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yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

I have been meaning to do this for a while so here goes,
The car is to be my first car.
In the summer of 2008 I bought two body shells a chassis and the parts needed to build a car.

heres where i started:

and heres where I got to

Photos of the Build:

When it started to come together

Heres the plan iam not great with photoshop and things but I tried Laughing

Thoughts?

Malte · Lowered Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 534 Location: Germany

please do not put that ugly gs-things at your rims :)

looking forward to see it with scallops and lowered down!
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Olli · Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject:

..and please dont do that kind a scalloops. Made it in one color and
concentrate on details instead. Look example our VW topic, pile of
nice looking cars... and wot, no (f)lames or scalloops. What is with
these 80's scalloops and 2cv's anyway Neutral

-Olli
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yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

That was what I was expecting for people to not like it, it always seems to happen on here. I will think about the ds hub caps.

yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

I want a 2cv not VW.

and i found these in th vw topic Laughing

Bart · Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject:

Louis, I'm not a fan of the hubcaps either, however scalloops could work out really well.
Moreover try to make you design idea(s) in real pictures, that looks better straight away and gives a better impression of what it will look like in reality.

other suggestion from my side, lower your 2cv first off all (uppose you would like that in the end anyway). I think lowering it will put everything you design in better perspective/proportions.

Ciao, Bart
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yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

At the moment I have been painting the doors in red as I am using other pannels to do the scallops so if it turns out looking bad to the joy of some I can put it back to standard, but as soon as I have no doors hanging in my garage it will be low. :)

as I said I will think about the hub caps when it painted they are not for definet.

Olli · Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject:

Its not about if you want vw or 2cv. That kind a scalloops are just sad.
Especially if you need to make them with colors that much contrast (typical
80's) I just tried to give some ideas to make nice 2cv. When building nice
looking car its not most important that grandmom from next house
understands that this car is modified. Modification does not need to be
so ovbious (like scalloops in complementary colors).

This 2cv is good example of modified 2cv. Normal person does not notice
that anything has been done, but there is a lot.

So if you wanna make your car look like a circus, you can. I just tried to
give some other ideas. Its not my car, so its not big deal for me anyway.
If you like it and want to make it, go on!

About DS hub cabs. I would say that they are too big. They are
from car 2 times bigger than 2cv. And they are made for 165 (?) tires, so
they will look too massive with 125-135 tires. Propotions go all wrong.

Those flames and scalloops you find from VW topic... Scalloops are kind
a 60's style and flames 50's. They bolth have nothing to do with those
horrible 80's things. And there is what, few hundred cars in that topic...
you find 2 examples. The point was not, if there is them or not. It was
more that you dont need them if you wanna make nice car, in that topic
there is shit load of nice cars where all "magic" is made with details. Neutral

-Olli
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yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

I understand where you are coming from on the hub caps they are masive. If I was to do 50s or 60s style scallops what type do you think would look good on my car and with what colours.

yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

I couldnt make the picture work so i used a link.
Would these kind suit it more?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pro_photo/200069021/

dule · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject:

in my oppinion yes, that kind of scallops looks much nicer but why dont you try with other colours...maybe sth lighter with darker outline/pinstripe?

is it too late to change the colour of the whole car? Twisted Evil

yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

yep probably too late to chan colour of whole car Very Happy

Icant pin stripe ... how hard is it to learn?

yellowpickup · Dropped Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 273

I got it lower.
sorry about my friend hangin out the window

björn · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

you can lower it more in the front!
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Olli · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:59 am Post subject:

Here's 10minutes "oldstyle" scalloop design.. But if its all what you are going
to do for your car i'm not so sure that if it will be so nice. If you are going to
keep your car to look like its from 80's, maybe those fat violet scalloops
do the job better... Rolling Eyes

I prefere 2cv rims much more than any full (citroen) hubcabs.

-Olli
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