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It's voodoo. First drive appropriately was to COTA, but only to hop into a boxster. I'm very taken with the color, sporting and eye catching but not outrageous which suits me.
Does/can anyone on the outside know more about PTS than Eduardo?
In that conversation—nice to run into you, Eduardo!—I did mention something I had remembered from a discussion about Jeff's RS 4.0: Several people had noticed that car's nice paint surfaces and different texture/lack of orange peel compared to normal 987/997 paint. I also have been thinking about some of the paint flaws or "rough/unpolished edges" documented in some GT4 color correction threads (was it the GT4 colour thread on Pistonheads?) with photos that showed examples. Those rough edges looked like leftovers from hand work to me, but who can know? It did make me wonder if the same areas on Porsches in standard colors would show similar flaws in the finish.
Might be interesting to park a few PTS cars with a few standard color cars and really look at the finish and texture of the painted surfaces. If it comes from the same shops and the same machines...it should probably have the same surfaces. Of course, there may be another explanation if it doesn't, but it might point to an off-site painter.
Does/can anyone on the outside know more about PTS than Eduardo?
Thanks Pete...I & others here at Rennlist work very hard at it to
make known as much useful information as humanly possible on
this interesting subject, without stepping over the line of confidentiality
with information obtained from reliable sources at Porsche!
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Let me put this in perspective so that everyone knows precisely
what Pete Stout is referring to in his response today! Here is a
copy of my recent post which mentions Pete by name!
Originally Posted by JanisK
That perfectly explains why the finish on a PTS car is not like
on a stock car �� with stock car being the standard and PTS
somewhat catching up with it. Should it not be the other way
round?
Funny you should say that. I ran into Pete Stout, editor of
PCA's Panorama at the IMSA Laguna Seca race this past
weekend. In discussing the topic, he mentioned that he
thinks that PTS cars have a superior finish to the standard
'stock' cars known to be painted at Zuffenhausen. He
specifically mentioned to me the superb paint (lack of
orange peel in particular) on our friend Jeff Zwart's old
PTS 'Meerblau' 997 gt3 RS 4.0 Limited Edition:
I hope Pete, a frequent Rennlist contributor, chimes in
on his thoughts on the subject. He recently wrote an
editorial about PTS in Panorama, so he is quite knowledgeable
on the subject!
By the way, our own 'Sportscentury', my good friend from
Idaho, wrote an interesting letter to the editor in response
to Pete's PTS column. You can read it in the latest edition
of Panorama:
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And here is Pete's reply today to that post:
Originally Posted by stout
In that conversation—nice to run into you, Eduardo!—I did
mention something I had remembered from a discussion
about Jeff's RS 4.0: Several people had noticed that car's
nice paint surfaces and different texture/lack of orange
peel compared to normal 987/997 paint. I also have been
thinking about some of the paint flaws or "rough/unpolished
edges" documented in some GT4 color correction threads
(was it the GT4 colour thread on Pistonheads?) with photos
that showed examples. Those rough edges looked like
leftovers from hand work to me, but who can know?
It did make me wonder if the same areas on Porsches
in standard colors would show similar flaws in the finish.
Might be interesting to park a few PTS cars with a few
standard color cars and really look at the finish and
texture of the painted surfaces. If it comes from the
same shops and the same machines...it should probably
have the same surfaces. Of course, there may be another
explanation if it doesn't, but it might point to an
off-site painter.
Sounds like a case for the PTS Whisperer...
PTS Whisperer indeed...I just wish PAG would allow
us to understand how the PTS program really works
so that we can even the playing field. The 'little' guy,
if a normal relatively wealthy Porsche customer can
be described as such, might not ever get an opportunity
to order a Limited Edition like the 911R...but he should
have at least a crack at PTS! For heavens sake...our
money is equally as 'green' as those of 918 VIPs!
And we are the loyal customers that have stood with
Porsche our entire lifetime as customers through thick
...and thin!
Did PAG or PCNA respond to your Editor's Note in which
you made some helpful suggestions re PTS in the pages of
PCA's Panorama! To protect copyright material, the image
of your PTS article is too small to read on this post but I
encourage all to open their Feb edition of Pano & read it!
Under those lights looks more pastel than metallic
something beautiful in between gelbgrun and birch green
but is metallic under sun lights right?
Originally Posted by W8MM
No, not metallic. Solid color.
Same color as my long-departed '74 911RS/IROC #9114600040
Congratulations Mike. That color is simply stunning on the
RS! Enjoy it in good health. For the record, here is Mike's
former 1974 911 RSR /IROC VIN #9114600040.
For more info on this & other IROC 1974 colors see the following
links:
For whoever is going to be at the factory in the coming days....my Gelbgrun car is supposed to end production on the 18th! Infinite brownie points for whoever spot it and send a picture!!!
05-07-2016, 10:07 PM
