Turkis Blue ST Hot Rod

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:19 pm

OK, OK, yes, it's taken a while to come to fruition.

The saga of my hot rod has dragged on a while but things are picking up speed now.
However.... in the mean time I've changed my mind on the specification a fair bit and I've even changed the colour.

So... I thought it wise to start a fresh thread (correctly titled) and get you up to date.

Here's how it's gonna look:

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:26 pm

Is that it!!!!!!

one year of sitting on the edge of my seat and pestering you every time i see you on how's the project going, you supply us with a picture of a B&Q bathroom blue!!!

Here's a picture of my 356 project

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:33 pm

That's a nice colour Mark. Quite like Leaf Green.

Still back to my thread, my car.

Here's my tin.

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:35 pm

Yes - I see the look you're going for here Paul - presumably two-tone - something like this?

Very brave....

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:35 pm

Make sure the paint doesn't go off or fade in the tin when you come to use it.

Reminds me of my dad's garage door in the 70's. Nice

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:36 pm

Mark, now you've got me thinking.... dice?

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:39 pm

Dice, Naugahyde, Chromed Chain Steering wheel, 5" top chop and you'll be sorted

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:41 pm

Oh and you've not spelled Tuerkis correctly in the thread title

I appreciate none of us on here are pedantic though so prolly no-one will spot that

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:43 pm

sladey wrote:you've not spelled Tuerkis correctly in the thread title

Or is it spelt wrong on the tin? I don't know but I'd certainly want more evidence before believing you Mark.

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:45 pm

Fair enough - there are only about 10 colours in my spectrum and none of them have names

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:49 pm

I went for Turkis Blue after some deliberation because I saw a great targa at Classic Le Mans and was very taken with the shade.
The owner was French (and didn't speak English) and my French is poor these days but he was very helpful and managed to explain that it was a genuine Porsche colour and let me note the paint code from his door jamb.
This was his car:

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:50 pm

These are more photos of the same car.
Hopefully mine will end up like this...

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:54 pm

Joking aside I think it will work brilliantly on a hot rod ish ST sort of thing

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:57 pm

Classic Cal look Beetle colour of the 90's. Always was cool and still is.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:10 pm

I don't know of any other early Porsche's on the road in the UK in that colour.
It should be exclusive if nothing else.

Mind you, there will be another. Whilst I was considering the colour I was helped by Ralph Whitehead (a DDK'er).
He's got a 'Turkis' car underway. However his makes mine look like a rush job. Its restoration has taken 11 years so far. Ralph has quite rightly spent time concentrating on family and such like so I may yet beat him onto the highways. Here's his, it's a great colour...