48 year old puzzle, What happened to the paint color |
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48 year old puzzle, What happened to the paint color |
ctc911ctc |
Apr 15 2020, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 917 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States |
In 1975 I was in college, Jr college in Illinois. I got hit in the parking lot. No note, I had no money to fix it. I drove around like an idiot with a dented fender until one day a guy approaches me at school and says he is sorry he hit my car and offers to pay for the damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I brought it to the North Shore Porsche Dealer in Kenilworth IL and this is what I got> I complained about the match, they said: we used the right color - your car has faded! I of course believed them, I went home and glazed the entire car to try and remove the oxidation that they mentioned. The picture was taken after the polishing. QUESTION that has been bugging me since '75, what color did they paint it? Is it a 911 color? Sure isn't signal orange! Thank you Teeners! Could not get the picture to post horizontal.........not sure why.......... |
Frankvw |
Apr 16 2020, 01:25 AM
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working on my first 914 ! Group: Members Posts: 653 Joined: 13-April 16 From: Holland, the Netherlands Member No.: 19,896 Region Association: Europe |
Maybe they used a VW Beetle orange instead of a 914 orange ?
Over here they called them VOPO's , VOlkswagen POrsches, so could be the hangover painter took a VW color ? Who knows...... It is the 1970 914 I think in the pic, so maybe he used a 1970 VW color like L20E or L21E... |
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