Can Sepia ever be cool?

[ibmiked]

I'm not interested in bashing anyone's color choice, but from time to time I see Sepia cars come up for sale and I'm amazed at how quickly I dismiss them. There is almost not another period color that I don't at least feel has some appeal or the ability to make it look good.

Does anyone have a cool looking Sepia car or pictures of one that could prove me wrong and open my eyes to this color?

Cheers,
-Mike

[Cornpanzer]

I have always liked Sepia. It was (obviously) popular in the early 70's and it was a popular color on the Cal-Look VW's of the 70's which is another one of my passions.

Has anyone noticed how hard the Porsche Marketing Department is pushing brown as a new color. Most of the Panamacarena press cars were brown and the Cayman in Car & Driver this month is Brown. Brown is the new Black?

[Cornpanzer]

How about this one?

[ibmiked]

Thank you, that is EXACTLY what I've never seen, a cool Sepia car. Most you see today still have the black '73 over-riders and tan interiors. Not an ugly car per-se, but not most people's definition of cool either.

Any other pictures Dave, or anyone else?

-Mike

[teenchy]

Call me crazy but the longer I'm involved with early 911s the more I think there are no uncool colors. Hell I even like Fraise; if I'd bought that very early '72 that was offered to me and which Nick Moss has turned into a vintage rally car, I'd have turned it back to Fraise (which he did briefly).



(edit: I should note that this is not the car in question.)

[blucille]

it does make you wonder.

My '72 hotrod was originally albert blue, at some point (mid 70's maybe) it went to sepia brown, and thankfully, more recently became midnight blue, almost black.

Mike, you are absolutely right, if it was still Sepia, I would have never even considered buying it.

Lewis

[Milou]

A few years ago, I saw an article on a Sepia brown 911E in a french magazine now defunct called Nostalgia. The car looked great:

[mike curnow]

Do people lie awake at night thinking these things up?

[ibmiked]

get a life

Got one, thanks. I come here to talk about my hobby and passion.

[67Porsche911S]

Sepia is the second worse after Sand Beige, but it is all in the eye of the beholder.