Another Speedster project

Was all of the wiring done in red wire?  No color variations... ??? Mc B just bought wire by the big spool.  All kinds of fun!

I use Vintage Motorcar's harness , Greg supplies a specific harness, after 54 Speedster projects, I kinda know that harness .

@Alan Merklin nice winter project. 👍

Those wheels and tires... 

@Chris Kleber, KitMan Motors posted:

Was all of the wiring done in red wire?  No color variations... ??? Mc B just bought wire by the big spool.  All kinds of fun!

And JPS uses only red and white LOL!

I really don't like the smoothie rims and wide white walls at all.  I'd go 5 ply Monsanto plywood or OSB!

@WOLFGANG posted:

I really don't like the smoothie rims and wide white walls at all.  I'd go 5 ply Monsanto plywood or OSB!

@WOLFGANG how about this model.

That's one of Alan's early artist concepts.  He later turned it into this Car Show version:

That was back in the day so to speak ....sucked because even with tight straps it walked all over the trailer. Anyone price a sheet of 1/2" Plywood sheathing sheathing ? .... $38  2 x 4 x8' ....$6.50    1/2" sheetrock ...$10  How does anyone build a home today ?  Just went to ACE for misc dune buggy hwd. .... $100 !

@Alan Merklin posted:

Unassembled Thunder Ranch Speedster found it's way from Colorado to our home in WV this week, I'm half done with the latest dune buggy build ( it's already sold)  hopefully another three weeks I'll have that buttoned up and on it's way to the owner. The TR speedster has some decent engineered upgrades, came with two tone beige and tan German square weave carpet set and dozens of new parts.      The PO spent hours block sanding the car, I removed the lights, handles etc today.  Need to get rid of the old school ww tires and red smoothie rims,  then pick a unique color and make a paint appointment.

@Alan Merklin what color are you thinking?

No idea, the speedster seats are light tan beige and the square weave carper also two tone tan and beige.

Covid is certainly inflationary in all kinds of areas.

My penny's worth - Stone grey or that medium grey your used before (with the baseball mitt interior color) - still look great with the tan interior.

Link to Stone Grey and beige -

1957 Porsche 356 | GR Auto Gallery

thats not the stone grey i know, its more a greenish, cream color,,,the grey car in the pic looks more like meteor gray

Voodoo Blue.

Here's better stone gray-

I have slight color blindness, some shades appear different to me .. purple / violet, green / brown...but wiring is not a big problem, the trick is to have good lighting and  back up a wire with a piece of white paper then I can tell the difference.  That Stone grey looks like a blah lighter green to me.  The past three projects have all been Porsche Seal Grey so I need to kick it up a notch or two. The interior that came with the car is a light beige /tan.  I finished removing the lights bumpers etc. we'll trailer it to the shop and spend some time going through his samples and take along the carpet and vinyl. stripping Connie and I will trailer the Speedster. I still have a few weeks to go on the buggy build and hope to do a week in Florida in March and by the slim chance everything happens to fall into place, have this Speedster done the first week of May

@WOLFGANG posted:

Here's better stone gray-

@WOLFGANG love the stone grey.

My three favorites:

Ruby Red

Irish Green

Aetna Blue

Although since someone on another forum insulted a beautiful Alfa TZ in this color' I've grown increasingly fond of it. I think it's called Bahama yellow in the Porsche parlance.

Mango smoothie

How about this colour Alan  Panther Pink.... bright enough? Just kidding but if you could wrap a 356 I bet you it might still look good or grow on you.

Uh, no.  Just no.  Ewww!

I like that Aetna Blue.

I'm swimming upstream again.

Everybody is all about blue all of the sudden. Blues are nice (my bus is something of a dove blue), but I think Alan wants to sell the car, not make a statement with it. There are no shortage of people for whom blue just rules a car out. I almost didn't buy the bus because of the color, and it took me 6 months before I didn't automatically assume I'd paint it. It almost never photographs as good as it looks, and good photos are what sells specialty cars.

I'm the most boring man in the world-- I've got white work vans, and every other vehicle (except the bus) I've owned since 1985 has been some variation on silver/black.

Red sells cars ("resale red"), but it's also a turn-off for at least half the potential buyers-- to say nothing of the fact that it's not an exceptionally original looking color-- and again, a lot of first-time buyers want an original looking car. Outside of Italian cars (which should be red, by law), lots and lots of buyers are cooling on red. I'm not sure anybody under 50 wants to buy one.

With a tan interior and a body that's already been blocked, I'd paint it black. Non-metallic, base/clear black. Black is hideously hard to take care of, but it looks classic and tough at the same time. Black cars look great against chrome, and look great with no chrome at all. I know of nobody who doesn't think it looks fantastic.

It's not unique, but "unique" doesn't sell cars.

With a tan interior- what about a dark merlot/wine?  Could be a little too specialized, although it would look sharp...

And Alan- those wood wheels need to be cut down to something a little more low profile...

@Stan Galat- white work vans are the norm in the construction and service industries here too; I think it's pretty well universal.

I'm not a fan of red inside or out, but this sweet '55 Porsche 356 Continental Cabriolet is a Turkish Red which appears to favor the merlot end of the red spectrum.  It looks pretty good with a tan interior.   (Hmmm...I'm still looking for my first speedster...when will this be finished?)  

So much comes into play with eye appeal and balance , that car with the top and ww tires works but not something that will appeal to a larger market since I will sell it when done .   If someone would step up and have an interest I could paint it any color

@Jon T posted:

I'm not a fan of red inside or out, but this sweet '55 Porsche 356 Continental Cabriolet is a Turkish Red which appears to favor the merlot end of the red spectrum.  It looks pretty good with a tan interior.   (Hmmm...I'm still looking for my first speedster...when will this be finished?)  

Ruby Red is about halfway between that and guards red. I hate guards red. Way too many Porsche's are GR. But Ruby is one of my favorites. More blue, less yellow.

Stan makes compelling points above against blue, but I was browsing today and saw an authentic period color with a beige interior: https://www.aasesales.com/page...sche-356-a-speedster . Could look good with faithful period detail.

So the Verdict is in ... Porsche 5707 Aqua Marine Metallic,  the gentleman that I'm now building it for likes the color as I do too.   Many outdoor photos seem to wash out the actual color shade, this is spot on .

I love that color as well, Alan.  Great choice.

It's a nice blue, as blues go. It'll look great with the tan interior.

Blue-- it's the new red.

Great color!

Not sure if it's the shading but awesome shot, and colour.

Every car has a color or two that it really looks good in.

I'll have to agree with Stan, Black is one of those colors for the Speedster.

Black will never go out of style.

A black Speedster may not be unique, but it will always be BAD A$$.

When we were looking at having Kirk build our Speedster (before buying ours), we were looking at black / ox blood, black / tan, silver / ox blood or silver / tan.
....then we stumbled across an ad for our green speedster. I would have NEVER been so bold as to have Kirk build us a green Speedster, but it works (for us). It’s definitely a stand out color. You either love it or hate it.....which could either be great when selling a car, or terrible.
As Alan noted, sometimes it’s tough photographing the unique colors. They look so different in person. I have a very difficult time. There’s times of day when I love my green, and times when I want to loose my lunch.
I’m glad it worked out for you Alan. I happen to love that tone of blue.  I believe @*LongFella speedster is that same blue and I absolutely LOVE his speedster.

Black is a work of art, but all the speedsters on my wish list are in the silver-white-ivory-cream-manilafolder-yukonyellow range. Black makes me worry that around dusk someone in a F150 crew cab will mistake the car for a speedbump.