Does anyone have any good pics of Tom Rahns Beck 356? If so please post or email marty @ cfgoa.com
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Here are a few pics I have, Marty! @Marty Grzynkowicz
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Im sure I have a ton of them... what you need?
Didn't he sell that car when he left FL?
chines1 posted:Im sure I have a ton of them... what you need?
Carey, I was just looking at different reds and Toms was very nice. Was it an Audi color?
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Marty Grzynkowicz posted:I was just looking at different reds and Toms was very nice. Was it an Audi color?
Your Alfa is an Alfa, and you are restoring it. Do an Alfa red.
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Marty, here's a counterpoint to Stan's point (and I agree, if you want red, do an Alfa red).
But here's the thing. Do a Google photo search for 'Alfa Romeo' and what do you see - a sea of red. Almost as much as Ferrari, it seems a 'real' Alfa has to be red.
But, after you've spent all that money for scraping and patching and painting and sanding and buffing, what you've got is just another red Alfa. Which may be very nice, but it probably will never 'pop' the way another color could.
A friend had a 1750 Spyder in 1968, in what was then a new color for Alfa - silver. That car really popped because the color was so unexpected (at the time).
I really like Alfa's green and their dark blue - either looks great against a tan interior. And there's that mustard yellow, too (which I think they called 'Ochre').
At any rate, bambino, give it some thought before you go all traditional.
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Yes Mitch, I would want to color outside the lines, but I need to work on Sandy
That Ocra Giallo is a very cool color.
Ray, A color like yours would also rock because you can get more creative with the interior.
Like this,
Marty Grzynkowicz posted:
...Yes Mitch, I would want to color outside the lines, but I need to work on Sandy...
Marty, make her an offer she can't refuse.
Buy her shoes and a handbag that go with the car color you want.
Try a nice grey ...
I’m not a red fan. At all.
That said, I’d cover that dude in about 2 gallons of Alfa blood red, and put a giant goofy looking cloverleaf right there on the fender, as God intended for Alfas. I’d probably do a black interior as well, because I’m boring that way.
It’s your car, however, so go ahead and paint it to look like an Opel Manta if you want
Stan, there you go again talking all sensible.
Marty, I would caution the jury to ignore any remarks that reference the Opel Manta as they are purposely inflammatory, prejudicial, and irrelevant to the matter before the court.
The question is whether to embrace the safe and accepted
or to seize an opportunity to poke convention in the eye:
Most of us would choose the former, but you should at least consider the opportunity to do the latter. And as long as you're in for a penny, you can tell all your friends that it's not a freakin' cloverleaf, it's a quadrifoglio.
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Marty Grzynkowicz posted:Yes Mitch, I would want to color outside the lines, but I need to work on Sandy
That Ocra Giallo is a very cool color.
No. Looks like a school bus or a taxi to me.
However, of all people I reside firmly in the camp of NOT the same old same old.
I'd go with a color that is acceptable to the car from the era but different than everyone else's(like my white as opposed to silver on the 550).
And we all know Sandy has to like it too.
I like that dark silver/black/blue. I can't quite identify what color it is, but I like it.
Sacto Mitch posted:Marty, I would caution the jury to ignore any remarks that reference the Opel Manta as they are purposely inflammatory, prejudicial, and irrelevant to the matter before the court.
Irrelevant? I present the court Exhibit: A
You be the judge.
As has been said, a red Alfa is really cool, but then (as has also been said) so many Alfa's are red. Same with any stock color- very traditional (and expected). If you are looking to color outside the lines, I agree with Danny on the dark colored car above; a dark blue or dark metallic grey would look different, grab everyone's attention and be totally badass!
Stan, while those colors are close, they are not the same. The Alfa has more Gold in it. I don't have the Paullino's anyway to paint a car in those colors. I just think it's a unique color.
Better picture of the same color. I'm aware it's very slightly different, but not so much that anybody is going to notice unless they are parked next to each other.
The yellow/gold is a cool, period GERMAN color. Not very Italian, at least to my eye.
But, what do I know?
Anways, the Alfa gurus will help me determine if the car was an original Alfa red car. They have Vin# books and a pipeline to the museum folks that keep records. I think it is. Back to Plastic tubs. I was supposed to pick up my IM from storage on Thursday, but I got a call saying don't come in. Apparently there was break fluid under the car. They told me to give them a few days. They are checking if it is lines or the master cylinder.
Bummer on your IM, Marty.
What a nice color, Ray.
Actually Stan I think Henry used my car colour on this one it is a Jaguar colour.
Fyi IM site shows the 2017 newsletter saying IM management has merged with the new car EV Team Electramec Also they are hosting a Treffen this year in Osoyoos if anyone is interested on Aug 26
Marty, a friend of mine had a lovely GTV in French blue. The color is incredible in person. There was also a gorgeous GTV in maroon at yesterday’s Kiawah show. If you’re considering a color change I would support either of those.
Tough, um, break, Marty. Better found now than on a long downhill run.
If it please the court, I move that exhibit A not be allowed as it's either a crummy photo of a cool paint job or a cool photo of a crummy paint job.
That color is not really the point, though, as Marty's car will probably be cool in any color, while no color could hope to save an Opel Manta from a life sentence of terminally boring.
I think we can all agree that there ARE other colors out there, somewhere on an infinite spectrum, that could make for a cool looking Alfa that are not the red that most every other Tom, Dick, and Mario has chosen.
I'd only suggest that Marty consider the possibilities.
The defense requests a recess and a beer.
@Stan Galat here is my car wet in the paint booth. I could see any classic car like @Marty Grzynkowicz 's Alfa in this colour. My original goal was the DB5 paint which is another type of silver/gray.
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Check out the Cars at Kiawah pictures in the "Anything Goes" forum for maroon Alfa and a nice silver one. I'll try to find a pic of the French blue one, or I'll drop by their house and take a few.
@Marty Grzynkowicz Yes his car was Audi's Amulet red.
Marty Grzynkowicz posted:Like this,
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I like the darker color...
No joy on finding a pic of the French blue GTV, Marty. I may swing by their house this week and take a couple.
Lane Anderson posted:No joy on finding a pic of the French blue GTV, Marty. I may swing by their house this week and take a couple.
Don't go out of your way
Hey do a search click on this Blue Alfa in France
They are nice, but... then here are the real Blue GTV's from France Here
Ooh, I remembered I like this color blue.
I bought Toyota Voodoo Blue for the Spyder. You see those FJs with the white tops? The blue ones are this color. Supposed to be pretty close to "French Blue" circa 1955.