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post Oct 9 2005, 04:48 AM
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This question seems to come up around here from time to time. So, I thought that I would start a thread that includes some of the often-mentioned resources that also has a meaningful title.

There are two web sites that have a lot of this information laid out in easy-to-use formats. They are:

McMark's 914 Colors site (includes photos) and Charles Davis' 914 Colors chart.

Jeff Bowlsby also has some great original documentation at his 914 Paint & Fabric Sample Cards site.
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Now, the 914 was assembled in the Karmann factory in Osnabrück. The 4-cylinder models were completely assembled in this plant while the chassis for the 6-cylinder models were put together before being shipped to Porsche for completion.

Many of the paint colors that were used on the 914 were also used on many of the VW models that were also being assembled at Osnabrück at the time. Many of the shared colors can be referenced on the following VW color charts produced in the early '70s.

1970

The colors available for this model year were:

Canary Yellow L11E
Signal Orange L20E
Tangerine L21E
Adriatic Blue L50E
Irish Green L60E
Light Ivory L80E
Silver Metallic L96D
Gemini Blue L96E
Metallic Red L97D
Metallic Green L97P
Metallic Blue L98P

The only color available for 1970 that is not referenced on this chart is Gemini Blue - L96E. However, that color does appear on the 1971 chart below.


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1971

The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Canary Yellow L11E
Signal Orange L20E
Tangerine L21E
Bahia Red L30E
Adriatic Blue L50E
Irish Green L60E
Willow Green L63K
Light Ivory L80E
Silver Metallic L96D
Gemini Blue L96E
Gold Metallic L97G

Two colors for 1971 do not appear on this chart. They are Tangerine - L21E (listed but not shown, see 1970) and Gold Metallic - L97G (not shown on any charts).


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1972

The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Saturn Yellow L13M
Signal Orange L20E
Tangerine L21E
Bahia Red L30E
Adriatic Blue L50E
Irish Green L60E
Willow Green L63K
Light Ivory L80E
Silver Metallic L96D
Gemini Blue L96E
Gold Metallic L97G

Only one color for 1972 does not appear on this chart, Gold Metallic - L97G (not shown on any charts).


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1973

The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Sunflower Yellow L13K
Saturn Yellow L13M
Signal Orange L20E
Bahia Red L30E
Phoenix Red L32K
Olympic Blue L51P
Zambezi Green L64K
Ravenna Green L65K
Light Ivory L80E
Alaska Blue Metallic L96B
Silver Metallic L96D
Marathon Blue Metallic L96M
Delphi Green Metallic L99A

Three colors for 1973 do not appear on this chart. They are Sunflower Yellow - L21K (see 1976), Silver Metallic L96D (see 1972) and Delphi Green Metallic - L99A (not shown on any charts).


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1974

The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Sunflower Yellow L13K
Chrome Yellow L13M
Signal Orange L20E
Bahia Red L30E
Phoenix Red L32K
Olympic Blue L51P
Zambezi Green L64K
Ravenna Green L65K
Light Ivory L80E
Alaska Blue Metallic L96B
Silver Metallic L96D
Marathon Blue Metallic L96M
Delphi Green Metallic L99A


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The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Berber Yellow L11D
Summer Yellow L13K
Nepal Orange L20C
Malaga Red L30C
Scarlet Red L31M
Laguna Blue L50C
Forest Green L64K
Light Ivory L80E
Palma Green Metallic L95K
Silver Metallic L96D
Anacona Blue Metallic L97B
Copper Metallic L99K


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The colors available for this model year were:

Black L04I
Summer Yellow L13K
Nepal Orange L20C
Malaga Red L30C
Scarlet Red L31M
Laguna Blue L50C
Light Ivory L80E
Silver Metallic L96D
Viper Green Metallic L96N
Anacona Blue Metallic L97B


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I have these color charts in a PDF file. I'll post that shortly after I get some coffee.
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post Oct 9 2005, 05:46 AM
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the 1970 color that VW called 'Lemon Yellow' (L11-E/2910) is referred to in Porsche documentation as "Canary Yellow." in 1970 Porsche still believed they made no lemons :-)
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post Oct 9 2005, 06:54 AM
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Anyone know the Porsche code for Azure Blue used on the 911's?
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post Oct 9 2005, 07:08 AM
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QUOTE (nein14 @ Oct 9 2005, 08:54 AM)
Anyone know the Porsche code for Azure Blue used on the 911's?

what year?
that name doesn't show up on my '65->'73 list...
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post Oct 9 2005, 07:25 AM
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QUOTE (nein14 @ Oct 9 2005, 04:54 AM)
Anyone know the Porsche code for Azure Blue used on the 911's?

LY5D... factory chip book shows it as a 944 color '89-91'

is this the same "azure blue" you're looking for?
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QUOTE (Part Pricer @ Oct 9 2005, 02:49 AM)
1972

Only one color for 1972 does not appear on this chart, Gold Metallic - L97G (not shown on any charts).

it's shown as L97H here


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Very Nice Paul. there were at least two color books published, maybe they are just put out by different paint mfrs as references. I have the pages from another book on my collectibles website at the link in my signature.

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Three colors for 1973 do not appear on this chart. They are Sunflower Yellow - L21K (see 1976)...


My page show both Chrome Yellow and Sunflower Yellow (BTW Sunflower is L13K not L21K) available in 1974.





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post Oct 9 2005, 08:12 AM
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check this site out.

http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/Porsche.html

http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/volkswagen.html
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post Oct 9 2005, 10:16 AM
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post Oct 9 2005, 11:26 AM
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Does this mean my 1970 six could not be an original 'black' car from the factory?
Is there a place on the car that would show the original color?
Were these cars 'dipped' or sprayed?


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QUOTE (dheinz @ Oct 9 2005, 01:26 PM)
Does this mean my 1970 six could not be an original 'black' car from the factory?
Is there a place on the car that would show the original color?

it does not mean that.
the color chips were the *standard* colors.
Porsche would "paint to sample" for what now seems to me a relatively small fee.
IIRC, a "nonstandard" but noncustom color was less - especially if it was already available for 911.

the Karmann coachbuilder's badge in the driver's side forward A pillar should have the color code. (and for a /6 - only the color code.) there's a code for "custom" color that i do not recall.

very definitely sprayed.
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