some fun - help me pick a paint scheme for the race car

[byndbad914]

So I don't see a way to create a poll; I guess just reply with a vote for one of them. If you don't particularly care for any of them, treat it like the Presidential election this year and vote for the lesser of evils

No flats. I have wanted to paint a race car flat black since the mid 80s or like a tank... by the time I was going to paint this car both had become so popular it was lame. So I went satin black... now THAT is getting lame, so I buffed it out with polishing compound to be not quite gloss, not quite satin and like it.

So, here I am deciding the paint scheme will be here longer than the fads. Heck, I will rock the same hair cut for 20yrs (no, NOT a mullet hahaha) so I figure go for what I like. I am torn between four from the full military look to two-tone with anything from Army green to olive drab with the satin black.

Whaddaya guys like??

[deuce_454]

my vote is on number 4.. 1 could be ok, but only with white numbers on the door to break up the black

[65 347]

#3

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by deuce_454

my vote is on number 4.. 1 could be ok, but only with white numbers on the door to break up the black

interesting... another guy on a Porsche forum said he liked 2 since it was lighter and I could put door #s in the same color. You both now have me thinking about the future if I need to add numbers...

[RaceMan]

I'd have to say #2 its alittle brighter

[skatinjay27]

i think #1 looks the best.

[tgvettes]

#2
Can you tell us a more about the 914?

Tonny

[brownz]

#1 :d

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by tgvettes

#2
Can you tell us a more about the 914?

Tonny

two post to come...

As for the 914, it is very little Porsche these days. The center "chunk" of a 914 was retained to hold the windshields, doors and roof in place. It is full tube chassis front to rear, 935 RSR front struts, custom 5-link rear IRS, 525HP/438TQ 11:1 353ci de-stroked 400 (steel 327 crank) with a Porsche 930 turbo transaxle running inverted (upside-down). Wheels are 16x10/16x11 Kodiaks with anodized black centers with GY 23.5x10.5x16 front/25.5x12x16 rear slicks. Stock dash (with Autometer gauges), doors, decklids and fully operation flip-up headlights and all street-legal (minus just being loud it meets vehicle code).

[byndbad914]

and...

thanks for the votes guys! I was leaning towards either 1 or 2, and it is funny, on 2 boards #2 is a definite win, and on 2 boards #1 is ahead Then a guy posted the stripe idea and now I am heavily leaning toward the darker color. I just dunno!! It's so hard to just lock one down