Impromptu run on the Santa Monica Mountain

It's so perfect in the morning these days too !  Top down and watch the sun climb as you clip thru the curves. Preferably in a westerly direction but totally dictated by the roads. California driven at its best ! No crowds and "Ricky Racers" like on the weekends. Love to join you guys but no car yet. Perhaps this fall 😁. Have fun guys.

Bruce

Surely one of the guys will have an empty right seat you could occupy.

What time would you guess you might roll in to Neptune’s?

I would imagine we will roll to Neptune around noonish

I might try to meet you at Neptune’s Net for lunch, if I can figure out my busy afternoon obligations.

I assume you mean Monday JULY 15th

Yes, you are correct I am behind 1 month😳. This Monday, July 15

@Jon T posted:

I might try to meet you at Neptune’s Net for lunch, if I can figure out my busy afternoon obligations.

Hope to see you at Neptune’s

Good day today

@Jon T Great shot!  

Lots of sliver there ...............

All silver, all the time! Great shot though!

I was told that Silver is faster than any other colors

Wow!  

Even the guy in the Lexus got the email about the Silver Caravan!

@Butcher Boy posted:

Lots of sliver there ...............

You say that like it’s a bad thing…

@Stan Galat posted:

You say that like it’s a bad thing…

Ha, Not at all .......... just saying. Cool shot

@Jon T posted:

Good day today

@Jon T nice shot

I think we all agree that silver is the best and fastest color for clown cars. As to Hi-Yo Silver, I prefer the original Silver from the Clayton Moore years.

I like silver, silver is nice, silver looks great on the car..

already have a silver 'vert and grey roadster (bmw3 and audi TT respectively) & really like @Joe Fortino's  color combo.   (Stone grey with what color red interior is that?)

Seal grey could work too, but that's really close to the TT's nimbus grey.  I want this to be different.     but being a 4 wheeled motorcycle with rear mounted engine in a '50's era body is different no matter how you paint it.  (but never like Janice's) Which leads me to another thought, has there ever been a 2 tone 356?  I know beetles did, has anyone?  how bad did it look?

Agree with @Michael Pickett Clayton Moore's Silver is the better "Hi-Yo Silver"

But Silver wasn't silver.

@Michael McKelvey posted:

But Silver wasn't silver.

I guess in a  black & white show, a white horse was "close enough" for hollywood..

I did kind of feel like searching for a Lone Ranger episode to watch.

@Wrenn Smith posted:

already have a silver 'vert and grey roadster (bmw3 and audi TT respectively) & really like @Joe Fortino's  color combo.   (Stone grey with what color red interior is that?)

@Wrenn Smith thanks Stone grey was a special order color in '57 and the interior is Porsche Lobster Red. I think the color combo really pops but IMHO needs a bit of chrome.  

@Michael McKelvey posted:

I did kind of feel like searching for a Lone Ranger episode to watch.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!

I like silver. Can’t wait to get these two together.

They're all here:

https://www.youtube.com/result...series+full+episodes

@Wrenn Smith posted:

I like silver, silver is nice, silver looks great on the car..

already have a silver 'vert and grey roadster (bmw3 and audi TT respectively) & really like @Joe Fortino's  color combo.   (Stone grey with what color red interior is that?)

Seal grey could work too, but that's really close to the TT's nimbus grey.  I want this to be different.     but being a 4 wheeled motorcycle with rear mounted engine in a '50's era body is different no matter how you paint it.  (but never like Janice's) Which leads me to another thought, has there ever been a 2 tone 356?  I know beetles did, has anyone?  how bad did it look?

Agree with @Michael Pickett Clayton Moore's Silver is the better "Hi-Yo Silver"

I don't think many were painted "two-tone" as the body lines offer no good place to split the colors. I've seen photos of one or two Speedsters with heavy darts on their front fenders, which gives a similar effect.

I think earthy tones might be a way to be different and spectacular. A deep green (5712) or even reddish brown (6411) would be period correct but incredibly rare.

A black hard-top on a colored body would be two-tone.

@Joe Fortino posted:

@Wrenn Smith thanks Stone grey was a special order color in '57 and the interior is Porsche Lobster Red. I think the color combo really pops but IMHO needs a bit of chrome.  

I was thinking of going the other way on the chrome that is...  black vs chrome (all but wheels, mangels should be chrome '.' full stop)   and the grey i was thinking of was 'slate' not 'seal' (prefer non-metallics on this age car)   One guy was wanting to do a white with blue metal flake...I said, "yeah, I know it's fiberglass, but it's still a car, not a bass-boat."😉

I like the over-riders on your car (actually about everything) again nicely done.   looks like oatmeal carpet?

"...I said, "yeah, I know it's fiberglass, but it's still a car, not a bass-boat."😉"

Love it!!!

Two tone. My last intermeccanica.

Great looking car, Phil!

Should have kept it Bob. Stupid. Now I’m getting another one and literally paying for my mistake.