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Thinking Of Repainting My T-bucket Rally Yellow, Looking For Opinions

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Seriously thinking of repainting my beloved "HENRY" Rally Yellow this spring. What do you guys think ? Here's what it looks like now . Would you leave it like it is (Black Cherry) or go with the 2011 Camaro Rally Yellow ? Seriously in a quandry here . I would be keeping the frame and underpinnings the same red as now . Thanks in advance ........
 

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Personally I love yellow on a car... but yellow and red is really not that appealing of a combination in my eyes. Maybe it's repressed childhood trauma from that famous hamburger-pedalling clown :(

Seriously though, it's your car. Do what you think looks good. :thumbup:
 
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Valkyrie5.7 said:
Personally I love yellow on a car... but yellow and red is really not that appealing of a combination in my eyes. Maybe it's repressed childhood trauma from that famous hamburger-pedalling clown :(

Seriously though, it's your car. Do what you think looks good. :thumbup:
LOL ..My buddy with the paint shop said the same thing you did about the red/yellow. Mickey D's ...Yuck....LOL ......I got a couple weeks to think about it yet. Who knows, maybe go red/red . Still like chevy victory red .
 
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are you going for a brighter color or just like the yellow? I think if you want the red to pop like it does with the black you'll have to find other the colors that do the same. I'm not too found of the color red in general, so I'm probably of little use but maybe a bright blue might suit you?

I've always liked this color a lot:



Not to sure on how it would go with red, but I've heard bright blues and reds go together? :confused: I've never been good at matching though... i wear jeans and a t-shirt everyday :D
 
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Valkyrie5.7 said:
are you going for a brighter color or just like the yellow? I think if you want the red to pop like it does with the black you'll have to find other the colors that do the same. I'm not too found of the color red in general, so I'm probably of little use but maybe a bright blue might suit you?

I've always liked this color a lot:



Not to sure on how it would go with red, but I've heard bright blues and reds go together? :confused: I've never been good at matching though... i wear jeans and a t-shirt everyday :D
That is a beautiful blue. I just want to paint it something that will really pop on the street. I get a lot of positive feedback at the gas pump , etc., but would like to be more visible cruising . BTW . I also wear jeans and a colored t-shirt every day .LOL
 
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I changed my "T" from a well worn root beer color (painted in the seventies) To Eastwoods "Electric Yellow". Paint went on great with easy to color sand and buff.

It looked so good. I changed all the small fittings and steering/chassis parts to a "chrome" powder coat finish.

Then changed the interior color.. Then the gauges to white background electrics. NEW CAR!!!
 
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BOBCRMAN@aol.com said:
I changed my "T" from a well worn root beer color (painted in the seventies) To Eastwoods "Electric Yellow". Paint went on great with easy to color sand and buff.

It looked so good. I changed all the small fittings and steering/chassis parts to a "chrome" powder coat finish.

Then changed the interior color.. Then the gauges to white background electrics. NEW CAR!!!
My buddy who owns a body shop owes me a favor for building his 454, and he insists on using Sherwinn Williams 'cause that is what he is used to spraying. He is going to do all the sanding and prep and buffing also .
 
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This is not yellow but late Mustang Venetian Orange. It has a kind of a color flop depending on the light. Right now in my fluorescent lighted shop - dang but it looks yellow. Sunlight - is it orange? Is it yellow?



I really didn't like it a lot when I started but as I finished more and more panels - love it now. And in the sun - it is bright!! That photo above, the car is very dusty and the trunk lid is not adjusted but since fixed, rebuffed with Meguires #2 and polished with their NXT.
As said above - not sure how red would look with yellow, but it's your decision.

And that license plate - a left over from my t-bucket and not valid

Dave W
 
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Irelands child said:
This is not yellow but late Mustang Venetian Orange. It has a kind of a color flop depending on the light. Right now in my fluorescent lighted shop - dang but it looks yellow. Sunlight - is it orange? Is it yellow?



I really didn't like it a lot when I started but as I finished more and more panels - love it now. And in the sun - it is bright!! That photo above, the car is very dusty and the trunk lid is not adjusted but since fixed, rebuffed with Meguires #2 and polished with their NXT.
As said above - not sure how red would look with yellow, but it's your decision.

And that license plate - a left over from my t-bucket and not valid

Dave W
That is a perfect hot rod color. Yellow, red, black, t-buckets and pre-35 cars.
 
