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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[Tom_T]

Although these 2 pix below are NOT of my buddy's 73 911S & 74 914-2L (latter of which I now have as a donor shell to fix mine) - both in Light Ivory to which I was referring above -

...but they do illustrate the difference I've seen in pretty much every 914 vs. 911 Light Ivory (for illustration purposes only - top is from the 911 Farben website & bottom was Jeff Bowlsby's 74). By the sky you can tell that the 911 is shot at sunset/dusk or sunrise/dawn, so the color would render even more warm undertone in that pic, than the creme of the 914 in my earlier post above, but it's still more of a creme color than on the 914, if you look at the hood/front deck-lid area.

However, I could be seeing incorrect repaints up until now, except that Tod's 75 in original L80E pix above is indeed that whiter white! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

73 911 Light Ivory 11/1110: ..................................................................................................... 74 914-2.0 Light Ivory L80E: V


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I recall another post/thread here a while back, about what color was shot uder the dash & front bulkhead, where many had white rather than their OE Karman Tag color uniformly sprayed everywhere. I also noted that all of the 914 body shells listed on Porsche's PET factory parts list are white here:
http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessoriesands...partscatalogue/

So - were all 914 bodies first dipped or sprayed in the L80E white (or perhaps a white primer/sealant), and then painted the appropriate body color by Karman????
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[SirAndy]

So - were all 914 bodies first dipped or sprayed in the L80E white

No. The primer is gray-ish, not white.

All L80E 914s i have seen in person look more cream-white than plain white.
You can't compare colors from images of different cars loaded off the internet.

As far as i know L80E was the same color for all years of 914 production.


Any good automotive paint shop will be able to match your paint.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy

PS: The factory replacement shells are called "body in the white" which is a universal term used for complete replacement shells and not a reference to L80E ...

PPS: You can also order the paint straight from Porsche in Germany. I did this when i repainted my car.