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> The 25-year/250,000-mile refresh, UPDATE 5.15.2017: After first 1,000-mile trip
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post Apr 8 2008, 01:25 AM
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Post away! We want them all. Always good to have an original point of reference.
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post Apr 8 2008, 11:03 AM
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Okay, the only useful Bahia is on the sail panels (targa bar sides). It's subtle, so if you *think* you see the difference, then that's it.

To my eye, Bahia is oranger, deader, and brighter all at once.

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original sill, now with Engman kit next to it...


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And Toronado, by itself, shot at the same angle/same light


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post Apr 8 2008, 11:07 AM
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door to sill experiment, not so successful


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Walk around at differing lights to get an idea of the sail panel's color against the rest of the car...


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post Apr 8 2008, 11:09 AM
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post Apr 8 2008, 11:22 AM
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Pete,
Your car is one of the relatively rust free 914s out there, and the sail panels show that.
As far as color, I'm probably in the minority here when I say I have a very strong preference for OEM paints...period correct for the 914 production era .
Below is a good photo of a '72 in Bahia Red.
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Getting to the end...


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And two indoors, at different exposures...


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Last one, which I think really shows off the difference in low light...


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QUOTE(1970 Neun vierzehn @ Apr 8 2008, 10:22 AM) *

Pete,
Your car is one of the relatively rust free 914s out there, and the sail panels show that.
As far as color, I'm probably in the minority here when I say I have a very strong preference for OEM paints...period correct for the 914 production era .
Below is a good photo of a '72 in Bahia Red.
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Hey Paul!

Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

This IS a nice photo, but the trouble is it looks like Coral non-metallic on my screen. It also looks like an old photo. Other photos I've seen of Bahia make it look almost pink, which it does not in person.

So I decided to take a bunch of photos of factory-original Bahia with the same camera on the same day on the same car in the same light (though body contours make it tough to call it a perfect excercise). Anyway, even then it's only so helpful because judging reds on screen is at best a flawed exercise. That said, for some people (myself included until I took my car apart) it may be the only exercise available to them!

Cheers, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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From the photos on my screen (acknowledging the flawed color of computer screens) I think the Bahia looks WAY better. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
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Pete,

Beautiful workmanship. I like what your doing about color matching. You view the original paint in all types of light & different times of day. That's the only way to get a true color match. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)

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QUOTE(Thomas J Bliznik @ Apr 8 2008, 08:47 PM) *

Pete,

Beautiful workmanship. I like what your doing about color matching. You view the original paint in all types of light & different times of day. That's the only way to get a true color match. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)

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Can't claim any credit for the workmanship. That goes to John Rock, Genoa's fabricator. ALL that I have done is disassembly and then things any idiot could do, like scrape the factory sealer gunk out of various places.

Have to say that, in person, I think I prefer Toronado to Bahia. I like oranges and I like reds, but I don't like reds that tip towards orange, which is what Bahia seems to do. I'll have another look in early light if I get the chance. This decision has kept me up nights! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I appreciate/like/love the originality thing, but this car will never be an original anyway. It's more of a mild mod-rod.

Thus, I think it's gonna be Toronado.

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