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 ?

here's some Patrick MS:

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

Ok, so someone with photo shop....

Can you add a orange stripe to Mine?

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

Here's my try at it.

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

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917

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


gulf on bird board

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

anyone got a color code for the orange ?

Stole these from a PP thread too...

orange

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

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

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

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

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

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 Bus Selecta ? That might give you an idea of what it would look like.

--DD

Had to try my hand at it

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

love the aarows

zz

here is a shot of my back yard...

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

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

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

Tim, you mean like this?

Hey, I like my new avatar!

Thanks Mercdev!

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

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

Wow. Nice 911!

kim.

...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.

just playing around

me like!!!

needs rally lights

done - with rally lights up front

Did someone say Gulf Colors?

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...

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

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 !

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

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

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

another

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

It looks really cool.

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

Now THAT is COOL!

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

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