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05-04-07, 03:49 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camarillo, CA
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Rep Power: 34  | What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
What do you think of those combinations? I'm leaning towards a deep red.
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05-04-07, 04:15 PM
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| | paul butvila Bronze Supporter 
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Rep Power: 3 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Red with silver stripes is nice.
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05-04-07, 04:19 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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Rep Power: 34 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Too common. I want it to stand out. The wheel centers would be black
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05-04-07, 04:31 PM
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| | jonathans Silver Supporter
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
I thought you were going with the Gulf paint scheme? | |
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05-04-07, 04:37 PM
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| | Mark Worthington 10 tenths
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Rep Power: 24 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
GT40s usually don't have too much trouble standing out. 
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05-04-07, 04:42 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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Jonathan
I can't seem to decide. Red looks so freakin awesome. I will have to decide soon, as the painter is about ready to shoot paint
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05-04-07, 04:45 PM
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| | Mark Worthington 10 tenths
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Rep Power: 24 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Oh, BTW, Bill, I think red w/ yellow stripes would look nice, but I would recommend you consider adding thin black stripes at the red-yellow borders to improve contrast and set the colors off better.
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RF Chassis No. 36 still under construction
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05-04-07, 05:06 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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Rep Power: 34 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Yes Mark, I was thinking the same thing. Great minds think alike!!
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05-04-07, 05:36 PM
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| | Mark Clapp 4 Tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City, Missouri USA GT40: Mark I (South Africa)
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Rep Power: 12 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Bill, deep red is the cat's ass! Now, metallic or solid deep red?
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05-04-07, 05:57 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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solid
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05-04-07, 07:34 PM
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| | JackW Magnificent Bastard 
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Hi Bill
If you go to the Roaring Forties website they have a paint selector where you can choose red with yellow stripes to see what it looks like. Unfortunately you can't choose to make the wheels black.
Cheers
Jack
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05-04-07, 07:58 PM
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| | FRPGUY Bronze Supporter
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It will look like a Ferrati Bill.... how could you do this? I'm going to sit in a corner and have good cry! No, I think I'll have a beer!
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05-04-07, 08:23 PM
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| | b6gt40 2 Tenths
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Originally Posted by FRPGUY  It will look like a Ferrati Bill.... how could you do this? I'm going to sit in a corner and have good cry! No, I think I'll have a beer! | If you add green it could be either an Italian car or a Mexican car....
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05-04-07, 09:35 PM
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| | VintageVenom 6 Tenths
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Rep Power: 12 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
I empathize with you bill. It's a tougher decision than whether or not to build a GT40....
Good ole fashioned white stripes stand out quite nice too... High color contrast and all. | |
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05-04-07, 10:01 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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Rep Power: 34 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
I had someone change the white to yellow. I'm not too sure now 
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05-04-07, 10:20 PM
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| | Mark Charlton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Yellow is pretty flashy. What about this:
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05-04-07, 11:02 PM
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| | Mark Clapp 4 Tenths
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Rep Power: 12 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Mark, awesome pic. I've been thinking about dark blood red on a 40. The blacked-out headlights and notrils, etc. with the deep red is terrific.
Bill the yellow over-touch on that pic is a little on the neon side. You should keep checking on shades of yellow that would go with the deep red since that was your thinking.
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05-04-07, 11:12 PM
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| | Mark Charlton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Rep Power: 10 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Thanks Mark. I am planning to do a repaint next year (or two) and I'm thinking the blood red is the way to go too. I have a warm red now and while it looks nice, I also want something a bit different. Since the chassis is red and I don't want to do a full tear-down, keeping to a red seems like the smart (lazy) approach for me.
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05-04-07, 11:27 PM
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| | Bronze Supporter
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Rep Power: 8 | Re: What about a red car with yellow stripe(s)?
Good choice, Mark, that way, my choice of colour will be complimentary to yours...
Why not gold stripes with red, a la Alan Mann Racing?
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