I must confess

[kiwi vet]

Hey OceanGal

I agree with lnirenberg, I would start by doing photoshop renderings over a photograph, to try all the ideas quickly. If you cant use photoshop, Im sure someone you know can, as quite common now.
Then once, say two scheme prefferred/selected, transffer to a large model, each side with a seperate scheme. This is good to get the 3D perspective of the scheme to the lines on the car, and viewing from several perspectives.
My wife and I do design for a living (she's the photoshop wiz), and this is still how we approached this on the last car that we built/modded.
This is a small investment to makie sure you've got it right! before spending the big money, also the painter found the model an invaluable tool when masking out etc. Just my $0.02 worth!
Good Luck

 

[Glensgages]

..... while I (personally ) wouldn't want a Green Corvette unless it was a sponsored race-car, or originally was Green, if you absolutely- MUST paint it Green with Silver and Black, why-not consider what a D84-optioned (I believe that is the 'code' for a two-tone paint-job ) '82 would've looked like with Silver above the belt-line, Green below it, with a Black stripe separating them, or Black-on-Green, separated by Silver?
:confused

At-least it'd still 'LOOK' like it should/could've been that way from Bowling Green.....

 

[oceangal]

Thank you all for the ideas and suggestions...and I am glad I started this thread 2 -3 months before anything starts - I think I have my work cut out for me!
I miss the car, she is getting a tune up and is having a sleepover at the garage ;-)

 

[Andy]

Are you coming to Carlisle???? Pretty much the largest corvette show and gathering in the world.....

Andy

Thank you all for the ideas and suggestions...and I am glad I started this thread 2 -3 months before anything starts - I think I have my work cut out for me!
I miss the car, she is getting a tune up and is having a sleepover at the garage ;-)

 

[XLR8]

Thank you all for the ideas and suggestions...and I am glad I started this thread 2 -3 months before anything starts - I think I have my work cut out for me!
I miss the car, she is getting a tune up and is having a sleepover at the garage ;-)

I always hate those sleepovers! :cry

JAG

 

[oceangal]

I think for it to look like it came from Bowling Green wouldn't i have to have peeling clearcoat? ;-)
I found out last night that the car had been repainted (poorly as it doesn't even blend) and most likely was in an accident - esp the drivers door and maybe the hood, so he will have a bit more work to do.
I would love to go to Carlisle and I have that weekend kid free...not sure I would drive that far in the vette, though after the tune up its running so much smoother and quieter. He is a great mechanic and I think he really enjoyed working on her and told me the other things he wants to check out next time. He got most of the vacuums replaced, did the tune up, still wants to work on the wiring a bit more and the rest of the vacuum (headlights etc) and get at the computer.
I feel so blessed to have such great folks working on my car, not to mention all you awesome CAC folks !
I am looking forward to the Sat night corvette for cancer fundraiser and my guy tried to buff out the accident stuff as best he could and he even had, amongst his hundreds of car paint colors in his basement, a very close match to the claret so he just touched up the nose area which was really bad. Its just a temp thing and in indirect light it looks good to me. He is semi anal so he said its okay for your night time corvette event! LOL.
If I went to carlise would there still be places to be able to stay over night?
I am also moving in the next month so that might be a detterent! If I can't go and someone wants to take some pix of custom paint jobs that would be great

 

[patsnitrovette]

ill be there snapping plenty of pics,if youve never been there its a worthwhile adventure,just a sea of corvettes and parts.

 

[lnirenberg]

It is my understanding that the Harrisburg Hilton, about 20 miles east of Carlisle, still has some rooms but I would hustle if I were you.

 

[KANE]

well i have been informed by the auto body man that ....
The first Vette has gold in the paint formula and won't work with the other colors, Elkhart Green has the silver tone to it but doesn't pop like the rally green

He just sent me this...i can't make out the colors that well and i am waiting for clarification about the strip - it looks like it wraps around the front and ends on the hood? I can't tell for sure. I really like the side stripe a lot. I think I am too symetrical for a stripe to be only on the one side...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/oceangal313/vettewithstripe.jpg
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/oceangal313/vettewithstripe.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

:ugh Looks like skid marks from an Air France flight on the side of silvergreen '82...

 

[Andy]

Call the Appalachian trail inn...2 miles from the faigrounds...717.245.2242

Andy

I think for it to look like it came from Bowling Green wouldn't i have to have peeling clearcoat? ;-)
I found out last night that the car had been repainted (poorly as it doesn't even blend) and most likely was in an accident - esp the drivers door and maybe the hood, so he will have a bit more work to do.
I would love to go to Carlisle and I have that weekend kid free...not sure I would drive that far in the vette, though after the tune up its running so much smoother and quieter. He is a great mechanic and I think he really enjoyed working on her and told me the other things he wants to check out next time. He got most of the vacuums replaced, did the tune up, still wants to work on the wiring a bit more and the rest of the vacuum (headlights etc) and get at the computer.
I feel so blessed to have such great folks working on my car, not to mention all you awesome CAC folks !
I am looking forward to the Sat night corvette for cancer fundraiser and my guy tried to buff out the accident stuff as best he could and he even had, amongst his hundreds of car paint colors in his basement, a very close match to the claret so he just touched up the nose area which was really bad. Its just a temp thing and in indirect light it looks good to me. He is semi anal so he said its okay for your night time corvette event! LOL.
If I went to carlise would there still be places to be able to stay over night?
I am also moving in the next month so that might be a detterent! If I can't go and someone wants to take some pix of custom paint jobs that would be great