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My Diablo Flambé seen in more pics at my thread here.

 

Flames upon flames. Had a co-worker of mine use my CorelDRAW electronic file to cut the base out of clear plastic sheet that had a thin black laminate on the bottom, and then he engraved through the laminate to create the lettering, which I spray painted red. Spiffy effect, used a black magic marker to 'color' the sides of the clear sheet material.

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Holy cow. I've just realized that a flame job either by decals or paint is something I've yet to do. Well successfully that is. I laid these a while back. I let them dry for a week and they wrinkled when I laid acrylic clear over them.

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That's is something I shall have to remedy.

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I have a photo from my youth, but the black smoke from the burning plastic obscured the flames. :(

Some really cool flame jobs here! :)

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I have a photo from my youth, but the black smoke from the burning plastic obscured the flames. :(

When I was 12 I decided to get a picture of a car on fire. So I lit up my Tijuana Taxi and snapped a picture of it on fire with my Polariod Swinger camera. It burned to the ground while I waited the 30 seconds for the photo to develop... and all I got was a picture of a bright spot!

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Like Tom, I only have only little flame car in my bunch:

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I even have mild flames on my HHR panel.

That looks really good, one of the best upgraded HHRs I've seen. What's the main color, and what are the wheels?

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Hi Bill,

The paint on my 2008 HHR is called 'Merlot Jewel Metallic Clearcoat' and the wheels are from Moon Equipment . They carried the only 'Halibrand style' wheels that would fit on Chevy HHRs at the time. There may be others now.

I bought the car/truck new in late 2008 when the dealer was having a really hard time selling a 'loaded' panel truck. I've always liked 'sedan deliveries, and here was my chance to have a totally dependable and economical interesting vehicle. It's strictly a toy to me....not a daily driver and it doesn't see even rain, let alone snow. I also have a regular HHR wagon that I use as a daily driver.

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Thats too bad, Rob, I really like those flames on the white paint.

Thanks. I'll get back to the build soon but I doubt I'll do the white again. Flames are a solid maybe though, because I just scored another couple sets of those decals.

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When I was 12 I decided to get a picture of a car on fire. So I lit up my Tijuana Taxi and snapped a picture of it on fire with my Polariod Swinger camera. It burned to the ground while I waited the 30 seconds for the photo to develop... and all I got was a picture of a bright spot!

A bright spot in your youth, Tom? :lol:

As my old ships got old from switching to cars I had a Christ Craft that my cousin and I set afire and pushed it out into a small pond .. was pretty awesome with all the black smoke. .eheh it sailed pretty well and balanced .. until the burned out hole in the hull sunk it.

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