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I've been thinking about colours for my next project - The 70's Looker

I really love the porsche 911 colours from the 70's in particular "olive green" has anyone seen a bug in this colour? Or even beter does anyone know a link to a site that has a porsche colour charts from the 70's?

Also any pic's of porsche coloured looker would be great  ;) :)

Another cool colour  :)

http://www.elferhelfer.com/farben.htm

WOW cheers dude thats just what I was looking for  :)

hey lee,

.....i have a really cool porsche color for you, i used it to paint a 66 i had about 12 years ago, i thought it was from '72 but its not on that link above.

i LOVE the color, as did everyone whoever saw it (sold it unfinished when i lost my garage space)

want me to posta pic or email you??  ;)

Hey Buddy sounds interesting - stick a pick on here - information sharing thats what its all about  :)

i was so tempted to use it again on my '64 gasser project as i've never seen it on any other car, but i think i should use something i havent used before........and i'm not sure it'd go too well with the interior i have planned. ;D

(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/jick-r/burnusbackend.jpg)

thats the only shot i have loaded at the moment....if you're interested i can scan some more.

dont be shy if you think its shit..... :D

in the flesh its a really nice terracota color.

That looks like a cool colour dude - its almost like a lighter version of sepia brown - I'd like to see a few more some time (maybe at slough)

I really like the look of the 68 - 69 "gold-green" thats a colour I've never seen used before  ;)

yeah, i'll bring a few to slough,

i got a sepia sample & the one above, painted 1 wing each color and made my decision.

that Goldgreen is really nice....i think a nice old style shade of green works SO well on a bug.

do you have a copy of Volksworld issue 6?

it has such a cool car on page 54....its kinda what i based my Mango Green car on, its on similar lines to that greengold shade.

Cool I'll look forward to seeing them - and no I don't have that issue of Volksworld, Wish I did  :)

My main aim with the colour choice is to find an original porsche or vw colour that hasn't been used on a looker before (well at least for a few years)  :) its gonna be a hard task I think  :-\

this looks like your colour dude  ???

yeah..it really does, maybe a little more reddy/orange than mine?

or it could be the california sun instead of the Weston-Super-Mare dull, depressive, dole-queue darkness.  ;)

here's a scan of that pic from Volksworld 6.....
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/jick-r/norwaypic.jpg)

it's maybe a little too much on the green side of that Porsche color......?

another color that i've always thought could work well is harvest gold, used on MG's and Maxi's etc.....very 70's.....?

Cesar Pasilla's old 66 looker (RIP).  It was Sepia Brown.

Oh my God!!! that colour is AMAZING  ;D ;D I've gotta find out what it is (ie the code) I do also like the Sepia brown but its been done way to many times now (no offence ment :))

I've done some surfin and I think that colour is "Sebring Green" - Anyone know if I'm right? ???

I forgot to mention how cool that engine is - its awsome! is that a "Thing" Fan Housing? ???

Low profile Brazilian shroud.
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C24%2D040%2D119%2D025

Handy page that. :)

Should have something in one of those shades by Bug-In with any luck.

hey dude....glad you like that shade......it is VERY cool isn't it?

sebring green?   what manufacturer?

i was really hoping to get my '59 done for Bug In, but that isn't gonna happen now unfortunately.. >:(   

Sounds interesting dude - VW or Porsche ???


Sebring Green is a porsche 912 colour from 72 - What wrong with the 59 why won't she make it?

i'm self employed & just suddenly & unexpectedly  last week had to put 10k into a property deal that was 99% done to stop the bank from backing out. >:( >:(

that was my living&car money for the next 4 or 5 months......so now....i'm really fucked. ;D

Bummer dude sorry to hear that, Hope it won't delay her for too long  ???

yeah....she'll be done for 2007....it would be cool if i can get her done for the Volksworld show.

VW, it's for my grlfriend, she's done with being a passenger, with my driving at any rate. It's going to have an interesting engine, a 1776 but with something along the lines of an 84mm crank and 94mm barrels as she doesn't want anything too OTT. :)

Sounds cool dude I can't wait to see some pic's  ;) also sounds like a pretty interesting engine, why are you going for that combo?

Also here's a cool pic i found - I think that is "Sebring Green"

You mean 64 crank and 94 barrels?

Also here's a nice 914 colour "Willow Green" (I think)

Here's another link to some super cool colours (914 this time) enjoy :)

http://homepage.mac.com/markd/914/colors.html

May have some pics soon but they’ll be a bit dull, mostly welds, for now. She doesn’t want anything bigger than a 1776 so I am limited as to what I can use. :D (To be honest I’m not sure what we’re going to use yet but it has to work with 48DRLA’s and either Pauter B’s or wedge ports as that’s what we have and at the end of the day a smaller motor isn’t a whole lot less than a bigger one anyway Currently thinking bigger but with a mildish cam, er, I’ll rephrase that, I’m thinking bigger, she’s still thinks she’s having a 1776).


Definitely 84, and no one’s telling me that it isn’t 1776. If pushed I may concede and go for a stock size crank. I think a 78 would come out at 1584cc? ;)

Definitely 84, and no one’s telling me that it isn’t 1776. If pushed I may concede and go for a stock size crank. I think a 78 would come out at 1584cc? ;)

he he he.....i think Zach doesnt know his engines... :D ;)

;)

It's amazing how many different combo's there are. :)