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Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 26 2016, 10:06 AM

Yeah - I know "Yellow is Faster" but there is always an oddball in the group (me). Eric Shea was there but his car was not in the picture or we would have had one more.

This was taken at Red Rocks Classic in Moab 2014.

Posted by: tpines Feb 26 2016, 10:32 AM

We all live in a yellow 914, a yellow 914, a yellow 914!!!

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Feb 26 2016, 12:30 PM

My car is black but parts of it are still yellow. So, does that make it "partially" fast?


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Posted by: KELTY360 Feb 26 2016, 12:56 PM

I think the correct term is "half fast".

Posted by: wes Feb 26 2016, 01:08 PM

Born chrome yellow, repainted chrome yellow, off jack stands and so close to being ready for the road.

Posted by: theleschyouknow Feb 26 2016, 01:27 PM

that chrome yellow looks sweet!

cjl

Posted by: mgp4591 Feb 26 2016, 01:27 PM

Whose pink car is that on the end??

Posted by: xperu Feb 26 2016, 02:43 PM

Yellow 914's are faster than every other color.

Posted by: Kaeferfreund Feb 26 2016, 03:02 PM

You guys are all crazy

http://www.free-emoticons.co.uk/emoticons/Jumping/

But I like it

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 26 2016, 03:17 PM

who you calling crazy

Posted by: matthepcat Feb 26 2016, 03:21 PM

Yellow cars always cost me a lot of $$$ because I have to immediately get them repainted not yellow.

Posted by: era vulgaris Feb 26 2016, 04:09 PM

Thank you for that. Now I'll be singing that in my head for the next week.



That's how I feel about red cars. Yellow I'm cool with.

Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 26 2016, 04:34 PM

That car isn't the pink one - this one is.



Wait a minute - my car isn't pink!

Posted by: r_towle Feb 26 2016, 04:36 PM

Yellow on the places the cops cannot see

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 26 2016, 05:20 PM

Posted by: Tom_T Feb 26 2016, 05:36 PM

Back in 1969 my first car was a RED `68 Opel Kadett B 2dr Notchback with a measely 1.1L I-4 & not particularly fast, but I kept getting pulled over.

So my Dad & I went to the neighbor who was a San Diego Police LT & asked why.

He said that cops target bright colors - Red first, then Orange, Yellow, then any of the other bright Greens, Blues, Purples, etc.

So the Cops then & now certainly think that color makes for a fast car!
.... or at least a driver who likes those colors has a propensity to speed.

So add radar/laser detectors & eyes in the back of your head folks!

This cop hunting color issue was why I changed my `76 repaint of my `73 914-2L from the 75 914 Copper Metallic - which looked metallic Orange in the sun - to my "Pavement Cammo" color of the 930 Anthracite Gray metallic in the `80-83 rolling resto - & my being pulled over stopped, while my driving style in it remained the same!

Cheers!
Tom
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Posted by: Jeffs9146 Feb 26 2016, 05:50 PM

Yep......Yellow is faster!!


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Posted by: r_towle Feb 26 2016, 09:03 PM

Seems like the lady in th red dress from the movie the Matrix.

This thread made me look around more today, up here in New England.
Black, silver and white are the dominant car colors.
Occasional red cars.

Nothing else, which seems sad.

Posted by: xperu Feb 27 2016, 03:41 PM

Let me see.......... I have owned a black one, an orange one, a red one a white one and a yellow which I currently drive. It might be that I owned most of my earlier cars in California growing up, not to mention my father was a motorcycle cop. Now I'm in Texas and a lot of open road................ Plus the car is yellow.

Posted by: mgp4591 Feb 27 2016, 03:50 PM

Ooops.... my bad. I do remember that parking lot however and your red one is pretty sweet! Still would like to find a front valance like yours...

Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 27 2016, 04:46 PM

I was lucky to get that valance. I really want one to fit the flares better but this one is pretty cool and built like a tank.

Posted by: TJB/914 Feb 27 2016, 09:23 PM

914's
Yellow is not faster It's just a bright color that everyone can see in traffic and you don't have to toot your horn to be seen.

