[stobin]

Oh that is a magazine article rendering that I found a few years ago. I had looked at the idea of possibly doing Can Am style stripes, or Judge stripes, but ultimately I run the risk of it looking wrong, or trendy in a few years, so I am keeping it simple. The black NACA hood scoops break up the hood at least. One idea that I am discussing with the painter is maybe a very subtle darker stripe along the lower side rocker panels. There is an area on the rocker that is usually chrome. The factory painted them black on all the GA's. I painted them body color when I had the care painted last time, and I like that look instead of the black.

[HWYSTR455]

Can always do pin stripes, those never go out of style, and depending on how their' done, are classy too. If you want to get a little creative, you can do a Pontiac arrowhead somewhere too, like at the end of a body-length pin stripe. (Chevy heartbeat can be an example)

Maybe consider someone who can render some ideas for you, can sit there in front of a terminal for a few mins and actually see how different accents look. For the nominal cost, it can be totally worth it. Print a couple you like out, take them home, and can think about it.

Some factory-type combos with dark grey/charcoal use stripe colors that are red, white, silver, and black (on lighter base colors). You can even do 2 colors, one stripe red, one white, or something like that.

Can even do graphics on a 2-tone where lettering is broken, or faint using fine stripes. (Think late '70s Formula graphics above the rockers as an example)

I googled 'Pinstripe colors for charcoal cars' and came up with a bunch of pics as examples. Maybe other search strings that are similar can give you some ideas.

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[stobin]

Those are all good suggestions. I am looking at different ideas. If I do anything, it will be very subtle.

[HWYSTR455]

You can look at the 'sister' cars for ideas too, like the Laguna, Skylark/Special, Cutlass/442, etc.

You can 'ghost' darker shades on panels and make them more subtle or go more filled in and make them more pronounced. Even use broken lines instead of solids, can even make the lines get thicker as they go towards the bottom of the car.

One thing about the Pontiacs for those years is the hood accent/body lines, that point makes it a little hard to work with, but sure there are options.

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