you to do regular SS stripes? I tried and I suck, they just won't look right for me.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[TonyL]

This one is growing on me quick too. I cleaned it up and outlined the stripes in black. Looks cool.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[Damn True]

Take that taperd leading edge thing from the GS scheme and run those side stripes into it.

[71dusterdan]

man i know the opinion of a jerk building a circle track duster would be like asking stevie wonder for ideas. but i really dig the slash stripes, all of them the first pic and then that modification in silver the guy did that had the nose blue that you cleaned up. same reasons as the other guys also, it is fresh. i'm rather tired of factory style graphics, unless of course you are talking about a factory duster blackout. lol all those factory graphics are cool and timeless, but sometimes stealing them just makes it look unoriginal. but remember i'm obviously stylisticly challenged. hell my wife has to lay my clothes out the night before i go to work and we have uniforms.HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[cadpro]

I like the 1st one and the hockey stripe (both in satin black). On the hockey stick, how would it look if you brought it back further, say tapered off just past the sail?

[ALLKAR]

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[Roger Poirier]

white? Hmm. Not a bad idea guys. The seats, door panels and headliner will be white. I was focusing in on my "black" engine.

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I like this concept. You just need to get the colors to work. IMO stay away from the black.

R.P.

[PRRC]

Tony, I will put my o2 in. I like what allkar did with the 2 small red stripes on the side like the vets had.I was thinking the same thing.
How about Blue Body with 2 red stripes flat black hood and flat black in between the brake lights. With a red interior.
Tim

[TonyL]

Thanks for all the great input here guys. Thanks ALLKAR for the awesome 3/4 angle shots.

Tim, I've thought about that too. I've even thought about painting the hood and upper fenders, roof and trunk all flat black. (the donor race car I bought was like that but red.)

Funny, since these concepts have been flying around my brother has desided to paint the yellow car with either the hockey stripe or like the 1st shot I posted up!

Like so.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

Decisions decisions! But I have time, and now a host of good ideas to look back on.

[shmoov69]

IMO hockey stick of some sort.

[TPI Monte SS]

This one is growing on me quick too. I cleaned it up and outlined the stripes in black. Looks cool.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

Hey Tony, can you do this one, and change the blue to a real dark blue, like Navy Blue Metallic (GM's dark blue) or Patriot Blue (Chrysler dark blue)? I think the dark blue would look killer too.

[DJ Mabe]

Keep it blue Tony. I thought it looked really slick with your paint scheme. I did like the Yenko style stripe on the car as well. Either way, blue or yellow, the car will look cool. I like it.

[trackrat79]

I am surprised with all the other paint job nock off styles mentioned that no one suggested the billboards like on a cuda or challanger. I think that a matt black or semi gloss billboard on the rear flanks would look good.

[TonyL]

I thought about it. but the huge quarters are what Im trying to draw attention away from. I should chop it just to be sure though.

DJ Mabe, I'm working on two cars. Mine is the blue one, my brother's is already yellow. His has grey tweed interior and is mostly done, except for the exotic stuff. (WRX fuel injection and turbo) But we'll probably get it running first without all the extras.

[1971novaSS]

WOW, all you guys are incredible at photoshop. Ive been working for hours and hours and it always comes out flat. I say dare to be different. And if something stands out to you that you like alot and can live with for a while. I say go for it. Its you thats paying the money and doing the time on the car. So its up to you to enjoy what is sprayed on it. Hope u find what you like.

I Like the the hockey stick, or something in line with the first one you made... Maybe something diff but black but its up to you.

Rennskii(back to photo-shopin cuz im horrible at it) :hand:

[TonyL]

If you are working with photoshop, I'll give you a tip that'll make all the difference if what you are doing comes out "flat"

Stay away from the "paint" tools. All of the color work is done with hue and saturation and bright and contrast. Never use paint to paint a car in photoshop. It never looks right.

I'm strongly leaning toward either the first thing or the hockey stripe that goes almost all the way down the car. So far, those are my faves.

