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Feb 7, 2006 | 07:05 AM

meangene78

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Flames paint patterns for C-3

I have been looking for possible flame patterns for my C-3. Anyone out there have a few pictures or a website with different flame patterns or designs.Trying to find the primo pattern/design for my 78. Ghost flame application is the plan.

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Feb 7, 2006 | 01:04 PM

ShaneLU97

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Tracking...Would love to see some as well.

Feb 7, 2006 | 01:35 PM

big_G

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Here's a '78 we did last year....

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Feb 7, 2006 | 01:40 PM

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http://www.oldride.com/displayAd.htm...&Featured=True

http://www.usedcorvettesforsale.com/out.php?id=11748

There was a member here that had HOK color-changing flames
up the hood ... here it is:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...um_id=3&arch=1

Feb 7, 2006 | 01:53 PM

meangene78

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Nice pattern...........Im thinking of going with silver main body and a light gray ghost flame pattern.

Feb 7, 2006 | 02:09 PM

lvrpool32

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What about doing some type of ghost "real flame" or "stylized flame" underneath....that may be kind of cool.

Feb 7, 2006 | 02:31 PM

meangene78

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Thanks man,
It looks good, but was looking for something a bit more subtle.

Feb 7, 2006 | 02:48 PM

BarryK

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there is a guy in my vette club with a '78 that has ghost flames.
His car is black with gold flames. I have a few pictures of it on my website. Here are a few different links to different shows I took pictures at with his car. Just look for the black '78 with the flames - it's hard to miss!

http://69.253.166.197/page1/page41/page63/page63.html
http://69.253.166.197/page1/page41/page69/page69.html
http://69.253.166.197/page1/page41/page44/page44.html

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Feb 7, 2006 | 04:35 PM

MIKER

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I've always liked CF member Vetteflame79's flames.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c3/ve...e79/index.shtml

Feb 7, 2006 | 04:46 PM

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Feb 8, 2006 | 02:11 PM

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meangene78

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Thanks for the links, your buddy has a great looking vette. Ghost flames rule!

Feb 8, 2006 | 04:01 PM

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Brandywine

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How about these underhood and door jamb shaded and ghost flames...

Feb 8, 2006 | 04:06 PM

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onaqwst

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ghost flames usually refer to a change in illusion from the main paint and not really an apparant image....... the flames could have a colored pearl or candy to make them only show in sunlight........

i would stay away from flames and strips.......

ghost flames are nice only if done right and not too obvious.....hence the term "ghost"

b

Feb 8, 2006 | 05:00 PM

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bryan27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by onaqwst

candy is a tinted clearcoat. flames cannot contain candy. candy can be painted over flames.

...and i think you mean stripEs

Feb 8, 2006 | 05:34 PM

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onaqwst

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yeah....candy to the clear....

sometimes the flames can get carried away.......... bad flames can really screw up a nice paint job...

just my .005

Feb 8, 2006 | 10:36 PM

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kevinator80

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Quote:

Originally Posted by onaqwst

yeah....candy to the clear....

sometimes the flames can get carried away.......... bad flames can really screw up a nice paint job...

just my .005

when done right they are nice.

Feb 9, 2006 | 07:04 AM

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meangene78

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You are absolutely right about the "Ghost" description.....it should appear out of nowhere catching you by surprise. Right now I am looking for a subtle pattern to apply the "Ghost" to the flame.