Getting Confirmation of Color for Rare Colors, For those of us with 98 Code cars Options

[rnellums]

I went through the process of getting the COA on my car (paint code 98), hoping that I might get lucky and they would include something besides just:

"Metallic Paint to sample/9992"

What options are there to get some kind of official confirmation of a car's color (e.g. Sahara Beige)

I have some dealer color samples from 1974 (Paint chip card) and my car's color is pretty clearly Ice Green Metallic(1974 optional 911 color), but is there any way to officially define it as such?

-Ross

[Tom_T]

Rob - They should have the paint & interior codes - altho not always correctly "translated" to a color, & they usually ask you to provide a pic of the engine case # before they'll confirm it's a 2L, usually no trans # on 914's.

In agreement with your wife, I think it was a good idea to get one for your Dad's car, as well as any other "collectable" - especially the latter cuz others out there value COA's higher than we know their worth (-lessness). For Dad's 914 it's a personal & family thing to have it, along with any other awards & kudos you might have for your resto.

It's not unusal for any older Porsche to not have specified the "custom" customer selected colors, but more so on 914/4's built at Karmann, whereas they weren't as bad with the 356's & 911/912's built by Karmann.

Michael, PCNA tends to be VERY difficult when it comes to getting any free or "pre" info on the email or 800# to the COA dept., & they're more often wrong than right on the colors & options codes, & then refuse to change/correct it unless you go to the dept GM!!!

It took me 3x to get them to correct the color codes to what I KNEW they were, & then for 3rd & final I had to contact the GM when the supervisor REFUSED to correct it, & even then I had to get info off of Jeff Bowlsby's site for the friggin interior color code #31 being the Biege (they called it black which is #11).

By contrast, I got my `88 Westy's COA in just 2 weeks from the VW Museum in Germany FIRST TIME CORRECT for about HALF the price - +/- $75 vs $125!

PCNA apparently puts a very low priority on their COA's & has the least qualified staffing in that dept.! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

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Tom
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[rnellums]

Rob - They should have the paint & interior codes - altho not always correctly "translated" to a color, & they usually ask you to provide a pic of the engine case # before they'll confirm it's a 2L, usually no trans # on 914's.

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Tom
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I agreee. Mine had the engine number, interior color, and not much else. Its a lot of money to spend on a piece of paper that says "information not available" a bunch of times.

[Johny Blackstain]

I agreee. Mine had the engine number, interior color, and not much else. Its a lot of money to spend on a piece of paper that says "information not available" a bunch of times.

It is a lot of money to pay for "info not available", but I found the more info you give them up front, the more complete the COA will be. Lame, because you're paying them to do homework, yet to get a complete picture you have to do the homework for them. Even then they get info wrong... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jerkit.gif)

[Pat Garvey]

I agreee. Mine had the engine number, interior color, and not much else. Its a lot of money to spend on a piece of paper that says "information not available" a bunch of times.

It is a lot of money to pay for "info not available", but I found the more info you give them up front, the more complete the COA will be. Lame, because you're paying them to do homework, yet to get a complete picture you have to do the homework for them. Even then they get info wrong... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jerkit.gif)

Yeah, but they are lame. Guess they never figured the 914 would be special. Factory still hasn't gotten it!