For this body.
This is an exercise in photoshop or boredom, but lemme know.
Interior is light grey & black. I was thinking medium grey on the whole body and then a darker grey on the top surfaces, hood & trunk, roof is the light grey.
Or medium grey all over, darker on the roof and rear deck and down in between the taillights. Purple pinstriping separates. Show me lines of demarkation and colors [colours, it's British].
Anything else, other colors, thoughts? ThatLotus thing is too easy.
Dan
http://www.historictransam.com/Drivers/CameeEdelbrock.htm
http://www.historicgrandnational.com/13.htm
Basically Smokey Yunicks paint schemes. I think dark grey on the bottom with a lighter shade on top would look nice.
I like the green stripe and somkey's cars, but I am not a giant fan of two tone.
unless you're talking about the two tone army.. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://popup.lala.com/popup/1513490984237948389&ei=MT81S835Eo2vlAftxZiWBw&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CAgQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNEUW82eWhdf-U83fILIKGkrt8sJLg
Have an old camry 2 tone grey/grey
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq135/daytonaer/n144900999_30446271_6349.jpg
Thought it looks sharp. Don't know how it would look on your lotus though.
Monaco White with Seal Grey.
ups brown and gold/bronze.
the dark on the bottom the light on top
I had a 68 I did with a dark gold on the sides following the fender line with a lighter gold on the top of the car. I did a drop out along the separation to make it look like a dark gold pinstripe. I got a lot of compliments on it. You could do it charcoal sides and lighter gray/ silver top.
i'd use the bodyline separating the verticals from the horizontals, and depending on the intended usage i might go with:
Street car: charcoal metallic (dark but not black) on the horizontals and pillars, with a silver or pewter on the verticals, with minilite lookalikes. paint spokes to match the verticals.
Race car: Black horizontals, orange or neon Nitro Yellow Green on verticals, black wheels.
or you could use the Lotus pattern in whatever colors you choose.
Some of the best two tone paint schemes are on hotrods. The HAMB would be a good place to start.
Examples:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214376&highlight=tone+paint
And, while this might stretch the two tone request a bit, you can't the ignore the paint in this lowrider thread. Prepare to waste about an hour.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257034&highlight=lowrider+paint
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