Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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There was a 57 that was called "The Bad Banana" which was colored yellow.Stock class winner on a national level.But that car was a four door wagon.

How about "Heinz" ?

Originally Posted by 34_40

How about "Heinz" ?

But then it would have to be red, unless it was mustard....

Originally Posted by 34_40

How about "Heinz" ?

yep paint it red ,then letter the back bumper KETCHUP?

I would say to use a name that most people (our age) would remember.... that fits the personality you want the car to have... and a solid color, since most guys then didn't use metallics for race cars.

If "Mellow Yellow" works for you, then it would probably seem right to others. I have this theory about paint schemes... If too many people don't "get it" then it was probably not a great idea.

I think the Heinz idea is really cute... and the "ketchup" referrence... but you have to remember the slogan about "57 varieties". I don't think I've heard that spoken in decades. (...but it IS funny!) :-)~

I had to go stand out in the alley yesterday in the 20 degree weather just so I could "see" the colors on the car. Yellow really works! Ketchup red is great, but there's so dang many red cars around already...maybe yellow too-heck, who knows?

I did manage a bit of time on the '57's hood yesterday, got the inner structure taken out of the hood to expose some surface rust underneath where the braces where--in places. Nothing real bad that can't easily be fixed though. There was also a few little dents, but a bit of dingin' and pingin' took care of that. Hopefully it will warm up a bit this weekend and I'll have time to use my little hand blaster to get the last of the rust out of the little pits, and get some primer on it.

Slow progress is better then no progress!

gearcruncher

I like it Dave! Glad to see you are open minded enough to do a Chevy project! How about you put a Ford in it and call it "Mixed Marriage"

I will remind you that yellow always seem to attract bugs if you plan to take it to car shows etc.

Pat

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I would say to use a name that most people (our age) would remember....
I think the Heinz idea is really cute... and the "ketchup" referrence... but you have to remember the slogan about "57 varieties". I don't think I've heard that spoken in decades. (...but it IS funny!) :-)~

That's what popped into my head - it's a 57.. so.. Heinz! I had a dog from the pound once and that's what I named him. Cause who knows what his background was!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I had to go stand out in the alley yesterday in the 20 degree weather just so I could "see" the colors on the car. Yellow really works!

Sounds like a good choice, and the fact that the song was a "fave" makes it personal for you. :-)


Here is a thought to ponder.... Really intense or bright yellows were not available yet. If you go with a light yellow it would look more "vintage".

I'm not sure, but I think the '55 Chevy used a light yellow for yellow & white two-tones. (I could be wrong, but that image is stuck in my head!)

I guess a pale yellow would also be considered..... "mello". :-)~

It would also be nice if you used wheels from the same era as the scoop. The steelies on the back, that were mentioned, would work okay, but with maybe15X4s mags out front. All the way around would also be cool, with some deep ones at the rear! :-)

Halibrands would be nice... but usually were on higher class cars. The first commonly used wheels I remember from the early sixties would be a 5-spokes ...but they weren't Torquethrusts. I think they might have been Fentons, other American models, E.T.s.. or similar straight spoked wheels, with a black or gray centers.

Cragars (my own street favorite), and Keystones, came along a little after those, but appeared more like "dress wheels" to most people. They didn't seem to get to the dragstrip as often as the spoked wheels.

Just please don't use directionals or spinner mags! LOL! :-)

i would do a heavy flake job med blue and a panel job on hood and lid pearl white top with some freak drops on the hood and lid and call it interstellar over drive or voodoo child but it is not mine

When I first suggested yellow I didn't think it would catch on like it has, but I'm glad to see you guys "get it". Jay is correct, eye searing yellow wouldn't be quite right, but what's "too" bright is in the eye of the beholder.

I have to admit to being strongly influenced by my early days at the track in San Fernando. As I mentioned in your first thread on this car, to me the baseline car for Tri-5 gassers is the Scribner brothers '56. Look at the picture again. It's got a scoop like what you seem to be coming around to, and it's got the torque thrust style wheels, the neatly done wheel radius, simple graphics, the whole mid to late '60s vibe. This was one of the cleanest (and meanest) gassers of the day.........

As for the tone of the yellow, it's brighter than the stock Chev color, but warmer too........that warmth is what I had in mind.

Here is a close approximation of the factory color.

Best I could find on short notice. Restored cars are getting rarer, and old photos are usually faded or poor color.

http://www.57heaven.net/Specs.php here you go if stock is what you want BUT if I were going YELLOW I'd go 74 corvette yellow , and look back a few post about yellow attracting bugs I've seen it at more than one car show yellow cars become bee hives .

Are you gonna let some little bitty bees make your decision??? Take some Raid to the show with you! }:-)