Original Light Ivory Color & Mix?, ...L80E, 11, 1110, etc......????? Options

[Tom_T]

Okay, so I want to take my early-73 914-2.0 (marketed in USA as a "914S" then) back to the original OE Light Ivory color, which I can still see under the floor mats, etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

The problem is, I'm seeing quite a range of this innocuous color on various 914s & 911s, ranging from a bright white to a more mellow off-white befitting the "light ivory" name, and I'm seeing color chart sample chips in that same range! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Then to compound that, the 73MY documents which I've found online call the color L80E in some places & 1110 in others, while my COA calls it only 11. Of course they also call my #31 Beige upholstery "black" - contrary to those documents' interior codes & even their own other COAs where black is #11! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

So does anybody have the proper L80E/1110/11 "Light Ivory" paint tint/color mix formula for a 1973 MY 914?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Here are a few examples from my research to illustrate my dilemma....

L80e chip from Wolfsburg West on 73 VW Conertible Bug:


72 914 Dealer Color Samples:


71 PPG VW Paint Color Chart with L80E:


74 914 Dealer Color Samples:


72 Porsche Dealer Color Codes - Paint & Interior:


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[Gustl]

currently I'm at the office, so I can't study this in detail, but it says that there are 2 slightly different colour tones of Light Ivory

but 1st of all, you have to notice, that these aren't Porsche documents, but recipies from a Paint shop, how to mix these Porsche colours (even for 2 different types of paint)

it seems that the POR 6804 is slightly brighter than the KO 109


my 1st thought was, that it might be a slightly colour change over the years - possibly no effect for the 914
we would need to see the print date of these sheets ...?

maybe anybody else would know more ...?

[Tom_T]

currently I'm at the office, so I can't study this in detail, but it says that there are 2 slightly different colour tones of Light Ivory

but 1st of all, you have to notice, that these aren't Porsche documents, but recipies from a Paint shop, how to mix these Porsche colours (even for 2 different types of paint)

it seems that the POR 6804 is slightly brighter than the KO 109


my 1st thought was, that it might be a slightly colour change over the years - possibly no effect for the 914
we would need to see the print date of these sheets ...?

maybe anybody else would know more ...?

I guessed that's what it might be saying - & about POR11 varying as well - based on my extremely rusty 1 yr of college German way back in 70/71!

I don't know the print dates, but the sheet is for 68 MY Porsche, but it's the only one I've found so far with the color mix. For some reason that online source skips the 69-76 Porsche MY colors? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

I had posted their similar VW color sheets above which cover the 914 production years, but Light Ivory only appears on 71 & 72 MY for that (PPG's colors).

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I wonder if Porsche or VW would still have the actual correct 73 MY formula for the 914 Light Ivory? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

...of course, PAG/PCNA seems to have very limited records anymore on these vintage cars & it appears that most doing the COAs don't know which codes to read nor how to read them, judging by my 2 incorrect COAs! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)