Consider this a "study" of what makes a lasting impression in a paint scheme.
DESCRIBE THE THREE MOST BADASS PAINT SCHEMES YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE! (If you have a picture, post it)
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Consider this a "study" of what makes a lasting impression in a paint scheme.
DESCRIBE THE THREE MOST BADASS PAINT SCHEMES YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE! (If you have a picture, post it)
Okay. Here's my first choice. I like schemes you might describe as "beautiful", things that are different.
The Keeling & Clayton race cars. When the first one came out in '71, the press immediately titled it "The World's Most Beautiful Dragster"! It had good contrast, flow, visibility, and use of color for effect. The gold leaf lettering was an intergral part of the design, and looked like jewelry on these cars.
"String art" was popular at the time, and the painter, George Cerny Jr. applied the concept beautifully, to this car, and at least the next two K&C cars.
These were the best pics I could find on short notice. As you can see, the die cast model industry is still selling copies, after 30 years! There was also a Pinto, and maybe a Mustang Funny.
One of the most immaculate series of funny cars to grace the quarter mile was run by the California based team of John Keeling and Jerry Clayton. Team was known for their "California Charger" T/F car that won the inaugural Supernationals in 70 and held the NHRA et record for a period... first flopper, a 392 powered Pinto, debuted at Lions 17th Anniversary Race in 71 with Rick Ramsey (also the teams T/F shoe) driving... later gave way to ex-John Hoven flopper driver Tom Ferraro. By 74 team was concentrating strictly on their funny car effort and campaigning the pictured Mustang with ex-Snow shoe Jake Johnston at the wheel. Billy Meyer did a short stint at the helm in 75 as did Pat Foster and Neil Leffler. Car was run through 77 when team debuted a Leffler driven "California Charger" Trans-Am. That car closed out the K&C legacy, ended up competing in European Pro comp wars out of Norway in the early 80s.
Thanks for posting the other cars in this series. I thought it was suprising I would remember, AND CHOOSE AS AN ALLTIME FAVORITE, the paint schemes on these, as they were not done in eyebal burning" colors, or outlandish patterns, BUT WERE VERY WELL EXECUTED, AND HAD THAT REALLY COOL "STRINGART". :-)~
For a distinctly different style, here's another of my own favorites. I guess I'm picking race cars, because street cars are usually more conservative in design......and I did ask for "badass". :-)
Mike Sullivan's Chicago based altered had an American flag theme, that was done in the "psychedelic Seventies". I always loved the fluid look it had, and with a white base, visibility was great. That grill is painted on!
For me it has to be Flames...of any kind.
The ones I have on my Vette were at the time my favorite but any flames will do.
One thing I do not like is when airbrush work is done and the lines are not crisp so it has a blurred effect on the picture
I will find more:
http://www.iceburgh66.com/sitebuilde...g.w560h364.jpg
Me too on flames. One that comes to mind is that trend setting flamed '40 Ford sedan (black car with flames starting in white and changing as they went back) I forget the owners name now, but it is generally held up as an example of one of the first flame jobs. (maybe Cunningham??)
Second car is a '50 Ford shoebox from the same era. It was a solid blue Ford, and what made the flames different was that they began on the front end, like most flame jobs, but then there were flames all along the rockerpanels, clear to the rear of the car. They were sort of like ocean waves, and were pretty much in a straight line, only coming as high as mid door. These broke up the slab-sidedness of the shoebox, and gave it a really different look.
Those two stuck with me the most.
Don
That is a nice job. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by iceburgh
Here's my third choice, more current, and a real piece of art. This is Elijah Morton's IHRA Pro Stock. "Very artsy", and incredibly stunning!.
You mean the Bob McCoy sedan? Here's a drawing he's done of his former car followed by a picture taken in recent years of a car that claims to be the same one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
i love the beebe & mulligan candy stripes
Those were highly recognizeable. I always figured the green was chosen to go with their nickname.........."The Fighting Irish".
Is this paint or a wrap?Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
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Originally Posted by iceburgh
Painted by Mark Brown, at Illusions Custom Paint, in Tennessee. Here's a link.
http://www.koolpaint.com/portfolio.html
A very cool and unusual idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by nitrofc
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Originally Posted by nitrofc
Here is another recent favorite.....this time a street car! Unusual colors, interesting detail, very classy.
