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Posted by: Korijo Nov 1 2004, 08:50 PM

my stock color is olympic blue, which is close to gulf blue, right ?

i want to brite'n up my oly blue with orange, yellow, or ... black out trim, with painted roof, or...

you got more pics, kelly ?

Posted by: seanery Nov 1 2004, 08:58 PM

here's some http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/cgi-bin/main?action=gallery&id=5:

Posted by: ppickerell Nov 1 2004, 09:02 PM

Dave,
There was a killer thread of Gulf Orange cars on the Pelican 911 tech forum about a month ago. Including this gorgeous Boxster conversion


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Posted by: qa1142 Nov 1 2004, 09:44 PM

Ok, so someone with photo shop....

Can you add a orange stripe to Mine?


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Posted by: VegasRacer Nov 1 2004, 11:35 PM

Here's a quickie. It looks better if you squint your eyes.


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Posted by: bryanthompson Nov 1 2004, 11:57 PM

Here's my try at it.


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Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 12:10 AM

here are a few of the 908 that was at the historics this year


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Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 12:10 AM

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Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 12:14 AM

917


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Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 12:15 AM

I stole these last two from this thread on the pelican board


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177570&highlight=gulf


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Posted by: Korijo Nov 2 2004, 12:51 AM

nice ! thanks well, I *think my mind is made up <_<

anyone got a color code for the orange ?

Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 01:17 AM

Stole these from a PP thread too...


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Posted by: echocanyons Nov 2 2004, 01:17 AM

orange


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Posted by: DougC Nov 2 2004, 11:24 AM

Dave, I think it would look really nice if you do it more subtley, as in maybe not a big stripe but rather do the recessed areas of your Fuchs wheels in the gulf orange and maybe the rocker panels and both valances too. then smooth the roof and do it in solid blue. My .02 ...

Doug C

Posted by: Pnambic Nov 2 2004, 11:32 AM

Sounds pretty nice, but again, we need some Photochop examples to help me picture it....

Posted by: hargray2 Nov 2 2004, 11:37 AM

I slammed it to the ground with photoshop and I can't find the original.
Not exactly the correct colors.


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Posted by: DougC Nov 2 2004, 02:22 PM

Kinda Like the Opposite of this.. imagine light blue car with orange wheels and rockers/valances..more like a "nod" to Gulf but not a replica. Maybe even orange bumpers would work.

Doug C


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Posted by: Korijo Nov 2 2004, 03:43 PM

i'm thinking half blue/ half orange on the 916 bumpers. orange rockers, wheels, & spoiler ?

Posted by: Dave_Darling Nov 2 2004, 04:55 PM

Hmm, that might work well...

I was considering an orange arrow (vinyl sticker) for my car, like on the Targa Florio 908s. I once saw a pic of Brian Redmond with one of those, and the image really stuck in my head. The arrow started at the back of the car, and went along the top (offset to the right of center) and terminated in an arrowhead about 2/3 of the way up along the front deck lid.

Mine would only be on the blue-painted areas, not on the roof.


....Have you tried playing with the 914 stuff in http://www.retromotorcompany.co.uk/selecta/ps.htm ? That might give you an idea of what it would look like.

--DD

Posted by: mercdev Nov 2 2004, 05:54 PM

Had to try my hand at it


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Posted by: Qarl Nov 2 2004, 06:48 PM

Do the side P O R S C H E stripes in orange. MikeZ can have them made..

Or maybe just the rockers and the front and rear valance.

And highlight the Fuchs backgrounds

Posted by: URY914 Nov 2 2004, 06:53 PM

love the aarows


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Posted by: URY914 Nov 2 2004, 06:55 PM

zz


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Posted by: URY914 Nov 2 2004, 06:58 PM

here is a shot of my back yard...


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Posted by: seanery Nov 2 2004, 07:00 PM

thanks for taking those things off my hands, paul...I was just runnin' out of room for them clunkers

Posted by: TimT Nov 2 2004, 07:04 PM

I love how no wheels are on the ground!!!

Posted by: URY914 Nov 2 2004, 07:39 PM

Here is a shot of the courtyard. This the day I had the garage sale and sold off those slugs.


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Posted by: URY914 Nov 2 2004, 07:41 PM

Tim, you mean like this?


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Posted by: qa1142 Nov 2 2004, 07:43 PM

Hey, I like my new avatar!

Thanks Mercdev!

Posted by: SpecialK Nov 2 2004, 08:21 PM

Pretty kuhl for a replica (NARP)....

http://www.kraftwerkz.net/news.htm


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Posted by: krk Nov 2 2004, 08:37 PM

Wow. Nice 911!

kim.

Posted by: Pnambic Nov 2 2004, 08:45 PM

...per Dave's Bus Selecta link, plus a little help...

It doesn't have the 916 bumpers, but gives a pretty close idea.

I think it looks better than I thought it would.


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Posted by: Korijo Nov 2 2004, 09:03 PM

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Posted by: mercdev Nov 2 2004, 09:35 PM

just playing around


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 2 2004, 09:35 PM

me like!!!

needs rally lights

Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 2 2004, 09:38 PM

done - with rally lights up front


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Posted by: Chuck Moreland Nov 2 2004, 09:57 PM

Did someone say Gulf Colors?

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Posted by: Britain Smith Nov 2 2004, 11:40 PM

Welcome Chuck...I follow your car on the bird board. I am also a 912 owner, and I love what you have done with the early body...

