nose art on a charger

[Brock Samson]

 it's an idea I've thought about for a while and here's an example of what i was thinkin of painting on my car... check it out,..


          http://www.allwebretro.com/images/signs/nose-shark_lg.jpg

[Khyron]

it would be original

I say photoshop a few ideas up.

[Brock Samson]

 i think that style would work pretty well on a '69 with the teeth going into the bumper,.. i could paint it with tempra poster paint since it'd wash off with water and i could get used to the idea or tweak it...
of course if someone,..   cough,.. Plum ahem,.. could do a photo shop it would be great ...

http://images.google.com/images?q=nose+art+&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&start=0&sa=N

[Headrope]

Be scared, Strat. Yet again we think alike.
I"ve got a first gen though, so don't have the aircraft styling of a '68 or '69. Rather than put shark teeth on a fender - something I too considered - I think I might incorporate a pin-up on the car somewhere. I think ultimately I'll put one on the backside of the rearend - to give folks something to take their minds off the fact that they were just owned at the stoplight.
Here is one I'm especially fond of- edited for Troy's viewing pleasure:

[Brock Samson]

oh, so you like 'em chunky too...  

i thought this one was kinda sweet..

http://www.7thbg.org/Paulette2.htm

[Johnny SixPack]

Great minds all that stuff.

I'm leaning towards something along those lines for my "69.

From the olive drab and flat black paint sceme to some other stuff.

I'd love to try out some "tiger shark" type stuff in PhotoShop.

Here's another example:

[Lowprofile]

The Real Deal.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Dude, I thought of that like 2-3 years ago with a '68 Coronet I once had.  I was going to build it into a racecar with steel-grey paint, "rivets," and nose art on both sides - "The Queen of Hearts," modeled after the girlfriend I had at the time.  With each race won, I'd put on a little mark like they did with aces in WWII.

Anyway, the Coronet got sold and it never came to fruition, but I'll probably go back in that direction someday.

[TruckDriver]

Hot Wheels already tried it...

[cudaken]

 I think you would regreat it in the long run.

On a side note, the old DC Program made Chevy and Ford Doors with X's threw them for your Mopar for kills. Have a few of them on my 68 Runner.

                                       Cuda Ken

[Khyron]

I say do it it's only paint

[Brock Samson]

Yeah Ken what you so upstight about?.. 

How about a few meatballs on the door?.. maybe some Bowties and Blue Ovals too..

  http://www.acespilotshop.com/images/products/nose%20art/f4u-bighog-b.jpg

[Doc74]

Strat send me a few good pics of your car and what you want on it, the bigger the better, I got broadband so don't be shy 
I'll see what I can come up with in photoshop.

mr.vis@telenet.be

[zstalker]

voila...

[Johnny SixPack]

My contribution:



I'm sold.

[TruckDriver]

 

[Doc74]

Looks....well....has potential.
I like the idea but it needs something else, teeth are better for a 32 rod imo.

[az69rtcharger]

A little different prespective................

[blackcharger]

[ChargerBill]

I think the concept has the potential for looking pretty good, but execution is everything. I would tend to lean more toward a subdued look. Maybe more of a ghoste effect or tones of color closer to the body color so it didn't stick out SO much.

[Brock Samson]

kinda supposed to in yur face though,.   (&  haters be dammed),..     kinda like the '71 Grabber hoods,.. I agree totally Bill, the proper exection is vital.     


..where is mustang and charger punk anyhow?.  

try these...


http://images.google.com/images?q=flying+tigers&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

http://www.sinoam.com/photo%20gallery%20pic/AMERICAN%20%20volunteer%20GROUP/big%20pic/1.jpg

i think this is a Vietnam "conflict" era pic. of a thud. note the eye..

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/noseart/jpgs/tigerth.jpg

dig the twin mouth P-38s!
I once seen a pic of a lightening with three sharkmouths,. it's was absolutly AWSOME!
I'm lookin for it now..
http://www.humboldt1.com/~outcast26/WorldWarII.htm

the classic..
http://rogerritter.com/images/aviation/Wb3P-40/File0012.jpg

and now for something abit different..

http://club-du-theil.chez.tiscali.fr/images/p-40-08.jpg.

http://www.antiqueswords.com/images/PB070066.JPG

carrier plane after a night of heavy drinking (I really like this one)  

http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/art/rw/rw_f6f3.jpg

classics cont.
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/art/rw/rw_f6f3.jpg

ya gotta love those damn Assusies!  

http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/asstd3/nose-art-beer.jpg

here's a sweetie..
http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/Aircraft/P40-b.jpg

over restored ain't just in our hobby..
http://www.warbirdpictures.com/POF1-JPG/P40-Hanger-2.jpg

i think i may just sell my charger and buy a P-40..  

http://www.ericsiegmund.com/images/fireant/airsho2004/p40.jpg

how it's done dept.

