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Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...
I shoulda posted this closer to Halloween! I own it, but I can't take credit for the paint job!
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11-05-2003, 04:25 PM
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Quite unique, the rims coordinate well with the paint scheme........just my opinion
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I need to hear the story on this paint job. When, what, where and how??????
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...why??
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Which drug(s)?
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11-05-2003, 09:18 PM
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Ummmm.......
Humm. Okaaaaayy....
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11-05-2003, 10:40 PM
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Are you talking about the house?
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11-06-2003, 06:16 AM
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Put some white dashes down the center of the black and it would look like a fork in the road. Maybe it was painted by Victor and he wanted everyone to know it.
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11-06-2003, 06:17 AM
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"Dazzle" camouflage! Brilliant! It should confuse the eyes/radar guns of the highway patrol.
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Screams V W..........
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I was going to ask why also, but I did not want to offend anyone.
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Since I started it, I'll sheepishly apologize. Sorry
 Clean car though, do you have more pics of it?
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11-06-2003, 07:52 AM
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My guess: Contact paper just put on for the halloween costume (car show, autocross, etc...).
But if it really is a paint job.. umm..... Oh!, But it looks good on you !! Just kidding - eveybody has to do their own thing ! Lord knows I did !
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It's only paint. What I see if I look past the black accents is a straight early 914 that looks pretty nice. I assume it runs, if so you are way ahead of many here.
Any more details? I hope that isn't the 914 with all the longitudinal rust, that would be a shame. Is that the car with the bus motor? I've only seen one or two 914s that I considered perfect, most are projects and almost all need some kind if work. If that is the car with the rust, the paint job is a minor issue. |
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Sammy....I hate it when you are logical.....
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Nice lookin' car. Why the funny red stuff? Pete
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Hope we didn't scare KATKW away. Sammy has a good point, I'm guilty of having 2 cars, both in the garage, one no run, the other sorta runs.
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Here's a couple more views. It is the one with the bus engine, and the rust on the long. I bought it with the paint job as a pre-existing condition. Not real sure what the previous owner was thinking. It's going to a recomended Porsche expert this weekend for him to give it a once-over. Hopefully, the rust is not terminal because it actually runs pretty well.
  
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Good luck and please don't let a little kidding bother you, I don't think anyone here is trying to be rude, just having some fun at your (cars) expense. Like I said, paint is easy. I've seen 914s that were so ratty it was a wonder they stayed together and they still looked wonderful to me.
I've also seen some of these ratty 914s turn into very clean nice examples in a relatively short time. All it really takes is time and money. The last two 914s I drug home didn't even run! The rust scares me but I'm not much of a welder. |
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No offense taken...that's why I posted the pictures! I knew you would all get a kick out of it. The pictures don't do the paint job justice, there's even a little sparkle thrown in! Assuming the car in reasonable shape, it has a new paint job in it's future. I'm thinking about red with white Shelby stripes. What's general opinion on the stripes? I know they're a big hit w/ the Miata crowd, but I haven't seen any on 914s.
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1974, 1974 Porsche 914, 914 5.0 liter, 2.0 liter
