Paint suggestions for Alan

Oooo, yeah, I'll second that!

Since the young lad confirmed on the telephone this morning that he was DOING BODYWORK on HIS car THAT HE DOESN'T PLAN ON SELLING, I decided to create an image-heavy thread for his paint decision ... which he might or might not make before next March.
The first one is orange (pursuant to last week's thoughts) but the second one is the scheme I had in mind for you this morning:

http://www.r4nt.com/images/v6/article/insidearticle_pic/254/porsche.jpg

http://www.idcow.net/idcow/products/mst2071_008.jpg

Lose the goofy scallops on the doors ... :

http://www.pcapotomac.org/pca/html/Member%20Gallery/356%20closeup.jpg

OK, take that 356 coupe and add teardrop shaped sweeps from around the headlights back across the tops of the fenders - a contrasting color would be cool. Don't know about those side stripes, but something funky across the doors would be interesting...shadow flames?

Copper base coat like in the first post, and maybe something for accents that pops...hmmmmmmm.......Turquoise??....no.....Teal!

Oh.....and keep the Fuchs.....

gn

How about the color of that first car (in the short cut - fabulous orangish color) but in the scheme of this car?

angela

Quite a few of these paint ideas are great lookers, but when I vision them on a flared speedster.... blah :)

Gull grey and black?

http://www.franzbluske.com/fb356.jpg

Somewhere (although not here, apparently) I mentioned the side coves as in Angela's picture.

I still think it's a cool idea, depending on how the rest of the car is conjured up.

Since this is a flared speedster, I'm considering the following:

GM white w/ Vette torch red interior.

"Harley Edition"
Black with black w/ some brushed aluminum trim & orange piping and misc Harley appointments from the local HD shop.

Tangerine orange metallic w/ twin "GM" race stripes, race theme interior.

Grass green metallic, beige gut.

Dark blue w/ white& blue interior.

...All with the double hump stainless roll bar I did previously.

I've always liked the light metallic blues, like the first car below. If you want orange, howzabout the second car?

And then there's really wild using those metal-look paints. Both of these are Kirkham Cobras, the first being a fairly common (for them) polished aluminum, while the second is a one-off copper body they did. Sweeeeeet!!!

Alan, in his infinite wisdom, wrote: "GM white w/ Vette torch red interior."

Sort-of.....but try Nissan Maxima Pearl White (it has a touch more silver than my color) with Frd "Torrador Red" metallic accents.

Friggin' STUNNING! I tell ya!

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-pqr/Porsche-356-White-blue-fa-lr.jpg

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On the Factory Five website I saw a orange color called "Nuclear Sunset". Apparently a Victory motorcycle color. Looking to paint my next little toy that color....

Got it. The Pink Pig, reborn.
All that German writing are cuts of meat ...

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/421-5.jpg

And here's the scheme on a 911:

http://www.24u.be/2007/en/fotopages/album.php/30/

I love this "Raiders" look... Silver/Black, black interior, red roll bar. I Photoshopped this from silver with blue stripes that was beautiful, but I like the black attitude.

Go for a real I-don't-care-what-you-think-about-my-car outlaw look with a satin black finish, blacked-out wheels and a bunch of those 'bullet-hole' decals on the side and a bumper sticker that says F*** You, You F***ing F***!! (Well, OK, maybe without the provocative sticker!). LOL - I crack myself up!! Come to think of it, that description could almost be the infamous 'Butch'.

Cory - go with your initial gut feeling. It's like going into a restaurant jonesing for a good burger, then get handed a menu with a hundred choices (they all look kinda yummy) so you decide on a fancy looking foo-foo sandwich. You start eating the sandwich and think to yourself "...I shoulda got the burger!".

...I'm just saying...

Yuz guys make me laugh......"pink -I think" .....NOT :)

and the wife says, that's me!

all of these ideas are great, however,


you're all wasting your time, cause it's gonna be re sale red
with black interior

believve me I know this man, he WILL NOT keep the car.

