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| cal914 |
 Feb 9 2016, 01:35 PM
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We have recently bought a matching numbers 914/6 and it needs some restoration work including a bare metal re-spray. It is (original) Alaska [edit: should have said Adriatic blue] Blue and we are not keen on that colour. Our favourite colour is Signal Orange.
We will be keeping the car once restored and driving it and showing it, for the foreseeable. We would be interested to hear views on the effect on value in changing the colour. Thanks Kate/Brian |
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| boxsterfan |
Feb 9 2016, 10:26 PM
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914's are kewl Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 6-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 791 Region Association: Northern California |
Adriatic Blue is one of the best colors. It will hurt the value of a fully restored 9i4/6 by at least 20% as others have said. It's your car, do what you want.
If you really wanted a signal orange /6, you should restore and sell this one and keep looking for one to restore for yourself. |
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| gereed75 |
Feb 10 2016, 07:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,427 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States 
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do not change the color!!! For all the reasons given here and also so that you never have to say "it is not the original color"
I suggest that if your ultimate dream car is a sig orange, then go on the quest to find one. Having a wonderful Adriatic car in the process is a great start as a basis to trade or sell or whatever. It will become part of the story in the quest for that sig orange one when you finally get it. I just don't think that you want part of that story to be "I painted it sig orange....was blue". These cars and their stories become part of your life. Enjoy the process |
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cal914 914/6 - changing the colour from original Feb 9 2016, 01:35 PM
Tom_T Kate & Brian,
I've struggled with the sam... Feb 9 2016, 02:32 PM
cal914 "Also - Alaska Blue was not a 1970 nor 1971 c... Feb 9 2016, 03:10 PM stevegm
We have recently bought a matching numbers 914/6 ... Feb 9 2016, 02:41 PM 7TPorsh A few years back changing the color was no big dea... Feb 9 2016, 02:50 PM Ferg I would hazard a guess at about 20%
Many collecto... Feb 9 2016, 02:53 PM rick 918-S
I would hazard a guess at about 20%
Many collect... Feb 9 2016, 03:00 PM rgalla9146
I would hazard a guess at about 20%
Many collec... Feb 9 2016, 10:04 PM rgalla9146
I would hazard a guess at about 20%
Many collec... Feb 9 2016, 10:05 PM ConeDodger :agree:
And further, the 914 blue colors are gre... Feb 9 2016, 02:59 PM johnhora A start would be to deduct the cost of a professio... Feb 9 2016, 03:04 PM Mark Henry Few questions...
Are you willing to take a hit on... Feb 9 2016, 03:06 PM Jeff Bowlsby Collectors in the market for an investment car wil... Feb 9 2016, 03:18 PM SirAndy Collectors in the market for an investment car wil... Feb 9 2016, 05:01 PM jor Please enjoy this decision -- this is the kind of ... Feb 9 2016, 03:41 PM johnhora If this is the correct Adriatic Blue....it's a... Feb 9 2016, 03:58 PM Cairo94507 Blah blah blah...... yeah, you are going to take a... Feb 9 2016, 04:03 PM 396
Blah blah blah...... yeah, you are going to take ... Feb 9 2016, 04:43 PM Larmo63 Funny, Adriatic Blue is the best color on a stock ... Feb 9 2016, 05:16 PM bigkensteele
Funny, Adriatic Blue is the best color on a stock... Feb 9 2016, 05:28 PM Tom_T http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/p914.... Feb 9 2016, 05:26 PM thomasotten Being one who has changed the color of his car, I ... Feb 9 2016, 05:28 PM siverson :agree:
IMO, Adriatic Blue is one of the best co... Feb 9 2016, 05:54 PM sixnotfour if its not the COA color ,,its not numbers matchin... Feb 9 2016, 06:01 PM Tom_T So Kate & Brian - I'm assuming it may be a... Feb 9 2016, 06:11 PM Larmo63 DO NOT change that color!!!!!... Feb 9 2016, 10:20 PM Cairo94507 For some of us, time is one of the issues. To kee... Feb 10 2016, 08:04 AM Tom_T With only perhaps half or maybe 70-75% of the 3333... Feb 10 2016, 09:16 AM Mark Henry You know there is another option, paint your 914 t... Feb 10 2016, 10:17 AM Tom_T
You know there is another option, paint your 914 ... Feb 10 2016, 11:03 AM daytona My self I prefer to repaint in the original color.... Feb 10 2016, 12:08 PM Cairo94507 Yeah....so I never implied that other sixes that w... Feb 10 2016, 11:01 PM Tom_T
Yeah....so I never implied that other sixes that ... Feb 11 2016, 12:19 AM mountainroads
We have recently bought a matching numbers 914/6 ... Feb 11 2016, 12:13 PM Mark Henry Likely the best answer is if it's a real six k... Feb 11 2016, 02:32 PM Tom_T
How do the colour purists stand on the subject of... Feb 11 2016, 08:13 PM scotty b The other thing no one has asked/mentioned yet is ... Feb 11 2016, 03:36 PM Tom_T
.... nor am I a CW zealot when looking at or tal... Feb 11 2016, 08:14 PM Mark Henry
.... nor am I a CW zealot when looking at or ta... Feb 11 2016, 10:38 PM gandalf_025 In a word........... Yes
A color change will... Feb 11 2016, 03:52 PM Cairo94507 Definitely! Feb 11 2016, 10:27 PM |
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