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Good suggestions guys, I'll look at those colors. I sort of like blue reds better too. My wheels and front end on the '27 were done with Ford Candy Apple red, a truck color, and it looks old timey to me, but I want this one to really pop, so a brighter one may be in order. Billy Joels bike really looked good, especially against the chrome, and I plan on a fair amount of chrome on the engine.

Need some opinions on suspension colors. Dan says go with red all the way and just accent with chrome. I am on the fence and think that may be too much red. I am leaning toward a creamy white or satin black. A friend still has a '27 RP he built back in '58, and his undercarriage is off white, and I always liked that look, so it is a possilbility. Dan is usually right on his choices, so all red may be nice too.

How about some opinions?


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I sort of like blue reds better too.
How about some opinions?
Don

My tendency is to blue reds (there's probably someone out there wondering what the heck we're talking about here), and my favorite (did the Cobra in it) is R77, '91-99 Acura NSX.

Too much red is too much. Do the suspension in black with cream (if/or that compliments/matches the interior color) pin striping or scalloping. The pin striping might be easier to visualize, but for the scallop imagine a black axle with a cream scallop or insert with a thin red stripe around it. At first that may sound like a lot of colors, but they all tie together with the rest of the rig, so you can go with three that way. An alternative for the thin pieces, like hairpin radius rods, is a Tommy the Greek style stripe.