Caterham colour scheme?

[L100NYY]

I'm in the process of speccing a Caterham R400 and think that a 'retro' racing colour scheme would be quite cool. Top of the list at the moment are the Gulf colours or John Player aka 70's Lotus. Any suggestions?

[tja]

Lotus F1 Type 49?

[L100NYY]

Good idea, didn't think of that one. I watched Le Mans on DVD last night for some inspiration but no joy. I know Radical had a demo in JPS colours which looked quite cool in a retro kind of way.

[bertie]

An R400 is not a retro car, you need something to make it stand out. Makes it safer too as other see you comming (Rapidly!)

I'd suggest Aztec Orange but I would wouldn't I.

[littlegearl]

seen a couple of 'Gulf' Caterhams...

however, a true pro would paint their car in 'pink-pig' (or bertha-pig to the germans) colours... this has to be one of the most outrageous AND recogniseable colourschemes ever...

basically, people were a bit rude about the 917 longtail saying it looked a bit like a Pig... Porsche's response was to decorate one with Butcher's Meat Cuts...

here's a picture (sorry its B&W) to show how cool it looks:

[V6GTO]

Perhaps you could copy the dotted lines but name the sections Ford Escort-Morris Minor-Hillman Imp etc. etc.