Not settled on a blue either. May go dark Toyota blue. I guess I'll decide at the last minute.

[Damn True]

Check out the blue that is among the stock colors on the Nissan 350z. It's a striking color.

The photo really fails to represent the color.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/02/2004NissanNismo350ZRTuneS1600x1200-1.jpg

[TonyL]

actually that is the FIRST color of choice i have. Nissan, then mazda, then toyota.

My wife and I drove to the dealership just so we could see the jewel like paint on those Z cars. It's fantastic.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/02/2004nissannismo350zrtunefatrack1024x768_-1.jpg

Pictures fail to capture that paint.

[Damn True]

Great minds and all.....

I think they call it Daytona Blue. Maybe somone has a PPG or DuPont catalog and they can find the code for you.

[TonyL]

my brothers shop has already worked it up for me. Costs lots of $$ but is probably worth it. If I choose to go with a light blue, It'll probably be that color. If I choose to go dark, It'll be toyota's color.

[Damn True]

Where is your brother's shop?

[6'9"Witha69]

Good pic tony. My wife and I actually discussed that i wanted that same color the other day. Of course, I am a huge fan of blue. 3 of my 4 current vehicles are blue and two DDs before that were blue.

[TonyL]

It's in yuba city. It's called Yuba Sutter Body Shop. It is owned by Magnuesson auto group, and is a pretty huge shop in its own right. I guess they do about 300 to 400 thousand a month over there. (I think? I know they do dozens of cars a week.) It's a direct repair shop, completely collision repair. They do good work, and they will fit me in for a refinish. All I have to do is buy paint, and buy the painter a 12 pack. ;)

I have to do all the prep work. But that shouldn't be much of a problem.

I can hardly wait to get it to that stage. I've still got some mechanicals to finish. Im swapping the powerglide out for a stick, and I need to have one of my heads resurfaced. I've got a blown head gasket already. (dammit) But on a corvair that's not a catastrophic failure.

[Damn True]

Hmm, I'll keep that in mind.

[larknut]

What about the BRE 510 style in your colors? Just with soild stripes and two tone.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/02/dg_1970bre510_t-1.jpg

[Todds69]

[quote=ALLKAR]Always liked the Grand Sport look.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
I kind of like this one but without the point on the end ot the hood stripe, or the Dodge Bumblebee stripe is sweet too.

[BMF Machine]

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I think it's cool, but my wife is kinda on the fence about it.

That's an aproximation of Mazda blue and flat black.


Get'R'Done,

It is your car, this scheme looks killer!
Paint it!

Kevin:idea:

[TonyL]

It's either that one or the hockey stripe for me.

But since that BRE one is so close to my original chop, I'm going to photoshop that one too, to see what it looks like.

[TonyL]

It's not that bad... I kinda like it.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

[larknut]

I kinda like it also. All it needs is some pinstriping to divide the two colors.

[tri5-73dart]

Hey Tony,
I see that you have a new rendering. Do you have any bigger pics of it? Also is this what you are going with it.
It looks GREAT!

P.S.
I seen the rendering in a differnt thread and didnt wanna hijack it so I figured I would ask in this thread.

[Damn True]

May I suggest Ferrari Metallic Grey with a stripe laid down with Grigio Quartz.

http://www.automotiveenterprise.org/bobowen69.html

or vice-versa

[TonyL]

Wow. Thanks for the interest guys!

Here's what we finally decided on. Semi gloss the whole car with a glossy stripe. black flat caps on the wheels and aluminum (water jet cut) spoilers that are really just flat metal.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

The manual trans is going in this week. the heads are at the shop getting decked. (more compression. 10.5 to 1)

then it's paint time.

[tri5-73dart]

Looks awesome, how are you going to do the stripes on the hood? paint the hood all the stripe color or make them meet in the middle and have on litte stipe in the middle?

[TonyL]

The stripe will carry across the hood. Subtly echoing the leading edge of the hood's "V" shape, as the angle of the stripes echo the angle of the trailing edge of the fender openings.

[camaro608]

id keep the gray color thats bad ass