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Gulf Porsche 917
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Martini Porsche 917
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Mazda 787B Le Mans
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Old May 8, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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Classic paint

ok I love porsche, Im nuts for it. I must admit mazda comes a very close second...

now i have been trying to think of how to paint my car and i had 3 ideas

1) gulf porsche colors (1970)


2) martini porsche colors


3) or like the 1991 mazda 787B which won Le mans
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Old May 8, 2004 | 07:18 PM
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Old May 8, 2004 | 07:28 PM
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just like jimmy54 mentioned, #2 man.
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Old May 8, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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Definately #2. #1 is ok, but for some reason #3 is just... wrong. I don't know what mazda was smokin when they painted the 787B, but those colours just do not look good together, especially on that car. Its a nice car, but just all the wrong colours.

BTW, I like the way you think. I love porsches also. They are a lot like an RX-7. Different styling, awsome sounding engines with the right exhaust, and just plain unbeatable.
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Old May 9, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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I dunno...if that's your rexxie in your avatar, I really can't see any of these paint schemes working on your car...but the lesser of three evils would be #2, which I voted for...
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Old May 9, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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I have an 83 GS with a GSL LSD, disks, a bucket load of power mods, suspension mods, on a diet, and waiting for her wide body kit, It is going to be a race car for the street...porsche RS style, which is why a bit of crazy paint would work well, ala the 964 RSR and the 2.7RS. (both at which had crazy paint)
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Old May 9, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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OK, I can see that...ditch the avatar...
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Old May 9, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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About the avatar...Im powerfully Lazy, and cant be bothered to figure out how to do it...plus my very first car was an 87, I loved it and i feel i should pay hommage to that car whose 2mm apex seals condemed it to an early grave
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Old May 10, 2004 | 10:41 AM
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I see....well, that and there's no guarantee you can post a new image at this point in time here...
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Old May 10, 2004 | 10:49 AM
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the second pic would have the best color combo in my opinion. silver is a classic look and the blue and red goes well with that. as for the avatar, just use paint shop pro 8 and size the pic down and use it. should work fine.
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Old May 10, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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Always been partial to the Gulf Porsche colors. Silver, like black and white, is not a color.
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Old May 10, 2004 | 06:29 PM
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I must admit that I am partial to the gulf colors, I dont know why but they are kinda funky, and you would probaly admit that it would be cool and memorable to see a blue and orange wide body rex driving down the street. Im a little disapointed that #1 hasn't had more positive responce...
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Old May 10, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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I've loved that Golf Porsche for as long as I can remember.....
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Old May 11, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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i'll go with the gulf porshe.....beautiful car....unique colours too....hey why not go all out and modify the front end to look like them too
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Old May 11, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Mostly cuz I dont have thousands upon thousands of dollars, however there is a company in britan who has bought the blue prints off of porsche and is selling replicas which are street legal for less than a 996

go to www.gtaracing.com
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Old May 11, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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****... www.gtaracing.co.uk sorry
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Old May 11, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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ok i suck, the link does not work...sorry guys, but the car does exist
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Old May 11, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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sure it does... but go with the gulf
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