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Originally Posted by 1983ScarabIII
(Post 4824757)
I love(not) the bowling alley images too. You know, like the formulas had, circle, triangle, square. We looked past a few of those more than once. Good boats, but we couldn't get past the dated design. (Sorry if someone on here has that).
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I would venture to say a lot of the 80's paintjobs aged better than the early 90's ones. That being said, in 1991, when you saw a Cafe Racer with pink and blue triangles and circles it was the coolest thing you ever saw.
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Originally Posted by senzaspectre
(Post 4824699)
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...4cc96d3e9c.jpg
You can thank Miami Vice for such a cool color combo of the 80s and 90s. - My old 1990 Larson Senza Spectre. And agree with the other comment. Early 90's definitely not as cool as the 80's. The formula palm beach imron setup is actually really slick as well. |
Originally Posted by TomZ
(Post 4824760)
Miami Vice for the win (depending on how you look at it). It all started there (really via MTV).
https://www.looper.com/257978/the-un...of-miami-vice/ 1988 marked the first year of "Palm Beach Imron" for Formula and the color combination pretty much stuck around (in variations) through the early 90's. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...d3501f267.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...66a789e68.jpeg |
Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
(Post 4824795)
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For a lot of us it was those 80's paint and graphics that caught our attention on these boats. It was just another part of what drew us to the boating world.
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i like the 80s 90s graphics much better than the kid scribble of todays paint lack of talent i guess? the first JBS racing was cool ii also love the colors on the Out of Control skater
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https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...3a032e3a1d.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...505e3d77c4.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...0ca421859a.jpg love the 80s look but i have since changed mine. got rid of the checker and the green |
the reason for the crazy colors and wild graphics was because the '80's were all about excess. men were men and carried big hand guns, women were women and wore tight dress, parties were out of control and you could say what you meant with out getting sued for sexual harassment. every thing was done over the top because you could and because this is America damnit.
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