American Motors Xperimental full frame

[Norm Peterson]

May be a bit picky, but I think it'd work a little better if the red/white boundary was made parallel to the white/blue boundary. The white/blue can't be made to work exactly like in the Donohue and Follmer cars because it can't be aimed at the center of the rear wheel. There's no side exhaust outlets to aim the red/white at, so there's some freedom there.


Norm

[Torquedork]

May be a bit picky, but I think it'd work a little better if the red/white boundary was made parallel to the white/blue boundary. The white/blue can't be made to work exactly like in the Donohue and Follmer cars because it can't be aimed at the center of the rear wheel. There's no side exhaust outlets to aim the red/white at, so there's some freedom there.


Norm

The diagonals have nothing to do with pointing to the center of the wheels. They both work off the angle of the C pillar. There's no real right or wrong way to do the AMC racing scheme in particular. The AMC NASCAR Matador RWB scheme ran the opposite angle based on the A pillar angle and the two top Pro/Stock Drag Racing Hornets ran one working off the A pillar angle and one off the C pillar in opposite directions.

[BanditDarble]

The diagonals have nothing to do with pointing to the center of the wheels. They both work off the angle of the C pillar. There's no real right or wrong way to do the AMC racing scheme in particular. The AMC NASCAR Matador RWB scheme ran the opposite angle based on the A pillar angle and the two top Pro/Stock Drag Racing Hornets ran one working off the A pillar angle and one off the C pillar in opposite directions.

Glad to see you are open to critique.

Saying that, the color breaks would look better if they were parallel like the factory schemes.

[Streetbu]

Second rendering is my favorite. Hell of a build you've got going Ron! Keep it up!

[454bug]

Awesome fab work Ron!! The rework is looking great!

Speaking of Follmer's color design... My college buddy owns George's ORIGINAL 1968 Trans Am Javelin and I really like his color scheme the best! The color blue used for the early years was much closer to the blue used on your Mustang. George always used the blue/white/red scheme on both of the years he ran Trans Am Javelins... Peter Revson and others ran the red/white/blue scheme.







My buddy was at the SVRA event in Sebring, Florida this weekend and he actually got to hang out with the MAN himself, George Follmer, and reminisce about the good old days!

[tommycomfort]

I like the more white look where it meets the A-pillar. Then again, I know Ron will just cuss and throw things when he sees my opinion. ;-)

[67SSDan]

I think I like the second one better also, though I do like them both. Have to say though, I like the darker blue up front instead of the red for some reason.

Dan

[Ron S]

I've always liked the colors on this car, red in the front, and Grabber blue in the rear. Don't really care for the lay out though. I'm pretty sure I will break the color at the back of the hood, slope down to about the first 6"ish of the door, and about 2/3 of the roof, down to the beginning of the rear wheel opening for the blue. I wish I was more photoshop friendly.

Honestly as long as its not what Tom said, I might try it. What a putz. LOL

[Eric Howell]

What about angling it the opposite way and follow the A pillar?

[Torquedork]

Here’s the two Champion Pro/Stock AMC Hornets. Each has different schemes



’73 NASCAR Matador I shot at Daytona in ‘73. Richard Petty called it "The Flying Brick". LOL



’74 NASCAR Matador

[linkstar69]

The layout for the color ratios the nascar teams used might be my favourite so far.

[Torquedork]

OK, I think this is my last one. Someone mentioned switching the colors so here it is.

Personally, I like the blue in front especially on this car. Visually, I think it will help tone down the bulk of the nose with the humps. I also prefer the back sweep of the colors because hopefully, Ron will make it fast enough so it looks like it's pushing the colors back just based on the high speed LOL

[godlemmy]

Let's try this again. Have you tried a rendering using the angle of the a pillar.i think it might visually lengthen the roof and lose the "turret top" look. Just a suggestion,might as well render all the different paint schemes.its cheaper than paint.

[godlemmy]

Have you tried one using the a pillr

[Torquedork]

All Right. This is the LAST ONE switching the diagonals. I'm Going nuts with the Red/White/Blue.

I picture Ron saying....... "We're Going to make American Motors GREAT Again" LMAO

[Gojeep]

All Right. This is the LAST ONE switching the diagonals. I'm Going nuts with the Red/White/Blue.

I picture Ron saying....... "We're Going to make American Motors GREAT Again" LMAO

You almost have the AMC flag there now. Just need the blue to be vertical. ;)

[feeble]

How about "matching" the AMC logo? Forgive my PS skills.




EDIT: Didn't see your post Torquedork, you posted after I started my chop. Great minds think alike!?

[Ron S]

Michael got the colors more evened out, I do like this one the best.

[Torquedork]

Well I did a lot of versions for Ron so here they are together A,B,C etc.

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[Crestronwizard]

I feel more patriotic just from catching up on this thread