....and one last favorite (from my idea file). This one is "over the edge", would not work at all on a street car, and is a little too "gay" in terms of color....but I guess I like the impact it has!
i like the wild multi color schemes, i took these at the u.s. nationals in 2003.the first 3 are the same car in pieces. sorry i cant find the whole car in one picture.
I've got some pictures of that first Willys somewhere, that I took at the Tucson track. I think it was in preseason testing.
Pro Mod class has proven a worthy replacement for the excitement of the old gassers!
The Gassers had chopped tops, blowers, 'flake and candy paint with lace, cobwebbing, panel paint, and "leaf" lettering, and went guardrail to guardrail!
The Pro Mods keep some of the old body styles alive....and in terms of performance and appearance, they are even more intense than the gassers were!
It's nice that some of the recent evolution of the sport has actually kept the old attractions alive, for me and my fellow "Boomers". :-)
BTW, I grew up close to Indy, and went every year from '62 to '75. Viva la "Golden Age"!
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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
very nice car , it was candy purple ,that on his base colors he fadded black into silver so the edges looked darker that normal .
mile deep black paint
A "classic" choice......Always nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
That is the paint job that seperates "painters" from novices!
Last one I did was a 348/3X2 '58 Impala hardtop.
[quote=HOTRODPAINT]A "classic" choice......Always nice!
That is the paint job that seperates "painters" from novices!
:) I have never been good with the air brush art stuff it is very nice .but on some things less is more .if i could do it i would .there is a lot of guys making good money doing bike parts. i like to paint but just got out of it to much over head and it is hard to get good money for the work. and there is not any one that wants to help.. good help .is not easy to find young kids that want to learn any thing. i really like working with steel:)
[QUOTE=pat mccarthy]I agree about much of this. The only thing I would say about making money at it is, the artwork and good paint work is very labor intensive, and the work, as you know can be nasty. Many jobs run a hundred to three hundred manhours. It's more like peeing into the wind, than robbing a bank!Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
I've got quite a number of skills, so if it wasn't for my love of art and custom vehicles, I'd go get a real job! At least it would have regular paychecks, and some benefits. The problem is that I love what I do!
hey hotrodpaint, ive got the same california charger dragster model in my closet. its about 1/4 done and has been sitting for about 2 years. how about we just trade, think of all the hours of enjoyment you will have assymbling it. not to mention it will look 100 times better when you are done than if i finish it.
Actually the pictures are of a diecast, that I got off of the net. I couldn't find great photos of the car on short notice. :-)~
That kit you have probably has the coolest box art ever put on a model kit!
Here is another old favorite from about '67-'68. Tommy Ivo's "giraffe" car. Sorry I don't have better pics. Somewhere I have a great magazine centerfold of the car at Orange County or Lions.
Yep, that's the one. I couldn't remember his name (half the time I can't remember MY name :confused: ) Always loved that car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
Thanks Bob,
Don
Some of you may have already seen this. There are simply too many details in this one (my first pick) to post a bunch of pix. Therefore, I am attaching a link to a page that you can take a look at. Be sure to look at all the thumbnails to get an idea of the detail here. I really believe that this is an incredible work of art. No matter what your political persuasion is, from a standpoint of a paint job, I think you'll agree...
A Hero's Truck, A Rolling work of Art. Chrome all over V-8 - Fast Cool Truck.
thanks for the hero truck post. ive seen many pics of the paint work only before, i had no idea it was built to raise off the frame like that. that is an awsome truck in every detail!
I've seen a lot of excitement over this one, since it came out. We have a car with a similar theme here, and it gathers a crowd every time.
Here is another one I've liked since I saw it. The "use of color" blows me away!
This is by Mike Wiley, and the picture is from the HOK website.
I always liked the original paint job on the Blood Sweat and Tears Willys gasser as well. I couldn't find a pic; but, as I recall it also had an interesting red, white and blue American flag scheme very similar to the Mike Sullivan altered posted earlier.
I'm still looking, but what I have looked at so far, this is the best,:cool: by far. :toocool: That is well done, not gaudy like some are doing these days with flames and graphics.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
Jack
That guy is good. Maybe little too much for a street car, but the talent is obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
Jack
NICE..:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: top color about same as my DeSoto, but mine not as good. Mine done local by rookie, not high dollar painter.:HMMM:Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
Jack
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Originally Posted by Firechicken
I knew I remembered this car, but could only find a black and white.
:eek: man oh man, labour intensive & buckets of talent!