I like this grouping of yellow 914's.
1970 Canary Yellow # L11E (front of group)
1973 Saturn Yellow L13K (middle group)
1974 Chrome Yellow # L13M (in the garage)

Tom


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Posted by: TJB/914 Feb 27 2016, 09:55 PM

Yellow stuff.

Dirty Yellow in the weeds.
Yellow 914 plaid seats.
(3) yellow 914's out of (14) cars, notice how they stand out against the dark ones. Not faster, just easy to be seen.

Tom


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Posted by: xperu Feb 27 2016, 11:04 PM

Funny!

Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 28 2016, 08:07 AM

Great picture of some fine cars. But I think L13K is actually Sunflower Yellow for 1973. L13M was Saturn Yellow in 1973 and then L13M was called Chrome Yellow in 1974.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 28 2016, 09:43 AM

...the "paint police" have arrived

Posted by: TJB/914 Feb 28 2016, 09:44 AM

Hi Mike,
You are correct on 73 & 74 (see attached color chart brochure)
Tom


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Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 28 2016, 10:15 AM

Nice charts - thanks.

Why would Porsche change the name of a paint color from one year to the next? It must have been some marketing ploy is all I can figure out.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 28 2016, 10:38 AM

Yellow Gone WILD

Posted by: dhm Feb 28 2016, 12:28 PM

Posted by: Kansas 914 Feb 28 2016, 02:07 PM

Stunning!

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 28 2016, 03:26 PM

..........not mine BUT yellow

Posted by: t collins Mar 1 2016, 09:41 AM

Canary yellow L11E

Posted by: Sleepin Mar 1 2016, 10:23 AM

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 1 2016, 10:24 AM

.........more yellow

Posted by: Sleepin Mar 1 2016, 10:28 AM

I have kind of acquired a yellow one myself....





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Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 1 2016, 10:40 AM

........and even more yellow (not mine):



OPPS.....wrong but German!

Posted by: Sleepin Mar 1 2016, 10:46 AM

One of my favorite yellow pictures:




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Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 1 2016, 10:52 AM

More yellow.............

.... hey, that's not stinking P car

Posted by: TJB/914 Mar 1 2016, 01:25 PM

I agree nice yellow

Added my Chrome Yellow/Saturn Yellow photo. (Eric & Tom)



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Posted by: chandler1969 Mar 1 2016, 02:00 PM

Yeller is nice!

Posted by: Kansas 914 Mar 1 2016, 03:10 PM

That's a good one!

Posted by: PlantMan Mar 1 2016, 03:16 PM

I have only owned yellow 914's. My current car is yellow with rust.....

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 1 2016, 04:22 PM

PINK................... ...... er, wait a minute.....

Posted by: rgalla9146 Mar 2 2016, 09:56 AM

OK, I'm in.
Original 6


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Posted by: Kansas 914 Mar 2 2016, 10:09 AM

Nice!

Posted by: Kansas 914 Mar 2 2016, 10:25 AM

I have to post a picture of my favorite yellow 914. She is the Queen of 914World (and previous COTM).

Buttercup is a 1973 1.7L that was restored with the help of many people here. Here is the thread on the build: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=101614&hl=buttercup&st=100

The back story is here: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=98044&hl=shortridge



The paint on this car is Sunflower Yellow (L13K) so this picture is perfect!

Posted by: Kansas 914 Mar 2 2016, 10:52 AM

Buttercup COTM

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 2 2016, 11:40 AM

.........used to be yellow

Posted by: Kaeferfreund Mar 2 2016, 03:30 PM

Is that one yours?

Posted by: rgalla9146 Mar 2 2016, 06:17 PM

Yes.
And this non-yellow one too.


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Posted by: Series9 Mar 2 2016, 07:43 PM

If you don't think YPAF, I dare you...






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Posted by: rgolia Mar 3 2016, 11:27 AM

Wasn't a fan of yellow when Dad brought it home (I wanted a black one), but it has been a great friend for over 40 years.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Mar 3 2016, 01:07 PM

Nice AUX lights.....

Posted by: rgolia Mar 3 2016, 01:42 PM

well thank you

Posted by: wes Mar 3 2016, 03:59 PM

I'll second on the lights looking good.