Another Porsche 911 Project #6
by Mads – May 15, 2020
Paint or paint prep?
No, I’m still not going to reveal the colour. But there is progress.
And honestly, this is one of my favourite phases of any build. Because it starts to look like a car again, without actually being finished.
From bare metal to first primer
After all the structural work and fitment checks, the body finally went into primer. Not for colour, not for finish, just as preparation.
The person working on the car is, in my opinion, more of an artist than a conventional body shop technician. The kind of guy who understands surfaces, reflections and proportions beyond just straight lines and measurements. And it shows.
Even in grey primer, the car suddenly stops looking like a project and starts looking like a complete object again. Just not the final version yet.
The illusion of “almost finished”
Primer has a strange effect.
It hides nothing, but it also gives the impression that everything is already decided. Panel gaps, shapes, transitions — all of it becomes more readable. And at the same time, it still feels temporary.
That tension is exactly what makes this stage so interesting. From a distance, the car already looks like it could be done. But up close, it’s still fully in progress.
The colour question again
At this point, the questions started coming in more frequently. Friends, people around me, even people who have followed previous builds started guessing the colour.
Some assumed it would be silver again. Others suggested period-correct Porsche colours from the late 70s, or something from earlier pre-74 palettes, especially because of the backdate direction of the project.
All very reasonable assumptions. But none of them are correct. The only thing I can say is this:
The colour was decided on the very first day I thought about this project.
And it has not changed once since then.
Final adjustments before paint
While the visual identity is still hidden, the technical side is now being finalised. Door fitment is being refined, panel gaps are being corrected, and alignment across all body sections is being dialled in.
This is the part where everything gets slightly obsessive. Millimetres start to matter more than ideas. Once all of that is correct, the final surfaces will go into paint preparation.
And then there is nothing left to adjust. Only to reveal.
The last quiet moment
Right now, the car sits in that in-between state. Not raw anymore, but not finished either.
And I know this is the last phase where it still feels like a project in progress rather than a finished statement.
After this, there is no more hiding anything. No more primer. No more excuses. Just the final version.