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Maint/Pics/P-40-1.jpg

[Plumcrazy]

I think I'll stick with a few fake bullet holes.

[cudaken]

Yeah Ken what you so upstight about?..  

How about a few meatballs on the door?.. maybe some Bowties and Blue Ovals too..

  http://www.acespilotshop.com/images/products/nose%20art/f4u-bighog-b.jpg

Not up set at all. I did the Pro Street look around 1985, but after say 6 moths I was wondering why the heck I did it.

As far as it is just paint, I will go with that! But I can paint car's and painted my own, can you?

Big fan of the Flying Tigers and have sat in a P-40 Tomahawk, flew in a P-38 spy plane (was a 2 seater) and a B-17 G. War Word II planes kick ass.

I allso like the nose art as well. Have many saved as well and the Tigers are some of the best. Just wonder if you will like it after it been there a while.

                             Cuda Ken

[Brock Samson]

I'd love to paint my charger,..  myself!

that's just one of my ideas the other is to paint it up in a classic Fender Stratocaster Sunburst finish... with the top done up in a Faux tortoise shell finish.. and the bodies curves exaggerated with gloss black fades like the old '60s style,.. kinda like this...

click on the link to enlarge..


http://www.fender.com/products/popup.php?img=prod_images/guitars/0109200800_xl.jpg&name=Stevie+Ray+Vaughan+Stratocaster%26reg%3B&node0=0#bottom

Id love to do the fades on that! 

[Lowprofile]

Just have the art you want made up into magnetic sticker. Put it on when you feel the need to express yourself, then peel it off when you want that clean stock look.

[Brock Samson]

file this one under just plane cool..     

  http://www.workdance.com/Site_Images/Galleries/2D/P40.jpg

  http://acn.waw.pl/sturm/Obrazki/p-40%20sc%20main.jpg

  http://warchild13.com/images/images/Shark%20Cycle.jpg

[Johnny SixPack]

Just have the art you want made up into magnetic sticker. Put it on when you feel the need to express yourself, then peel it off when you want that clean stock look.

That's a great idea, LoPro.

Tweaked my original pic a little:



Much better now that the "tongue" follows the body line. 

[Johnny SixPack]

[Brock Samson]

in case you didn't notice I've been ive been adding links to my previous posts...

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/assets/shark.jpg

http://www.moisd.org/Gen_Ed/MSTC/Images/jaws.gif

[Brock Samson]

      ok here's the thing...
    

[Brock Samson]

 ok it's not perfect but you'll get the idea... 'n thanks to Recharger,..   If i remember correctly..  
nearly all puter illustrations of the stratocaster guitar show white pickguards, so it'll have to suffice for now...
I can invision an entire range of guitar styled chargers like a Gold Top Les Paul version or a Telecaster version in antique white and that pale yellow..
ain't Todds suppossed to be like that?.. 

[4402tuff4u]

My honest opinion is that nose art does not belong on a Charger. The Charger (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation) does not need anything else to make look better. Maybe slight different wheel/rim treatments, but that's it!! Leave it alone.

Well, maybe an occasional color change in the female passenger hair like blond, redhead or brunette...any will do!

[Brock Samson]

  ...so noone has a response to the sunburst idea?.. 

[dkn1997]

I think it looks better on a wing car.  If you're gonna do it, go all out, with fake rivets on a silver car with the nose are.  just the nose art only looks strange.

[Khyron]

  ...so noone has a response to the sunburst idea?..  

hey, *I* remember those photoshops 

I like it!

[HeavyFuel]

  ...so noone has a response to the sunburst idea?..  

This car has that effect to a certain degree, although I don't know if it is intentional or not....

[Brock Samson]

new one for all you horndogs..

http://www.gjsmith.com/images/Classic-2.jpg

http://www.gjsmith.net/Textures/nose_art.htm

[grouseman]

I think the only way you can pull it off is if the entire car is in the military colours - camo'd up in drab olive, tan, khaki, etc.  It looks out of place on a shiny candy apple red paint job.  But add the full military colours (I'm not sure how the roundels and the letters would look) and you'd have it.  And run the D-Day invasion stripes (black/white) for the bustle stripe. 

grouseman

[Charger Aficionado]

  Here you go strat, don't ever say I didn't give you anything... 

  Notice I got rid of the "'ol coot's" reflection off the fender...

[ChargerAndy]

Just my 2 cents here but when I look at my 68 and I see the similarity to a sharks body I kinda visualize the front marker light as the sharks' eye and the mouth would fully engulf the front wheel well, as if the shark is eating up the road.   I think nose art on a Charger is a stretch but since we have some pretty good photoshop artists here....... and I wish I had Photoshop......... maybe they could give my idea a try? Thanks, Andy

PS Does anyone else see the vent window as a dorsal fin? wow, I gotta sober up