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I was talking to someone the other day about what colour I wanted to paint my "Cal Looker" when it finally gets done......

And the best description of the colour I wanted was "Baby Poo Green"  :-\  ;D

Now I know that might sound a little wierd to some but a few of you will get what I mean  ;)

I haven't really decided on a final colour yet as there are SOOOOOOOOO many cool old original colours out there......

So give me some inspiration...... I am looking for those wierd/horrible/sickly Brown, Green, Yellows  etc etc

I look forward to seeing your ideas  :)

Baby Poo Green... that would be   L346 Mango-green 

My 1973 VW Squareback had a particularly unlovely shade of "baby shit brown". Like the real thing it didn't look much better up close.......
I think the technical term is "Honey Brown".

http://www.cartype.com/pics/5368/full/vw_wagon_type-3_1_s_73.jpg

if you want a cool color that will fit right in with all the trendy "earth tones" that seem to be "must haves" to be Cal Look thse days, check out Ocra Giallo on Google, it's an old old Alfa Romeo color.

Yes with Jim on that one also Porsche Bahama Yellow, that's the colour I'm thinking of doing the NSU.

A colour people love to hate.....i like it


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that's the same one as Roland 68

look like  a Panama brown , sebastian painted his late model in that color
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there's painted also the golf 1 in this color
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Honey brown, acrylic with 1/4 clear topcoat

all depends on what the baby ate or drank really...

olive and chartreuse come to mind. both lovely pourche colors. the olive one was posted recently on the lounge.

if the baby ate radioactive breast milk it would probably lean towards viper green (no real experience there)

The rear wheels and fenders look really good on this.

Hmmmmm so interesting thoughts...... Especially from Nicolas  :D ;)

I am thinkin more GREEN'S  :-\ Porsche "goldgreen" is the kinda colour I am taking about  :-\

I know there was a few BRITISH colour from the 70's MG's Rovers etc etc

The reason I am not posting pictures is because I KNOW the colours I have seen and I want some outside input......

Plus I thought it would make a cool thread  ;) :)

Hmmmmm Nice colour but again I am thinkin more Greeny  :-\ :)

This is the colour I'm 99% set on for my new oval 8)

Very cool colour, A bit too "browny" for me  ;) :)

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That's nice fabs, I like it a lot

NOW we are getting close  ;)

I have seen a few pic's of that car in the background of other car shots - Who's was it ??? Any info on the colour ???

Maybe a little more browny  ;)

I am guesin this is MG Lime flower green  :-\ :)

I am thinking about a mix of..........

Hey Lee.... Hope alls well in Norway....

I kinda feel like the whole earth tone dull beige / brown shades are getting a little overdone and boring,

Thinking of colours that remind me of being a kid in the 70's....

LOTS of dark aubergine that no-one seems to use now, (porsche did a nice shade of it)

Or if you're brave a lime green..... Miura style.

Jick

Hey Jick - Its been a while..... Things are ok-ish over here - The women are a NIGHTMARE!  ;) :D :) Are you going to ebi  ???

Anyway I do get what your sayin about the colour thing but I think its more about the overall "Look" of the car  :-\ I mean things like how these kind of colours LOOK against FUCHS  :-\

I do like the Miura Green ALOT but I think its a bit too "Harsh" for a bug  :-\ :)

So anymore thoughts  ??? ;) :)

" dark aubergine that no-one seems to use now, (porsche did a nice shade of it)"

That is the other way I MIGHT go  :o :D ;) :)

for some reason I always think of a deep forest metallic green when I think of what I would have been driving in the early 1970's, VW ..... just a thought 8)

How about Porsche Ravenna Green?

1974 Porsche Colors?

My Alfa GTj in Yellow Ochre[attachment=1]

the car was in DVB may be frenchy can help you

It is a really great car. I'd copy it for sure!

No "copying" for me just inspiration  ;) :)

I am kinda diggin this Lambo colour (also notice the pirelli's!)  ;D

I'm leaning towards Porsche Sepia Brown for my new car, I've been a fan of it since one of the guys in Half A Brain bought a 912 in Sepia back in the late 90's.

Hey Lee......

Unfortunately no EBI for me this year, lots of boring reasons, hopefully next time!

http://www.elevenhundred.com/marina/MarinaColours.php

Have a look at some of the colours above.... Lots of really nice 70's ones!

(once on that page, click on the other Morris models listed right at the top and you'll find a bunch more colour swatches)


Jick

Don't let my wife see Plum Loco... ::)

haha.........I was very nearly going to ask Lee if he was brave enough for that shade!

Might be Golden Green? awesome Porsche color....

Actually Golden green and Campervan green are pretty close....