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Posted by: Verruckt Apr 24 2005, 09:32 AM

Anyone know the paint codes?

Tag shows: L 13 M

Here is it's current incarnation...

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Posted by: Eric Taylor Apr 24 2005, 09:35 AM

According to McMark's Color page...

Your saturn yellow
Eric

Posted by: Lawrence Apr 24 2005, 09:36 AM

If your car is a 72/73... Saturn Yellow.

If your car is a 74... Chrome Yellow.

-Rusty

Posted by: Verruckt Apr 24 2005, 09:39 AM

The color currently on the car is not the original paint, but it looks like it could be the original color. Does the color in the pic and the paint look like they jive?

Posted by: Verruckt Apr 24 2005, 09:41 AM

QUOTE (Lawrence @ Apr 24 2005, 09:36 AM)
If your car is a 72/73... Saturn Yellow.

If your car is a 74... Chrome Yellow.

-Rusty

Yeah, it's a 72

Posted by: Lawrence Apr 24 2005, 09:45 AM

There were a couple of name changes with colors. Sunflower Yellow and Summer Yellow share the same color code.

Sounds like a marketing thing. I bet Saturn Yellow was cool right after the race to the moon (1969) but then Chrome Yellow just sounded cooler.

-Rusty

Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Apr 24 2005, 09:47 AM

Chrome Yellow & Saturn Yellow are the same. They just called them different names in the color run 1972 through 1974.

Tom

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Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Apr 24 2005, 09:50 AM

This color is very difficult to photograpy. Sometimes it apprears yellow, than with a tint of green. Of course it has a lot of green in it.

Another shot of a 1972 color chart.

Tom

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Posted by: redshift Apr 24 2005, 01:28 PM

People call our cars ugly... well look at those featureless 911s.

A 911 paint chip is UGLY. Thank God for windows, tires, trim, and bumpers!

M

Posted by: dlo914 May 3 2005, 10:02 PM

the color code for my car is L13K...what shade of yellow would that be?

Posted by: carreraguy May 3 2005, 10:09 PM

L13K is Summer Yellow. Its also the code for Sunflower Yellow. For some reason it was changed to "Sunflower" in 1976.

Posted by: dlo914 May 3 2005, 10:14 PM

QUOTE (carreraguy @ May 3 2005, 08:09 PM)
L13K is Summer Yellow. Its also the code for Sunflower Yellow. For some reason it was changed to "Sunflower" in 1976.

wow that was a quick response!!! thanks for the info, but i think like the current paint on my car it's some shade of saturn yellow...makes the car seem PISS fast, b/c we all know yellow IS faster

Posted by: ! May 3 2005, 10:28 PM

BTW....if you reduce the the avatar size to 100x100 you won't get the pixel effect.

Posted by: dlo914 May 3 2005, 10:31 PM

QUOTE ("Z" @ May 3 2005, 08:28 PM)
BTW....if you reduce the the avatar size to 100x100 you won't get the pixel effect.

thank you for the suggestion all-mighty avatar king!!!

Posted by: carreraguy May 3 2005, 11:37 PM

Coincidentally fast - I was doing some research today in order to touch up a few chips acquired during some WCC05 "spirited driving".

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