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edsnova posted:

Looking sweet and looks like we'll both be coming in for a landing right about the same time. I love that even your headlight buckets are correct. That is dedication.

I think your "spot-on" French Blue and my "Let's just use a common Toyota color" Voodoo Blue (aka Rustoleum Sail Blue) are pretty similar, and pretty close to "correct," but I don't concede yours is righter: I mean, a lot can happen to a pigment in 63 years, and as any restorer of fine paintings will tell you, often the "right" color as seen in period is much brighter than what's on view today in a pristine, unrestored work of priceless art. ...

So it's probably best for you and I to drive our respective Spyders to Stanistan next spring and meet there with the new owner of Seinfeld's old car and a couple of PCA-certified concourse judges to hash this out. 

I'd be up for anything but a drag race . . . with that engine you're installing, your license plate could be "BLUBYU".

ED...Sounds like we've got a showdown coming in the Republic of Stanistan. I look forward to it! 

I'm sure whatever color you've chosen will be amazing, just like the rest of your build. I deserve no credit for anything with my car. I'll I've done is written checks and harrassed @chines1.

With all of the silver spyders floating around, it will be nice for us to have two cars in a distinctive color!

Anand

I fought the urge to do the Porsche silver for a long time.  My first 2 spyders were not traditional spyder colors.  My first one was ivory and my second one was BMW sterling grey metallic.  I thought about doing a Seinfeld blue car but I chickened out and went for the Capri blue darts instead.  I glad I went with the Porsche silver.  I think my car is beautiful.  But good for you Anand for being bold.  Your car will be special and unique in so many way.

Kelly, there are many "correct" colors for a Spyder. Some of us choose to not do silver. Some of us don't. It's all personal preference. I got rear-ended in mine when it was silver. I chose to go higher visibility, but period race correct, and uncommon.

You know, just like Speedsters. Many different strokes for different folks.

 

edsnova posted:

....Truthfully I can't think of a "wrong" color to paint a Spyder...

 That got me thinking (usually a dangerous thing).

What would a Spyder look like in some strong colors you'd pretty much never see one in? Or even bizarre colors that would never work on most cars?

Bob Hall, the auto writer who talked his way onto the design team of the original Miata used to rail against Mazda's conservative color palette for that car. He argued that the clean shape and very small size leant itself to bright 'ice-cream' colors as he used to call them. I think the Spyder (and Speedster) are similar shapes. So, do any of these work? The first one is Seinfeld's blue Spyder, the rest are Photoshop creations.

If you've got any suggestions you'd like to see, post a color sample here and I'll see if I can apply that, too.

 

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Panhandle Bob posted:
El Frazoo posted:

Agreed on all counts.  I think I saw a pink speedster somewhere, and aside from that one, both speedsters and spyders are so cool no matter what color.

I recall that there is a rental company in Hawaii that has bright green Speedster with red or orange bumpers. That might qualify as not so cool.

Theron boight that car a year or so ago. He knocked the ugly off it and sold it.

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