Non-original Dino Paint Accent

I seek the community’s visceral reaction to my interest in adding an “accent” racing stripe to my Dino. I am preparing to paint with a gray-silver metallic the freshly restored chassis. I have sketched on paper the concept of a bright yellow “wine glass” shaped area from the front hood narrowing until at a point somewhat forward of the window spritzers a 12-inch wide stripe over the roof, which when continuing reward at the end of the engine lid widening again (in a wine glass contour) to end at the rear deck lid. If well designed, one could impose a "Zebra" effect where the net effect might lead to the question, "Is the car gray with yellow stripe, or yellow with gray side accent." That is, is the car yellow on gray or gray on yellow.

If anyone has time and is proficient with sketching software, a rough drawing superimposed on a real Dino would be great. I have seen some remarkable artistic talent on this Chat room. While I understand this is not original, I believe it would accent the car nicely. Furthermore, I know many will respond in one of two ways: 1) “It’s your car, do what makes you happy.” Or 2) “Why alter what is a lovely original design.”

Any other thoughts? Potential impact on value (not that I plan on selling)? Reponses are appreciated before I sober up.

Thanks.

Jim S.

 

Vik - thank you for moving my question into the Dino forum. However, I believe the question is more general and not model specific. That is why I posted the thread in the General forum. It concerns community reaction to "bold" paint design on original Ferraris. That said, I respect your judgement.

Thank you.

Jim S.

 

Allow me to rephrase - "...Vintage (thru Dino/365 GTC4)..."

JCR - thank you for your constructive thoughts. My seats are black with red Daytona inserts. Carpets likely to be gray. Black leather door panels and firewall cover.

Thanks.

Jim S.

 

Jim - thanks for the input. Will work with painter's tape to trace out the shape.

Thanks.

Jim S.

 

Jeff G., omgjon's son, was kind enough to work with Photoshop to create some examples of Dino's with stripes. While this was not exactly the shape I was thinking of, they are stunning. I was think more of an hour-glass shape.

What do you think?

Jim S.
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John, thanks for the information. Glad that others have chosen to be so bold.

Thanks.

Jim S.