Kim :)

Heck yeah Jim, Krylon black semi-gloss is going to look great on my next cheap winterbeater.

Those metallic Cobras though...holy crap!

http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/media/gp/images/gp017.jpg

That's not just metallic paint. That real, bare, hand formed, polished metal. Holy crap, they're gorgeous! That picture that Stephen sent is of a 1940 Ford hot rod Kirkham made on a Ford GT chassis, complete with 500 mid-mounted horsepower!

"... it's gonna be re sale red
with black interior ..."

Come on, Kim. No way. He did body work!

How about the first guy in this string of pictures, but with those fender teardrops instead of a stripe?
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/trip_reports/trip47/index.html

Or a modification on your white and blue theme?
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/1968_Porsche_911_SR_Factor_Race_Car_Front_1.jpg

This has long been a personal favorite theme of mine, complete with "tin Moth" attack marks:
http://www.giocars.com/giordano/images/69%20Porsche%20911S%20Targa/RH%20Front-04.jpg

I'm just sayin' ...

The only good thing to come out of that first link is my new motto:


"My spare trousers are in Koln."

http://www.theracelounge.com/PanAmericaCoupe.jpg

Quite a few Lotus Elise's here now. Pretty cool car! Must go like stink!

http://www.gunnarracing.com/project/356gs/356-0420-01sm.gif

Heck, I might do that with my Gulf colors. Orange where there's red, and blue in for silver.
I like it.

Bear with me, Alan. This is an amplifier hidden in a toaster, but it has YOUR orange-looking paint and a ghost-flame paint job that stings the eyes.
Top, left:
http://www.hottieamps.com/id24.html

I'm lik'n it...........

That's it! Let's make the back of Al's car into a toaster! ;)

If I remember right, didn't you do one in red with ghost flames?
Here's a variation on the orange theme -- on a Prowler this time instead of a toaster:
http://www.iserv.net/~nwing/prowler/prowler.htm

I think I'm likin' this too.

A saddle leather interior would be bitchin' with the orange.

This is a little over the top, even for you, Al. Ghost flames of a different sort, but using exactly your burnt orange, black rallye stripes and ... ghosts in the flames:
http://www.airtightgrafix.com/images/GhostFlameRealFlameHood.jpg
Disregard the ghosts in the firey-looking flames, and concentrate on the more traditional ghost flames in the orange part of the hood. Really subtle.

I'll assume that someone that has the talent to blow on color to make flames look that realistic, would command big bucks ...I do like it though.

Here's an orange mockup. Sorry I can't do flames or stripes. Still only basic user with Photoshop.

WOW!
Beginner, my quarterpanels!

Whoa, I can't take credit for anything other than changing the car's color from red to orange (or just about any other basic color someone would like to see). I could only wish I could do the original drawing I found on the net :)

Looks great, regardless. I use MS Paint for my non-technical drivel, and it almost never comes out cleanly. I wish I had spent the time to learn Photoshop along the way.

Meanwhile, back at the old paint booth, Alan, here's another one. Parnelli Jones is my hero; no secret there. Waaaay back in the day (you were probably only in your 50s then :

Check out this web page! http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=1809&alph=ALL&dec=ALL

I'm thinking Candy Apple Red and Midnight Blue Metallic (or whatever):
http://laudeman.com/bugimages/full_bug.jpg
Or, 'cuz you gotta be you:
http://www.ama-cycle.org/features/2003/indyshow/FINAL/DSCN3544.jpg
This would be considered bad luck on a bike, but:
http://vwkombi.com/photos/volksworld-2005/Images/24.jpg
But maybe this would suit you instead, Herr Deutschelander:
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/images/albatrosdvexpo2005_9.jpg
Here's an idea you could play with using your orange and black combo -- if you vented the rear brakes:
http://www.leblogauto.com/images/bugatti_veyron_4.jpg
Last one for tonight:
http://members.rennlist.com/914_canam/zCanAmCreamsicle.jpg