Posted by: ! Nov 2 2004, 11:44 PM

GULF COLORS ARE COOL...BUT THE SIDE SCRIPT SHOULD BE A CONTRASTING COLOR....LIKE BLACK OR WHITE....

Posted by: dinomium Nov 4 2004, 02:13 PM

Ihave been thinnking about this livery too! So kewl. The orginal color is a Triumph code called Powder Blue and Marigold for the stripe. The outline stripe is a dark blue... The reason the blue is so "washed out" looking is because the paint was thinned and applied as lightly as possible to save wieght. Same is true for the GT-40s...
I say go for it, but I am taking #20 !

Posted by: Meredith Nov 4 2004, 03:18 PM

I was wondering when you would pop in! Your car was the first one I thought of when I started reading this thread. It's a beauty.

Mer

Posted by: Chuck Moreland Nov 4 2004, 05:54 PM

Meredith, thanks for the comments. I debated several color schemes when I painted this car, but when it was all said and done I had to have gulf colors. No regrets

Posted by: ematulac Nov 4 2004, 05:59 PM

Here's some pics from the for sale ads. Wish I had better ones for you to see.


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Posted by: ematulac Nov 4 2004, 06:01 PM

another


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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 4 2004, 06:27 PM

This looks amazingly like 914 LE color concept...Way cool


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Posted by: ematulac Nov 4 2004, 06:57 PM

It looks really cool.

Posted by: Gustl Nov 5 2004, 01:58 AM

there was even a 916 in this color pattern (9142330020):

Posted by: qa1142 Nov 5 2004, 10:37 AM

Now THAT is COOL!

Anyone know where that car is? $$$$$$$$

Posted by: DougC Nov 5 2004, 10:45 AM

Hey, I'd like to make another suggestion... look at the picture that Bowlsby posted, do exactly that but bring the orange color that's on the rocker panels a little bit further up maybe 2 or 3 inches. Then run a strip of black vinyl tape (1/4") to seperate the orange and blue. This will give the illusion of having larger rocker panels and smaller doors like the Gulf 917s.... I watched McQueen's "LeMans" last night, LOL..

Doug C

Posted by: Gustl Nov 5 2004, 11:47 AM

my last info is, that this car should be in Florida ...
anyone else???

btw - the above pic is from August 1974

this pic is from 1972, a few weeks after it left Stuttgard:


don't know why it was repainted, but I think both ways look cool

So long,
Gustl

Posted by: URY914 Nov 5 2004, 02:06 PM

That black/orange one above looks like it has the 914 graphic on the hood. Its the one that has the 914 at the base of the stripes leading over the hood.

Very '70's

Paul

Posted by: Gustl Nov 5 2004, 04:32 PM

off course there's no 914 graphic on the front hood, but a 916:


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Posted by: rick 918-S Nov 6 2004, 12:10 AM

I'd do that stripe in a minute! Very dated!

Posted by: Korijo Nov 6 2004, 01:01 AM

OMG

Posted by: Gustl Nov 6 2004, 08:18 AM

wanna more ...??

voila:


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Posted by: newdeal2 Nov 6 2004, 12:03 PM

It's been my experiance in building hundreds of "Gulf Blue" 917's and other historic Porsches that it tends to be more of a muted powder blue. The older pictures are not all that accurate. Many restorations have gotten it wrong.

I was able to find a color from DuPont named " Gulf Blue" and the code is 328 from 1978.

Posted by: Korijo Nov 6 2004, 03:54 PM

oh yea ! me like, me like

Posted by: Korijo Nov 6 2004, 04:20 PM

searching around & found this site http://www.designsinm.com/html/422.html

917 gulf model for $69. is that a fair price ?

Posted by: newdeal2 Nov 6 2004, 06:24 PM

Sounds like a fair price if it's 1/18th scale. The colors just about right.

Posted by: Gustl Nov 6 2004, 06:45 PM

... o.k., o.k., here's one more ... but this is the last one

it's the cover of the magazine where these pics are from


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Posted by: VegasRacer Nov 6 2004, 08:20 PM

I had this photo saved in the flolder of desk top images I have used in the past.


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Posted by: seanery Nov 6 2004, 09:30 PM

Is that gulf model Auto Art or Exotto? If it's Auto Art it may be a bit high. Exotto's stuff is steps above and would normally go for low triple digits.

Posted by: Gustl Nov 7 2004, 03:53 AM

even Ford race cars came with Gulf colors:
http://www.alpimodel.com/bsk/for10014t.html
http://www.alpimodel.com/ixo/lm1969.html

Posted by: Korijo Nov 7 2004, 02:08 PM

i think its auto art...

Posted by: hargray2 Nov 7 2004, 03:14 PM

I just snapped this today. Not a Porsche though.


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Posted by: hargray2 Nov 7 2004, 03:15 PM

nother


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Posted by: DougC Nov 9 2004, 09:58 AM

Is there a Part number for that radio antanea that's mounted on the roof of the black/orange 916? I like it..

Doug C

Posted by: Gustl Nov 9 2004, 11:00 AM

don't think so
at the other pic (silver/orange) there is the factory original antenna
the type you like came together with the new paint

Posted by: echocanyons Nov 9 2004, 04:04 PM

Werent the antennas in some of the 916's in the windscreen/windsheild?

Posted by: Gustl Nov 9 2004, 04:20 PM

jepp ... George Hussey's 916 has got the windshield antenna

Posted by: qa1142 Nov 10 2004, 08:37 AM

I think I have been made un-pure(ist)

Dan can you do this one with 4 lug Fuchs and black bumper tops?




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