Gulf racing colours

Unveiled 4 years ago, the Porsche 908-04 is the result of the teamwork of five passionate designers, modelers, and photographers.The project was developed during their free time with the sole purpose of sharing their common passion for cars, proportions,…

More and more bikes are cropping up with the sky blue, orange and navy pinstripe colors of the Gulf Oil scheme. It's the one previously mentioned in this blog being Steve McQueens Porsche appearance in Le Mans. Michael Delaney: "A lot of people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it... it’s life. Anything that happens before or after... is just waiting." One german garages version of an upgraded Bonneville (mark II 2000 models)…

50 years of what is probably the world's favourite motor racing colour scheme......

Gulf by MPSpeedShop.com

It's strange to see a Ducati in anything other than red. But the lines of the 1098R suit the most iconic racing colors of all: the blue and orange of Gulf Oil. This French-entered bike ran competitively in the 2008 Le Mans 24 Heures Moto, before gearbox troubles forced it out. Not quite as successful as the legendary Ford GT40s of 1968, 1968 and 1975 then, but the livery is so evocative we can forgive that. For the designers amongst you, the Gulf colors are Pantone Blue PMS 301 and Pantone…