Thread: for those who have an eye for such things!!!!

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Ok, my dumb question for the day on my 'maro.... If you were a potential buyer for the car,,,, I have some what I consider gorgeous Purple Pearl Metallic (DuPont ChromaBase) paint for the car, and would like to put some old style racing stripes on the car, big wide ones like the Shelby's had.... The car has a grey interior. Would the stripes and other accents look good in something like a dark silver to charcoal color, then maybe do the roll bars and front and rear suspension pieces in the same color.......... Or just do the usual thing and paint it Resale Red???????
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PS---I have a terrible eye for color combinations.....

Since you already have the paint, try it without the stripes you could ad them later if it didn't sell. My opinion the suspension looks good black.

Richard

I'm no expert... this is just my opinion:
I'd just use red if your wanting to sell it .
For some reason every one can see themselves driving a red car/truck .
and MOST people only have oNe toy... and they've always thought of it as red . .. ?


Purple Pearl Metallic & dark silver to charcoal color?...sounds fine .

Purple Pearl Metallic & lt.silver to grey, & roll bars and front and rear suspension pieces in black Pearl or charcoal . if the interior is light gray

JMO

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Originally Posted by treekiller

I'm no expert... this is just my opinion:
I'd just use red if your wanting to sell it .
For some reason every one can see themselves driving a red car/truck .
and MOST people only have oNe toy... and they've always thought of it as red . .. ?


Purple Pearl Metallic & dark silver to charcoal color?...sounds fine .

Purple Pearl Metallic & lt.silver to grey, & roll bars and front and rear suspension pieces in black Pearl or charcoal . if the interior is light gray

JMO

T L

Interior is the light grey color.....

As for the suspension colors.....The lower control arms for the front and the 4 bar on the rear are all chrommoly tubular... The rear rod ends are polished stainless, front rod ends will be moly heims.... Maybe charcoal.... Just not a big fan of black anything on a car.... To me it always either looks like somebody is trying to hide something. I don't know....to me, black suspension components on a fendered car just lose all their definition..... Guess that really, I'm just tired of black!!!!! looks boring on a car to me!!!!

Maybe when I get the car mocked up to the stage that it's back on all four I should roll it outside, take some pics, and ask this question again.... It's a long ways from stock appearing.....

Maybe I should just do it in Resale Red and Shiny White..... but I'm trying to recover from being a redaholic!!!!!!!!!!

The paint that you have would save you from buying red, unless you could use it on something later. My 55 Chevy was red and white you just can't beat those colors.

Richard

Originally Posted by ford2custom

The paint that you have would save you from buying red, unless you could use it on something later. My 55 Chevy was red and white you just can't beat those colors.

Richard

Yeah, I could always save it... It's some fairly high dollar stuff.... I've got another gallon out there, same DuPont Chroma Base that the color is called Cappucino.... kind of a goldish metallic color, really pretty. Been saving it for one of the Merc's.... Have to get my pickup finished up first and ready to sell, plus keep plugging away on Tom's coupe..... The pickup is red and white, hopefully it will sell fast, been a tough winter and need the $$$$$ to get going for the summer!!!!!

What would REALLY be great is if somebody would just buy the 'maro and tell me what color they want it painted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave purple with the gray accent would look good would bring the interior together with the outside .

Same i like some contrast in the suspension also thats why you see Ford engine blue under the Cpe to give it some kinda look . Takes away the bland solid look .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Dave purple with the gray accent would look good would bring the interior together with the outside .

Same i like some contrast in the suspension also thats why you see Ford engine blue under the Cpe to give it some kinda look . Takes away the bland solid look .

Bobby, I think I've just done sooooooooo much customer stuff over the years, and most wanted all their suspension and usually the entire frame done in black, some of the really daring one's wanted black metallic, I'm just flat burned out on black!!!!!! I dunno, black suspension stuff just never seems to have any definition or clarity to it..... either that or I'm more blind then I think I am!!!!!!!!

I have a white 67 Nova I hope to sell so we can get a new roof; it's way over do.

me again I can hardly hold my eyes open, plus trying to hold the cat

Dave,

Since you're asking us to put ourselves in the buyer's seat, have you thought about possibly pearl white stripes instead of charcoal? I think that white stripes on purple (if it's the purple I'm thinking of) would really grab your eye and say "LOOK AT ME....DAMMIT!!" Especially with an outline of a couple purple Chevy Bow Ties (I know you'll love that... ...) Embroidered on some white leather seats, with white interior accented in light grey. It may be kind of a pain to keep it clean; but, since you're selling it straight after completion.....

I was heading down a similar path with the Firebird for a while and still think that what I have in my mind, while I probably don't do a real good job of explaining it, would look really good. For me, in the end, I just finally couldn't resist the Corvette Millenium yellow with black stripes and interior.

Anyway, which ever way you go, I'm a pretty big fan of the purple you're considering.

That being said, I'm not going to be the buyer and of course there's a reason we call it "Resale Red"....

Cheers,
Dutch

Originally Posted by Firechicken

Dave,

Since you're asking us to put ourselves in the buyer's seat, have you thought about possibly pearl white stripes instead of charcoal? I think that white stripes on purple (if it's the purple I'm thinking of) would really grab your eye and say "LOOK AT ME....DAMMIT!!" Especially with an outline of a couple purple Chevy Bow Ties (I know you'll love that... ...) Embroidered on some white leather seats, with white interior accented in light grey. It may be kind of a pain to keep it clean; but, since you're selling it straight after completion.....

I was heading down a similar path with the Firebird for a while and still think that what I have in my mind, while I probably don't do a real good job of explaining it, would look really good. For me, in the end, I just finally couldn't resist the Corvette Millenium yellow with black stripes and interior.

Anyway, which ever way you go, I'm a pretty big fan of the purple you're considering.

That being said, I'm not going to be the buyer and of course there's a reason we call it "Resale Red"....

Cheers,
Dutch

Dutch, that's exactly the direction the car was going when it was going to be Jackies new toy, and powered by a big killer Ford!!!! However, her brother found her dream car for her now, so I'm just going to go chebbie in a chebbie and pedal it.... The way it is now, the interior is grey cloth....and in quite good condition with a bit of shampooing and I'm just too cheap to tie a bunch of money up on upholstery for something I'm going to sell..... A big engine and stuff like that will usually bring a good return on investment....but the average buyer has no idea just how expensive quality upholstery work is and never wants to pay the extra $$$$$$ just cuz the car has it......

I like the idea of gray or charcoal metallic suspension/chassis with the purple body. Or do the chassis in purple too, maybe a shade or 2 darker for contrast. There's a bunch of different ways to go that would look good.

Well....maybe not "green stripes"

I don't have a problem with stripes to blend interior with exterior and carried over to suspension. Carry the combo into the engine compartment also. Hank

Thanks for the ideas guys.... I just never have had an eye for color......

Red, blue or black if you are going to sell it. Purple WON'T sell!!! Had a prostreet 71 Nova, BBC, Tubbed, full cage, 4link, 9" rear, full interior...NICE car! Painted purple w/some mild graphics. Could NOT get rid of it, $9500 was the asking price and it was all less than 2 years old! Ended up trading for some cash, another car, and some parts. That guy had it painted red and sold it within a week of being done for $15500!!!!!! If its for sale, go subtle...