Marty Robbins Dodge Daytona

[twotonegmc]

Ok, so I have a 1/16 General Lee and a 1/16 Dodge Daytona conversion kit.  An article in a recent Mopar magazine has me wanting to do a Marty Robbins Daytona. 

  Does anyone know what is the best color match for the pink and yellow combo he ran on his cars?  I've seen pink mentioned but there are so many variations and it's hardtop tell off of photos. 

Thanks for any info! 

 

[High octane]

it's not pink but a purple if I remember correctly as I just saw it last year or the year before, let me see if I can find the pic that I took of it.................................................................................

[twotonegmc]

you're right, that is more of a purple. That does actually help. Thanks!

[High octane]

Glad I could help.

[Bucky]

I got to see Marty race at the Nashville Fairgrounds back in the 70's. His car seemed to be the most visible on the track under the lights.

[MarkJ]

i used what they call a hot pink testors enamel but I had to darken it a little on my Bobby Allison charger that was really a Robbins car that Allison prepared for Robbins and borrowed it for a few races in 1971. that pink seemed to change a little from car to car.

[dwc43]

Marty Robins was born in Glendale Arizona. The colors on his car are the colors of the state flag.

 

 

Arizona's state flag is divided into two halves. The top half consists of thirteen alternating red and yellow rays which represent America's thirteen original colonies.

Because Arizona is a western state, the rays shows a setting sun. The colors of the rays refer to red and yellow in the Spanish flags carried by Coronado when he came to Arizona in 1540.

The bottom half of the flag is a solid blue field, the same color as the blue in the United States flag.

A large copper colored star is superimposed in the center of the flag. This identifies Arizona as the largest producer of copper in the United States.

In 1910, Col Charles W. Harris designed a flag for the Arizona Rifle Team when they attended the National Matches at Camp Perry. Arizona was the only team in past matches without a flag.

The Harris flag was adopted in 1917 by Arizona's Third Legislature and was passed into law without Governor Thomas Campbell's signature.

[High octane]

Interesting, thank you.

[twotonegmc]

Oh wow! I didn't know there was a specific reason behind the color scheme. Thanks for sharing that!

 

[yellowsportwagon]

I am almost positive that Marty’s car was Panther Pink. I know his later cars were. Panther Pink is more of a Magenta color. This car is Panther pink. It photographs weird sometimes look how different it looks in these two pictures 

Edited June 2, 2020 by yellowsportwagon

[gks1964]

21 minutes ago, yellowsportwagon said:

I am almost positive that Marty’s car was Panther Pink. I know his later cars were. Panther Pink is more of a Magenta color. This car is Panther pink. It photographs weird sometimes look how different it looks in these two pictures 

Man, those are some beauties!! 

[twotonegmc]

Oh that Panther Pink stocker is super slick!   

 

[yellowsportwagon]

1 hour ago, twotonegmc said:

Oh that Panther Pink stocker is super slick!   

 

That was Big John Sears car. Chrysler wanted a panther pink car nobody wanted to do it. Big John said if you give me the paint I’ll do it!! So they did.

[High octane]

I just "Googled" the car and it is painted in Gulf Coast Purple and Chartreuse colors.

[MarkJ]

Tim, i think your right about that panther pink

[yellowsportwagon]

1 hour ago, MarkJ said:

Tim, i think your right about that panther pink

It was a purpleish pink. They used factory colors for the most part.

[twotonegmc]

Thanks everyone...I really want to get this as close as I can...I feel like the wrong shade will ruin this build!

 

 

 

Edited June 3, 2020 by twotonegmc
grammar/spelling error

[MarkJ]

Here's one of the photos I used for mine but sometimes photos can be wrong.

[jokar124]

Was Marty Robbins a college graduate or Sun Devils football fan?

Arizona State University colors are "Pink Raspberry" and "Spanish Yellow", looking just like the car in photos!