Paint Scheme/Stripe questions for 1968 coupe

[pcarlson]

Hi guys,

I'm currently sitting here at work, trying to convince myself that I'm not actually at work on Good Friday nonono: ), and I wanted to see if I could get some opinions on the paint scheme I was thinking of for my 1968 coupe.

At first, I wanted to do 1 solid color plus striping of some sort... however after a lot of thinking about it, the turn-signal hood I have won't allow for anything else to look good besides stock stripes. I don't like the look of those by themselves.

Then I saw a picture of a two-tone scheme that I liked... sort of like this:

However, I think I would keep the base color (yellow in that picture) off of the roof altogether.

This is the color I want to use as my base... it is a very deep metallic red that POPS when the light hits it correctly:

So... I would use that red as my base color, and use either a matte or gloss black as the color for the "top" of my car.

That's not it, though. That idea has been done and I want to get creative (while still understated).

What I was thinking was that after the two-tone scheme is done, I could go back and add a pinstripe outline of the stock stripes. So I would have the outline, in red, of the stock stripes on the black part of the two-tone scheme. I'm not sure if anyone has seen something like this done before, but I'm just looking for your opinions. What do you think? Will it look good? Let me hear your feedback!

Here is a pic of what the stock stripes look like:

 

[pcarlson]

Well... I just had another good option presented to me.

With the two-tone color scheme in place (red on sides, black on top), I could then work a black C-stripe into the paint scheme. It would contrast very nicely with the red that I would have on the sides.

However, is this a better idea than doing a pinstripe outline of the stock stripes on the hood? It's hard for me to visualize what the pinstripe outline would look like... the one thing that sets the outline idea apart is that I haven't seen it before. AghhhH!

 

[pcarlson]

Don't worry, if it seems like I am talking to myself, I actually am.

I just had to write (type) these ideas down so that I can look back later.

I found a picture of a modern mustang that has the same paint scheme I am thinking of... the red isn't as dark as the one I want but it is a good example nonetheless:
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After taking a look at that picture and visualizing what it would look like on a '68, a black C-Stripe would look amazing there IMO. What do you guys think?

Also, is the pinstripe outline idea overkill if I am going to be going for a C-stripe?