Hard top colour schemes......

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Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Jackonicko » Fri 09.01.2009, 02:09

Enviable, or naff?

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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby theelanman » Fri 09.01.2009, 02:54

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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby tweetdriver63 » Fri 09.01.2009, 03:43

I think here in the US, that scheme would be cool, but maybe in the UK it would be naff. Similarly, a US flag scheme in the US would be cheesy.
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby HJ2 » Fri 09.01.2009, 10:03

Buy a mini, perhaps? :?

It distracts the eye from the beautiful natural Elan line too much...
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby ektrolleyboy » Fri 09.01.2009, 15:11

Oh go-on... Please do it.
I beg you to do it.

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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby chris.t » Fri 09.01.2009, 16:07

cooool babbbby, mojotastic 8) too Austen Powers for me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Rambo » Fri 09.01.2009, 19:36

Very naff and chavvy. The only thing I can think of worse would be a Burberry design :shock:
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Dave Eds » Fri 09.01.2009, 22:12

tweetdriver63 wrote:Similarly, a US flag scheme in the US would be cheesy.


Bit like a US flag on a motorbike in Vietnam then a la TopGear. :shock: :-D
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby tweetdriver63 » Fri 09.01.2009, 23:24

Dave Eds wrote:
tweetdriver63 wrote:Similarly, a US flag scheme in the US would be cheesy.


Bit like a US flag on a motorbike in Vietnam then a la TopGear. :shock: :-D


Here in the US, small American flag stickers, or a front license plate of one, are perfectly acceptable, normal displays of patriotism, but something like a whole roof, or a large airbrushed flag (like the Union Jack on that Elan for sale I saw linked here recently), would make people think you're a nutjob. Oddly, it could be a confederate flag, and you're not a nutjob, just a redneck, which is OK with most people (although probably offensive to a lot of black people).
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby nitroman » Sat 10.01.2009, 09:23

tweetdriver63 wrote:
Dave Eds wrote:
tweetdriver63 wrote:Similarly, a US flag scheme in the US would be cheesy.


Bit like a US flag on a motorbike in Vietnam then a la TopGear. :shock: :-D


Here in the US, small American flag stickers, or a front license plate of one, are perfectly acceptable, normal displays of patriotism, but something like a whole roof, or a large airbrushed flag (like the Union Jack on that Elan for sale I saw linked here recently), would make people think you're a nutjob. Oddly, it could be a confederate flag, and you're not a nutjob, just a redneck, which is OK with most people (although probably offensive to a lot of black people).

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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Monty » Sat 10.01.2009, 13:17

What about having the cat on Skates on the roof :-D
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Sy V » Sat 10.01.2009, 13:54

I was going to have it on the bonnet of the Flying Cat.
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Rambo » Sun 11.01.2009, 12:27

Rambo wrote:Very naff and chavvy. The only thing I can think of worse would be a Burberry design :shock:


And here it is - on a Maserati Quatropporte :shock: Who said money could buy taste ?
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby RichardK » Sun 11.01.2009, 12:52

No...no...no.... :shock:
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Monty » Sun 11.01.2009, 14:35

Sy V wrote:I was going to have it on the bonnet of the Flying Cat.


I remember and would off looked cool 8)

Wounder how big they can make Decals lol :-D
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Rambo » Sun 11.01.2009, 20:49

Monty - just go to one of these van sign making places. They'll make whatever you want - the bigger the size, the larger your wallet.

If you'd left those black stripes on it would look like the cat was on rails LOL
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Monty » Sun 11.01.2009, 22:07

Rambo wrote:Monty - just go to one of these van sign making places. They'll make whatever you want - the bigger the size, the larger your wallet.

If you'd left those black stripes on it would look like the cat was on rails LOL


lol

thats the thing the wallet isn`t large :roll:
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby dapinky » Mon 12.01.2009, 03:11

How big do you want your cat?

Lots of local companies on www.yell.com
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Re: Hard top colour schemes......

Postby Monty » Mon 12.01.2009, 13:58

dapinky wrote:How big do you want your cat?

Lots of local companies on http://www.yell.com


Not as large as that lol

At the mo i`ve got better things to spend my money on, maybe in the near future :wink:
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