Amaranth Violet: Official Photo Thread
01-04-2017, 03:19 AM
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In 1973 I bought a brand new 911T in a color called "Lilac". It was remarkably similar to this color. I will try to find and post pix.
I picked the car up at the dealership and drove it directly to the Porsche paddock at Laguna Seca for the race featuring Mark Donohue in the famous 917-30. (He lapped the field including Follmer in the other 917)
My PCA pals shunned my choice of colors and questioned various of my creds jokingly until "Grape T" grew on them. Nowadays odd colors, even pink and purple, are far more fashionable.
I picked the car up at the dealership and drove it directly to the Porsche paddock at Laguna Seca for the race featuring Mark Donohue in the famous 917-30. (He lapped the field including Follmer in the other 917)
My PCA pals shunned my choice of colors and questioned various of my creds jokingly until "Grape T" grew on them. Nowadays odd colors, even pink and purple, are far more fashionable.
02-04-2017, 07:09 AM
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02-06-2017, 01:05 PM
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02-08-2017, 04:29 PM
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Looks great on the modern RS.
02-08-2017, 04:57 PM
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Hey Steve, thanks a lot for being the evil facilitator.
Fortunately I'm not really looking for a car with rear wheel steering.........
MUCH cheaper to wrap one of my existing cars.
That's how I am justifying not doing something financially irresponsible.
Cheers
Craig
02-09-2017, 03:11 AM
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That one is Paint to sample Lilac. Amaranth is probably a little closer to Ultraviolet.
02-13-2017, 01:02 PM
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How weird! I was a serious social outcast when I arrived at the PCA parking paddock in 73 for the Donohue race at Laguna Seca in my brand new 100 mile 73 Lilac 911T. It was the only 73 left in dealer inventory in Ca and deeply discounted because nobody would buy it. Things have changed a bit. I'm gonna try to track down a pic.
03-13-2017, 06:08 AM
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How weird! I was a serious social outcast when I arrived at the PCA parking paddock in 73 for the Donohue race at Laguna Seca in my brand new 100 mile 73 Lilac 911T. It was the only 73 left in dealer inventory in Ca and deeply discounted because nobody would buy it. Things have changed a bit. I'm gonna try to track down a pic.
Now in plasti-dip vintage gold.
03-18-2017, 01:49 AM
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Edit - Facebook link isn't working, but there's an amaranth violet 993 for sale at the moment. Ad is below:
1 of 45 is pretty crazy.
Last edited by YellowDieselGolf; 03-21-2017 at 08:44 AM.