show me your 70's race paint scheme

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The crazier the better. This is from '71:
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Rod, your current scheme is cool, but it looks a little 80's to me. From what I remember from my 70's days, aside from the crazy psychedelic jobs, most of the Mopars did a centered scheme from front to back between the lines below the belt and above the rockers. I know what I saw in those days, but it's kinda hard to describe...:D.

If I see a "Google job" like what I'm talking about, i'll post it for you...
 
I think that the scheme you are working on looks a bit closer to 80s. The vintage 60s and into the 70s drag cars had more of a tendency to follow body lines when doing multiple color striped schemes. In the 80's that sort of went away and body lines were more likely to be ignored. Today almost every scheme you see is even further away from following body lines where wraps are being used and fit to the cars regardless of shape.

I did a quick search for early Dart race cars and found some pictures. The name to be associated with the car generally looks best if predominant on the sides. And of course if there was a sponsor, it was usually depicted fairly large too. Often the make (such as DODGE or PLYMOUTH) would grace the fenders or quarters.

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Good stuff above from 1967 Cuda !!!

Not your car, but some schemes like I remember from my early days.....
 

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1967 'cuda said:
I think that the scheme you are working on looks a bit closer to 80s. The vintage 60s and into the 70s drag cars had more of a tendency to follow body lines when doing multiple color striped schemes. In the 80's that sort of went away and body lines were more likely to be ignored. Today almost every scheme you see is even further away from following body lines where wraps are being used and fit to the cars regardless of shape. I did a quick search for early Dart race cars and found some pictures. The name to be associated with the car generally looks best if predominant on the sides. And of course if there was a sponsor, it was usually depicted fairly large too. Often the make (such as DODGE or PLYMOUTH) would grace the fenders or quarters.
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He is looking for '70s schemes. While all the ones you showed are cool, they are all from the '60s.
 
OldmanRick said:
Good stuff above from 1967 Cuda !!! Not your car, but some schemes like I remember from my early days.....
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A lot of very good examples of the 70s there. Back then a custom painter would design the stripes and lettering to fit the car. - And my personal opinion is that was when they looked the best. Nowadays there's just a jumble of computer generated graphics plastered over most cars. NASCAR is a prime example. But in NASCAR the vehicles so closely resemble one another now that they don't have those unique body lines like they did in years past.

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you want 70's , here are 70's
 

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69_340_GTS said:
He is looking for '70s schemes. While all the ones you showed are cool, they are all from the '60s.
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I was trying to find schemes painted on early Darts. I know that most of those were from the 60s but a few of those cars continued racing into the 70s. By the 70s the early Darts weren't seen as much on the tracks so it's really hard to find examples of them in the 70s.
 
1967 'cuda said:
A lot of very good examples of the 70s there. Back then a custom painter would design the stripes and lettering to fit the car. - And my personal opinion is that was when they looked the best. Nowadays there's just a jumble of computer generated graphics plastered over most cars. NASCAR is a prime example. But in NASCAR the vehicles so closely resemble one another now that they don't have those unique body lines like they did in years past.
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Today's NASCAR, as well as most other race cars are just plain ugly with the stupid "wraps". Bring back the cool simple stuff!
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I believe this might be late 70s eary 80s
 

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you guys have have done terrific with these pics. I cant wait to see what else may get posted as the weekend goes on. Yea, you could be right as my thoughts could be more of the late 70's earliy 80's. I was 16 in 75 and started going to the drags in the early 80's. So many of the cars I saw in those days would have been the later 70's scheme. Doesnt matter as race car schemes from that era are all cool. Thanks and keep them coming! Rod
 
There are examples of great looking race car paint schemes in every decade. - And not every car in each decade followed the same guidelines for how they laid things out. The really wild paint jobs that included flames, lace, scallops. fish scales, stripes, murals, metalflake, gold leaf, candies and pearl come to mind.

Years ago I wanted to get into custom painting and I bought and read almost every book I could find on the subject. One of the best I read was called RACE CAR GRAPHICS. One of the things that they stressed in the book was contrast. They said (and I believe) that when a successful paint job was done, photos of it in color AND in black and white should all stand out. It ensured that the graphics would be crisp and clear and stand out even in low light conditions.

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My neighbor had a 71 dart show car that had crushed glass in the paint and fish gills.
 
Mine D/Dart currently is painter candy apple red and white mother of pearl. It was done in the late 60's. It was a popular color scheme back then used by many of the D/Dart racers. 'The Politician', the 'Sam Brown Dodge', the 'Ferris-Miles Westlake Dodge' Trans Am D/Dart, 'The Suburban Dodge', and the 'Coronet Dodge' all used the same scheme.
 

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ddartdude said:
Mine D/Dart currently is painter candy apple red and white mother of pearl. It was done in the late 60's. It was a popular color scheme back then used by many of the D/Dart racers. 'The Politician', the 'Sam Brown Dodge', the 'Ferris-Miles Westlake Dodge' Trans Am D/Dart, 'The Suburban Dodge', and the 'Coronet Dodge' all used the same scheme.
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That car is just beggin' for some lettering on the sides. - Looks good!
 
78 ish my old race car
 

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Heres mine areal deal 70s paint job.
 

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