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Re: Thur chat. 05-23-2013

Subject: Re: Thur chat. 05-23-2013
by vetteblondie on 2013/5/24 2:59:21

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BillH wrote:
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vetteblondie wrote:
I have been given the duty of designing a suttle stripe set up for an '87 ElCamino. The car will be charcoal grey, so is the interior. All the chrome stays but will not be two tone. Possibly some type of slight design on the hood. Does not want black or white stripe. I'm thinking couple shades lighter, almost 'ghosted'... car will have a slight metallic finish I think so I think maybe the stripe should not. Any ideas? To think I wanted to design cars when I grew up, I put that down on my fourth grade exit thingy. But - this is wearing me out...

I think a lighter stripe would be harder to ghost. Most of the ghost stuff is done with pearls (I assume this is a vinyl stripe).

I've done ghost flames but I prefer painting.

What color's the interior? That's important I think.

That he doesn't want black makes it harder,

Blue pearl would ghost nicely but it should be painted on.

Darker charcoal would be subtle. Possibly lighter charcoal.

Does he want the stripes to stand out? Or blend in?

Gary's 65 Mustang is charcoal silver with black stripes, I think it looks killer.

But when you start talkin' colors, everyone opinion is different.

My bad, I should have mentioned - this is to be paint....
The darker color on the top and bottom of the car is what will be on the entire car. Interior is the same, but has a slight maroon piping on the seats. I HATE it and don't really want it on the outside. It was some generic crap the factory did to make that interior blend with lots of color schemes in my opinion. I'd like to see him get the piping changed to whatever my stripe ends up being.
My friend that owns a body shop has a friend who dropped off that car and they gathered up and called me to have me come look at it.
Shown is the car as is n ow and the wheels that will be going on it. He doesn't want anything bold like a black or a white, I might could sell him on the blue but he don't want anything wide either, he wants away from the two tone look. I also don't feel that I should start at the very front, but perhaps a bit back like maybe right behind the front wheel ....If there is anything to be on the hood at all it has to also be subtle and probably follow the lines of the hood where the bevel is. He hates those wide over the top stripes that everybody has. A dual stripe would be okay, one wider than the other or possibly a stripe that fades or changes shape slightly to the rear.
The man is probably around 70. He wants a clean look although not shaved. all the chrome will remain even the piece in the back that enhances the two tone stripe. My design will have to work around that piece of chrome unless I can design something that will convince him to leave that one piece off. I'd personally like to see it go. Don at the shop needs to know as there are studs there that either have to stay on or come off.
The three things I'm thinking of are a couple shades lighter pearl ghosted, or a matte couple shades darker, or a slate blue sort of that isn't all that far from the car color but will be a blue hue but metallic but not bass-boaty, very fine.

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