![]() Well anyway, let me give you a brief synopsis of the history of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo car. You know, that gunners area on top of the army Hummve (hahaha) Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta! ![]() The headlamps, with the rectangular prismic design, resembles that of the 1983-1986 model Monte Carlo - a car which was really cool looking - infact almost better looking than all the rest of the models that followed! Hate to say that GM, but that's just what it is! The rest of those Monte Carlo models were just bland, un-artistic garbage that is worthy of being riddled and pierced to pieces with bullets from a. ![]() That was very clever! This Dodge Charger influence can be seen in the rear rump, the rear profile (including the spoiler), the roofline, as well as in the design of the greenhouse or windows area. And further adding to this is the racing stripes on top that enforce a visualization of speed!įurthermore, with this design of a new Chevrolet Monte Carlo, it seems that the artist combined the pre-2012 Dodge Charger body design with a Chevy Monte Carlo body. It adds anelement of ultra aggression and massive horsepower, which by extension, is also visualized due to the huge bulge in the hood. However, irregardless of whatever Photoshop job this is, I am really digging it, it is quite unique! I love the huge grille cut into the lower front fascia - very truck-ish! I have never seen it like that on any Chevy models to date. And that's because I realized that it has old rims as well as left over lower body pieces from a previous Chevy Monte Carlo model. Upon my subsequent inspection of zooming in and panning around on the image, I came to the conclusion that rather than a rendering, it is a Photoshop job. I clicked on the image, and saved it to my desktop for further inspection. Though, some people are weary of having racing stripes put on after the purchase of the vehicle as the overall consensus was that racing stripes will increase the price of your car warranty.Well I found this image on an automotive Facebook page while car surfing - my daily, time consuming habit. Now its becoming more accepted to buy a car with basic paint job and then later get vinyl racing stripes instead. This usually draws an extra fee for detailing. Typically, racing stripes are detailed and painted on during the body finishing. They are sometimes referred to as “Viper Stripes”, this helped bring back racing stripe decals for cars. When in 1996, a pair of 8-inch wide stripes were used on the Dodge Viper GTS, starting a comeback for the fashion. Racing stripes dropped a lot in popular interest, and it picked back up in the 90’s. Dodge’s named it the “Scat Pack performance package” for its late 60’s early 70’s muscle cars featured with the bumblebee stripe as a signature. In contrast, these stripes were featured exclusively on the Dodge Charger Daytona race car. This is not to be confused with the Camaro racing stripes from the Transformers movie. An alternative style features stripes which wraps around the car sideways instead of running down the center of the vehicle called “bumblebee” stripes. They’re sometimes referred to as “go-faster stripes” on road cars. Such cars as the Renault 8 Gordini had stripes fitted as standard. Introductory Maintenance Included with All Plans!įrom the 1960s, stripes have sometimes been applied to road cars as well as racing cars. Vehicle Protection Designed to Save You Thousands. As for bringing it to the streets, the first racing stripes car was the 1965 Ford Mustang GT350 also known as the Mustang racing stripes. In 1964, the Shelby Daytona Coupe would use the converse blue with white stripes and would compete in the 19 24 hours of Le Mans. These were instantly favored over the traditional Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) registered US Racing colors which included a white body and blue chassis – dating back to when race cars had their chassis exposed. These “racing stripes” were applied to the Cunningham team’s race cars towards the beginning of 1951, and appeared with two parallel blue stripes running from front to rear in the center of the white body and they helped spectators follow the cars color combination during races. The incorporation of racing stripes has been around since the early 1950’s, with the sole purpose of helping officiators to identify cars on the track during races. Offering the inclusion of racing stripes on production vehicles. Originally named Le Mans Stripes, Racing Stripes are stripedĭecals installed on cars to add style and flare.
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