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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[tod914]

Siklet? Standox (owned by Dupont) ? Those fuchs on that car have primer on them and not anodize. Andodize had stained from ps21 wheel cleaner.

[Tom_T]

Siklet? Standox (owned by Dupont) ? Those fuchs on that car have primer on them and not anodize. Andodize had stained from ps21 wheel cleaner.

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Okay, so now that I have my laptop back with my 914 files, I've found the link below for the Phx. Red I'd seen FS awhile back, that had named a German paint brand:
> Spies Hecker ........ turns out it was right here on the world! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=93757

Is that an OEM paint mfgr. for VW-Porsche on the 914s, or just a current German mfgr of good quality auto paints?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Are they any better than Glasurit/PPG, Sikkens/Siklet or Standox/Dupont, etc.?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
... if so, what are the relative advantages & disadvantages of each?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I know from when I checked around for the best paints to do our 85 BMW 325e E30 & 88 VW Vanagon Westfalia, all of the better shops recco'ed Dupont or PPG, over Sherwin Williams & the other lesser brands used by MAACO, 1 Day, etc.

So what say the Paint Guru's out there?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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