Gulf Blue: Am I the only one who likes it?

exc911ence · exc911ence's Garage

OK, so 2 friends and I go out to check out a bright red 70 911T for sale locally that's really clean and rust-free. While poking around the engine compartment, I start to notice bits of Gulf Blue peeking out from under the factory undercoating. A quick go-round of the rest of the car comfirms that this now Guards Red car was originally Gulf Blue. This, of course, started an arguement about why anyone would paint a Gulf Blue car Guards Red (my side of the debate) versus why would anyone WANT a Gulf Blue car (the other 3 guys opinion).

Am I alone here in thinking the early 911 looks stunning in light blue? C'mon people, show me there's Gulf Blue cars out there with owners that love them!

chrisreale · 07-18-2003, 03:52 PM

Gulf blue is a great color.

Hockey fan · 07-18-2003, 03:55 PM

One of the best early car colors ever. Add the Gulf Orange stripe and you can't go wrong. I believe Chuck Moreland is completing a beauty this color right now.

rs911t · 07-18-2003, 04:24 PM

Only better color is Irish Green.

atlporsche · 07-18-2003, 04:26 PM

signal orange is the best...

gulf orange to follow...

then gulf blue...just ask elombard.

sjd

Elombard · 07-18-2003, 04:38 PM

Yes gulf blue is good, not my favorite but I like it alot. When I found this car I was thrilled with the color

porcupine911 · porcupine911's Garage

love it!

-chris

Pat S · 07-18-2003, 04:43 PM

I've got a 74 now guards red, was gulf blue. Some day I'd like to take it back to original. Can't wait to see more pics of Chucks when it's done...

Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

Maybe they were repainted in the 80s when Guards Red was in its heyday.

Personally... I think the odd blues, greens, yellows etc...look fantastic on the older P-cars.

Randy Webb · 07-18-2003, 06:07 PM

My '75 is Gulf Blue, and I'm always getting compliments on it -- from a wide spectrum of folks -- you ng girls to grandma's (neither of which know what kind of car it is) to male teenagers, who do know.

TomTurtle · 07-18-2003, 11:14 PM

I just located the owner of a '88 CS with factory paint to color Gulf Blue paint job - what a beautifiul car! Personally, I can't imagine why someone would paint over that great (and somewhat historic) color!

Incredible part of it is that the owner got the CS (approx 75K miles) from a dealer in New Mexico for $20K! That is a decent price for a well-documented, one owner stock Carrera, much less a CS! My guess is that since the car had the CS decal-delete option but with the Carrera script added to the engine cover (another option), the dealer did not know what he had!