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Re: Porche 944 owners

fridsten — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:47:06 GMT

Metallic yellow?

Could the colour be described as champagne? I so, it's probably what Porsche calls "Zermattsilbermetallic".

No, I don't own a 944, but a 924 that has made a huge hole in my wallet and doesn't even run...

Re: Porche 944 owners

burantek — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:20 GMT

Llewelyn:
Oh my! Looks stunning... I hope you are very proud of her

thanks, but that would be past tense, she left the garage in a swap w/ a friend, otherwise the pic would have been dig, rather than this old 35mm from the "archives."

it was fun, but life moves on...

Re: Porche 944 owners

.......... — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:54:42 GMT

Oh my! Looks stunning... I hope you are very proud of her

Re: Porche 944 owners

burantek — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:10:15 GMT

sorry for the quality...

35mm scan and then reduced to get under the 100kb cap...

Re: Porche 944 owners

burantek — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:19:31 GMT

definitely!
i have some 35's at home. will happily scan!

re: the op -i can't think of any factory metallic yellow from porsche. they had several yellows thru the years -plain old yellow, pastel yellow, signal yellow, speed yellow, etc...

speed yellow showed up in the 90's as i recall, and was not metallic.
someone correct me: but, the only factory metallic yellow that i can recall was in the early 90's from mazda. i believe they called it "chrome yellow" and was available on the rx-7. it had more to it though than just a metallic look, it seemed sort of "pearly."

as mentioned here, it may have been a "color to sample" car, though i don't thk that many 944 owners would have opted this??? at any rate, my guess is you prob saw a re-spray, and that opens up the entire world of "yellow" -metallic, or otherwise...

interesting side note: a very good friend of mine worked for the porsche+audi distributor here in the states back in the 70's. one of his tasks was using the "color to sample" option to spec interesting cars for dealer inventory. his all time favorite: aubergine w/ tobacco leather. the car survives today, and still wows them as i understand it!

Re: Porche 944 owners

Ben — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:04:24 GMT

burantek:

well, don't tell my wife about this "legend" thing...
84 5000s 2v sd -no wing, and yes... w/w!

Where's the 'this thread is useless without pictures' icon :) ?

Re: Porche 944 owners

.......... — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:31:07 GMT

Oooof! Thats awesome! I really like the look of the wingless ones too...

Re: Porche 944 owners

burantek — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:14:13 GMT

well, don't tell my wife about this "legend" thing...

84 5000s 2v sd -no wing, and yes... w/w!

Re: Porche 944 owners

.......... — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:40:01 GMT

If you own a Countach, you are a legend!

Re: Porche 944 owners

burantek — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:46:14 GMT

Llewelyn:
I always wanted a white on white Countach, although I would need a pastel linen suit and a pair of white raybans to go with it

never had the suit and my raybans are black ;-)

Re: Porche 944 owners

Ignace — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:47:38 GMT

Llewelyn:
Sounds nice! I will definately have another 928 at some point - My last one was a relatively modern 91 GT, but my dream 928 would be an '83 in gold with dark brown interior and the 3 speed automatic 'box because old school rules for me! hehe

Like the one in Risky Business ?

Love that one

Re: Porche 944 owners

.......... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:27 GMT

Haha! Awesome - White on white would be stunning..... I'm pretty sure it was actually an option - If you look on the Rennlist forums I'm sure theres one on there somewhere! I always wanted a white on white Countach, although I would need a pastel linen suit and a pair of white raybans to go with it

Re: Porche 944 owners

Ben — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:28:38 GMT

That does sound pretty old school... My dream combo would be white with white interior - and I dont mean just white seats, it would be white dash, door panels, headliner etc. I could pretend that I was Don Johnson in Miami Vice :)

Mine is an 84, the first year of the S2 with the hotter engine and 4 speed auto.

Re: Porche 944 owners

.......... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:50:30 GMT

Sounds nice! I will definately have another 928 at some point - My last one was a relatively modern 91 GT, but my dream 928 would be an '83 in gold with dark brown interior and the 3 speed automatic 'box because old school rules for me! hehe

Re: Porche 944 owners

Ben — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:57:34 GMT

Its nothing spectacular like metallic yellow! Its a shade of metallic black, and also has a 'to customers spec' interior, Black leather with red piping and detailing.

It was originally a Porsche demonstration car, so I guess that they wanted it to be a little bit different.

Cheers,

Ben