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> L97H, a tribute to Metallic Gold
bradtho
post Sep 27 2014, 03:39 PM
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This one's for you Ferg!!

Apparently I'm in the minority, but I love the pure 70's look of our gold metallic color. Unfortunately my car had a Maaco respray that wasn't very gold and wasn't very metallic. I took care of that this year by getting my car repainted by Mark Israel at Eurotech Bodywerkes.

Today was the first time I washed it since getting the car back and got lucky with a sunny day, so I finally got around to taking some good pics of the car. I thought I might get a better reception from this crowd than I get from my wife.

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post Sep 27 2014, 03:44 PM
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Looks awesome! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Sep 27 2014, 03:45 PM
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part of this project was the 5 lug conversion. I'd been collecting the parts, but couldn't use them because I wanted to use the 15x7 wheels and they don't fit without a bit of persuasion. So we got the fenders massaged a bit before putting the new paint on. Weidmann did the wheels in the RS finish.

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post Sep 27 2014, 03:52 PM
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Looks great! I love the color!
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post Sep 27 2014, 03:54 PM
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Of course everyone thinks you're crazy when you tell them you're painting the car gold, but when you see it in the sunlight it's really amazing. It's almost like one of those color shifting paint jobs. Sometimes more yellow and sometimes more mustard. Occasionally it takes on a weird green'ish tint.

When I was taking deliver the painter came over to me and said "dude, when I heard you wanted to paint this gold, I thought Why?, but now that I see it I totally love it".

It's definitely a love or hate color, not much middle ground.

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post Sep 27 2014, 04:11 PM
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post Sep 27 2014, 04:11 PM
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you have to see it in person to really get how nice that color suits the 914!
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post Sep 27 2014, 04:23 PM
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Looks kick ass bud! Congrats
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post Sep 27 2014, 04:27 PM
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AMAZING! Bet the in person view is to DIE for... I've got a silver car and it just doesn't photograph like what you see.

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post Sep 27 2014, 04:28 PM
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I [i]think this is the color that Michael (Cario95407) is going to paint his new six? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

Seriously, looks fantastic. Really nice car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

Where did you get the sixer rear valance? I'm looking for one.
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post Sep 27 2014, 04:41 PM
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I'm a fan of all of the colors (really) and this gold is just FANTASTIC! The digital images really pop, too.

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post Sep 27 2014, 05:03 PM
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Wow, that's the unenhanced color? Stunning. Looks like candy. Another color that faded quickly on cars like many of the metallics so we had no idea how SWEET it was.
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post Sep 27 2014, 05:32 PM
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Sorry to hear you are getting such a poor reception from your wife. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Don't know if we will give you a better reception here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) .....but your car...that's a different story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Your car is beautiful! I've never seen one with decent paint....the few I've seen have had really crappy repaints, which would not have persuaded me to keep the color.
Props for the courage to give it a go....and well done. It looks cool, very 70s, and unusual. Any idea of how many received that color.

Hope to see it in person some day....

And may ask a question or two, later on, re your restoration....I am just NOT getting things finished off in my neck of the woods.

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post Sep 27 2014, 05:42 PM
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REAL nice. The swell wheels finish the package.
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post Sep 27 2014, 06:20 PM
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Stunning! I am adding your car to my desktop rotation. Beautifully done.

Love the wheels too and the shaved side signals.
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post Sep 27 2014, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE(altitude411 @ Sep 27 2014, 02:28 PM) *

I [i]think this is the color that Michael (Cario95407) is going to paint his new six? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

Seriously, looks fantastic. Really nice car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

Where did you get the sixer rear valance? I'm looking for one.


No, that is the original color of Cairo's car, but he absolutely refuses to consider it. I think he is going with Light Ivory.
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post Sep 27 2014, 06:40 PM
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Cairo will come around. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 27 2014, 06:46 PM
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Cairo will come around. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I'm pretty sure these pics are going to be his new background. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)
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post Sep 27 2014, 07:28 PM
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QUOTE(bradtho @ Sep 27 2014, 05:54 PM) *

When I was taking deliver the painter came over to me and said "dude, when I heard you wanted to paint this gold, I thought Why?, but now that I see it I totally love it".

It's definitely a love or hate color, not much middle ground.




no middle ground for me, I love it...and yours looks great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Sep 27 2014, 07:35 PM
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I've never seen one that color BUT I LOVE IT!!!!!

Wow, that looks so cool with the RSR finish on the wheels.

Fantastic!!!
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