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Max Welton
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I found a picture of a car in the gallery and I'm trying to figure out the color so I can use it on my 67 fasty.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=94311
The poster was TheDDB and has not logged on since 2009. Can anyone help with what that color might be or is there a way to contact TheDDB?
TIA
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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Searching the old DDB posts, here is a thread about that car:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=538566
It's actually a lighter metallic than your photo shows.
Apparently the owner had the shell painted before DDB ("Martin") went to work, so he didn't know the color. Oregon plate, if that narrows it down, but the thread didn't name the owner.
Judging from the seller feedback thread on DDB, you probably don't want to have much to do with him... |
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W1K1
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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porsche colors are always a classy choice
if you have a couple days to look at a zillion pictures of different colors
I think they have 80+ blues 
https://rennbow.org/porsche-colors
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Max Welton
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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Thanks guys.
Just got back from talking to the local automotive paint store owner (recommended by the guy who will be painting the car). We went through his enormous collection of color cards and settled on a European Ford color from 2010. We doctored the formula slightly to make the metal flake finer and I came away with 4 oz that my painter can apply to a card we can look at.
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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That color reminds me of Raf's late Square that he ran some chromed Porsche rims on. It looked beautiful, and quite a few of us liked it.
It also kind of reminds me of my own Notch that has a custom mixed BMW Bavarian Bluemetalic paint color on it.
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air-h2o-air
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Kudos for choosing paint over the rust look  |
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VWporscheGT3
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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That color reminds me of Raf's late Square that he ran some chromed Porsche rims on. It looked beautiful, and quite a few of us liked it.
It also kind of reminds me of my own Notch that has a custom mixed BMW Bavarian Bluemetalic paint color on it.
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gosh thats pretty ,looks like a Blue-r version of 57 Karmann Ghia Bernina Blue... my favorite one... such a neat color Bob
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Paint help |
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| Bobnotch wrote: |
That color reminds me of Raf's late Square that he ran some chromed Porsche rims on. It looked beautiful, and quite a few of us liked it.
It also kind of reminds me of my own Notch that has a custom mixed BMW Bavarian Bluemetalic paint color on it.
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gosh thats pretty ,looks like a Blue-r version of 57 Karmann Ghia Bernina Blue... my favorite one... such a neat color Bob |
Yeah, I liked it when I originally custom mixed it (from 2 different GM colors I had in the shop), and when I had some more mixed up, the paint supplier actually gave me a code for it (so I could get more mixed at a later date).
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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