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nothing wrong with Yellow if you like it...but i agree yellow witha red chassis is not very appealing. Black, titanium, maybe charcoal, or yellow also for the chassis.

Yellow car with red chassis makes me think Ronald McDonald or the Shriners.

I like the Chevy Victory Red also, very nice color, looks great on a '74 Camaro with White SS stripes that I helped a friend do a few years ago.

Any idea what the wheels you are using are?? I've never seen anything quite like them, almost looks like a cross between aluminum slot mags and the Radir wheel.
 
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Irelands child said:
This is not yellow but late Mustang Venetian Orange. It has a kind of a color flop depending on the light. Right now in my fluorescent lighted shop - dang but it looks yellow. Sunlight - is it orange? Is it yellow?



I really didn't like it a lot when I started but as I finished more and more panels - love it now. And in the sun - it is bright!! That photo above, the car is very dusty and the trunk lid is not adjusted but since fixed, rebuffed with Meguires #2 and polished with their NXT.
As said above - not sure how red would look with yellow, but it's your decision.

And that license plate - a left over from my t-bucket and not valid

Dave W
That sure looks great ! I also think it would go good with the red frame and not look Mickey D's . I am also thinking of maybe going with Burgundy or Brandywine or something of that sort that has more red than what I have now . Here's one I took a pic of last summer at a cruise in.
 

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Aboven said:
Look at the color pr8 it a sweet color and I have done a 35 chevy in it and it's really nice with a lot of flash it gets a lot of people looking at it at the shows. T buckets are easy depending on how well they have been taken care of I say get after it
When I checked PR8 on google I came up with Chrysler Director Red . Is that right. Looks good.
 
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I still think candy apple red over silver looks good, but I suppose these days it would cost a fortune to have done. Red metalflake would look good to me, too (reminds me of the Big T model that hung from my ceiling for years growing up).

The burgundy looks good but doesn't *pop* like you want. That Venetian Orange looks real good. But I've never been a fan of yellow. Probably because I've owned so many OEM yellow cars through the years. They always seemed to come my way- perfect bodies and all- and every one of them I said I'd repaint. And I never repainted the first one! lol
 
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i'm not a fan of yellow...


oh, wait a minute, yellow is my favorite color.
not sure what rally yellow is but mine is screaming yellow from the 04 to 11 mustangs
i think red & yellow would pop big time :thumbup:

i do like that orange on ic's rod too

 
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I can't really tell the shade of red on the frame. But, if you're considering Victory Red, and want something that pops, consider Torch Red instead. Used on C5 Vettes, has lots of yellow in it, really, really bright. ("Ticket me Red") So long as the paint doesn't clash with the frame.

Pat
 
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46highboypu said:
I know this doen't do justice to your nice ride but I thought it may help. I just quickly did a paint job in Photoshop. No detail but at least it's yellow.
Thanks for the photo shop pic. Now I am permanently convinced that I will definitely NOT do yellow . Maybe if it was a topless fenderless roadster it would be okay , but definitely not on my ride. Leaning now toward some of the wine flavored reds . Can only see up to 2010 on S/W website . May go look at some 2011 colors on the car lots and see what pops . That may be the best way to tell. Have all the big three and most import lots all on the same street and all within 10 min of the house .
 
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adantessr said:
Thanks for the photo shop pic. Now I am permanently convinced that I will definitely NOT do yellow . Maybe if it was a topless fenderless roadster it would be okay , but definitely not on my ride. Leaning now toward some of the wine flavored reds . Can only see up to 2010 on S/W website . May go look at some 2011 colors on the car lots and see what pops . That may be the best way to tell. Have all the big three and most import lots all on the same street and all within 10 min of the house .
Wel-l-l-l-l-l - there is always Electric Current Red - an early '90s Ford T-bird/Lincoln color. This is from my long gone '23



Dave W
 
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Irelands child said:
Wel-l-l-l-l-l - there is always Electric Current Red - an early '90s Ford T-bird/Lincoln color. This is from my long gone '23



Dave W
Thanks Dave ....That was one good lookin' ride . Time is getting short on my repaint . Gonna try to get it done before the end of the month if my dr. will release me to do some activity . I had my right shoulder ball replaced on Jan. 25th. Also gonna get it (the T-bucket, not the shoulder) recarpeted after the repaint. I will post a new set of pics when all is done.
 
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