Advise re colour of spats

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Ok just looking for some opinions really should we paint the spats or not I have attempted to colour in on 1 pic to compare we can not decide 100% Another option suggested is to paint the spats with a white matching the van off white shade ?

[pisces51]

G'day John,
I'd be inclined to try and match the colour of the flash design on the sides of the van. If you look through the Viscount history thread (mainly Page 1 ) there's a mixture of photos showing spats matching the side flash colour, or spats just white. The examples showing the matching colour seem to be somewhat more appealing to my eye.

cheers,
Al.

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Jan 21, 2017 9:40:21 GMT 10 pisces51 said:

G'day John,
I'd be inclined to try and match the colour of the flash design on the sides of the van. If you look through the Viscount history thread (mainly Page 1 ) there's a mixture of photos showing spats matching the side flash colour, or spats just white. The examples showing the matching colour seem to be somewhat more appealing to my eye.

cheers,
Al.

I have updated the pic as I did not realise the 2nd pic had the Z colour not the Viscount colour   I really do want to get this right my painter suggested doing one side the Viscount green stripe colour and the other the Viscount off white and see if anybody picks it up 


New pic

[Rattles]

Late 70's Early 80'0 Viscounts Ex Factory the spat was matched to the stripe.

Rattles

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Jan 21, 2017 11:37:40 GMT 10 Rattles said:

Late 70's Early 80'0 Viscounts Ex Factory the spat was matched to the stripe.

Rattles

That's the problem this is a '68 so trying to find age appropriate ideas and keep it looking correct if possible , some of the later ones with darker contrasting colours look great but the lighter creams etc seem to be lost , the verdict is leaning towards the same colour as the stripe it is just paint after all 

[Rattles]

Jan 21, 2017 15:35:39 GMT 10 @retiredxjohn said:

Jan 21, 2017 11:37:40 GMT 10 Rattles said:

Late 70's Early 80'0 Viscounts Ex Factory the spat was matched to the stripe.

Rattles

That's the problem this is a '68 so trying to find age appropriate ideas and keep it looking correct if possible , some of the later ones with darker contrasting colours look great but the lighter creams etc seem to be lost , the verdict is leaning towards the same colour as the stripe it is just paint after all 

Yes - If you do not like the colour is just another $7.00 spray pack, Unless things have changed the coloured spats are not UV safe, they go brittle, so if painting paint all surfaces.

Rattles

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Wish it was that simple they need to be done in some special plastic coat then sprayed with the colour no spray can job , the Zephyr is going into the spray shop for some touch up work and the spats will be done on the van whilst there , not going to be cheap but what is today , to get a matching spray pack made is too hard this is why I am being careful  I learnt long ago some things are best left to the pro's as in the end it is often cheaper that way  

[doublechevron]

I'd be tempted to paint the spats the same colour as the top half of the car .... so different to the caravan stripes.

seeya
Shane L.

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Jan 22, 2017 17:10:01 GMT 10 doublechevron said:

I'd be tempted to paint the spats the same colour as the top half of the car .... so different to the caravan stripes.

seeya
Shane L.

I did consider that Shane but the Conway Yellow looks somewhat anaemic against the white of the van where on top of the Ludlow Green on the car it is a nice contrast .
IF I was going to do a van re paint I would be tempted to do a two tone scheme on the stripes or maybe even the whole van to match the car