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Thread: Color Change. Am I Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs ?

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    Color Change. Am I Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs ?

    So I have a 67S coupe which I will be painting next week. Car was originally adorned in the exciting color of light ivory.
    So I do not have the original engine so I feel I have the right to change the color.
    So I am really leaning on painting it a non-period color. 72-74 to be exact. Is that a no-no ?
    Should I just stick with 67 colors?
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    2016 Boxster GTS pts gulf orange
    1969 912 SWT pts green

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    Can you share your list of favored colors?

    I think the cars in ivory are quite beautiful.
    As I walked around Monterey and Carmel by the Sea, during concurs week, the car I desired the most was a simple ivory 911, sitting just outside the show cars, worth millions.

    Current long term ownership: 63 Cab, 71 911, 74 914

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    Yeah go with chartreuse or fraise that'll get your attention. Or maybe a nice sepia.
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    In my world, once it's no longer matching numbers, anything is fair game. Wait until I'm ready to paint 301331.

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    1. Royal purple
    2. Bali blue
    3. Gulf orange
    4.Oak Green
    5.Albert blue
    1962 356 S Cab gone
    1967 911S Coupe
    2008 RS60 Boxster gone
    1973.5 911T targa soft window Gone
    Runge 008 Gone
    2002 996 TT x-50 Gone
    2016 Boxster GTS pts gulf orange
    1969 912 SWT pts green

    Can I be FRANK with you ?

    Live everyday like it's your last .
    Eventually you'll be right.

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    Mmmmmm. Sepia. It's almost Cocoa Puffs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bullethead View Post
    Mmmmmm. Sepia. It's almost Cocoa Puffs.
    Where's Frank when you need someone to poke some fun around ????
    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by maverick View Post
    1. Royal purple
    2. Bali blue
    3. Gulf orange
    4.Oak Green
    5.Albert blue
    If Light Ivory doesn't do it for you, and you have a chance to do a color change the right way…

    I guess I tend toward people should do with their cars as they wish, and what will make them happy. I wouldn't be able to bring myself to color-change a highly original and/or presentable car. But once it's non-original, it's a big tent—and tasteful color changes fall under it for me.

    Looking at your list, my only thought would be to go backwards rather than forwards. The longer I've looked at earlier Porsches, the more I find that period or earlier than period colors look right to these eyes where later colors rarely do—because period or earlier Porsche colors could have been ordered when a 1967 S was new. That's just this peanut's take, but there's a stunning SWB hot rod in 356 orange out there (well known to R Gruppe and ESR adherents), and I think about Bali and Aga too. Polo is one of Porsche's all-time great reds, and never gets old on a SWB 911S. Ditto for Slate Gray and Irish Green. Purples and metallics other than silver or gray would give me pause on a 67S, but this is your car. Enjoy it!

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    My rule is my car, my choice. I had my 356 for over 10 years and always hated the color, Ruby Red. So when I painted it I did it in silver. When I'm dead my relatives can debate if I de-valued the car.
    It's also got a later motor and a very strange interior.

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    My 2 cents; it’s your car, do what you want. Like most, I certainly would not change the color on a highly original car or even one that still retains most of what it came with from the factory but without the original engine its wide open. I also agree with Pete; I think the earlier colors suit the car better than the later colors. Let us know what you choose.
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