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Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:09 pm

Hi. I was been tring to determine the name of this color on this 356. Looks to be a bluish/green color. Can anyone help me out?? Thanks.

This is the color.

Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:20 am

Adria Blue - Reutter #509

That is my guess anywho ... pretty car for sure

http://www.willhoitautorestoration.com/PaintChart.htm

Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:31 am

Actually, that car is too late for that color...

Maybe Aetna Blue or Aquamarine?

Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:09 pm

Thanks for the input Rescue... :wink:

I found another site with some color selections for the 356. In the 1957 model year there is a color called, "meissen blue".

http://members.aol.com/zenith356c/Porsche356Colors.html

Think this might be it? Sure is a gorgeous car... :)

Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:57 am

If it's a stock color, then that most likely is Aquamarine blue, which was available in the later A cars, which is what this car is.
Meissen blue, which was also available in the 58/59 years is a much more baby blue color, with some grey in it. Check out
http://www.356registry.org/Members/Rossi/
to see a pretty good approximation of Meissen blue, given computer monitor differences, paint formulations, blah, blah, blah.
There was another very cool color in that era called Fjord green, which would have a lot more green in it (deep dark blue-green). The willhoit restoration site mentioned earlier has a number of great shots of that color.

Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:54 am

That color is Aetna Blue. My 60 t-5 B was the same color with red interior. Here is a link of the same color with tan interior.

http://www.356registry.org/Members/Jacobson/jacobson_3_f.jpg

Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:36 pm

Thanks for the information vwcollector....

I was going crazy tring to figure out which one it was, since you had a car in that color, I will take your word on it then. :wink: