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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby May 5 2018, 02:09 PM
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Posted by: raynekat May 5 2018, 08:23 PM
Ok....I'll be the 1st to say.....WTH?
No idea what that rhyme has to do with a gold 914.
And I've been around awhile.
Posted by: rgalla9146 May 5 2018, 08:37 PM
It was a blue car ? it's a VW label ? aren't all 4 cyl. cars labeled like that ?
only two things smell like fish ?
Posted by: Mark Henry May 5 2018, 08:39 PM
Color change from white 
Edit : I say white because of the borders, but now I see the blue in the dots...
Posted by: 914-300Hemi May 5 2018, 09:09 PM
Posted by: Unobtanium-inc May 5 2018, 10:05 PM
No fish in NH today.
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Posted by: bbrock May 5 2018, 10:13 PM
Doesn't look to be a tamper proof sticker... Mine also has "Type Passenger Car" as the top line. Don't know if all years had that though.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby May 5 2018, 10:42 PM
I am not usually this vague...sorry for the mystery. This one smells 'fishy'...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Porsche-914/132609949715?hash=item1ee02b4013:g:vdYAAOSwn8pa7Fcr&vxp=mtr
Seller says its the original color...not by the looks of that ratty label, which almost looks like a photocopy its so rough.
Posted by: 74ravenna May 6 2018, 04:05 AM
Here is the Serial Number link in the VIN Section.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=membervins&action=view&viewid=15020
Very good catch Mr. Bowlsby.
Posted by: 73-914 May 6 2018, 05:08 AM
you can see the gold on the rear quarter panel
Posted by: rgalla9146 May 6 2018, 05:27 AM
How do you explain the blue behind the
compliance sticker ? .......there's a masking line around the whole thing.
Seller should provide the color code on the Karmann tag.
He's a Austin Healey guy.
Good eye Dave
Posted by: Porschef May 6 2018, 05:34 AM
If it smells like fish, do as you wish... 
I think the reference is to the seller stating all paint on the "jams", trunk, engine compartment, etc. is original, yet that sticker sho' looks to have been taped for a spray job. 
Edit: What Rory said...
Posted by: AndyB May 6 2018, 06:16 AM
How do you explain the blue behind the
compliance sticker ? .......there's a masking line around the whole thing.
Seller should provide the color code on the Karmann tag.
He's a Austin Healey guy.
Good eye Dave
Already sent a request for that information an hour ago.
Posted by: Front yard mechanic May 6 2018, 07:17 AM
He's a poet and don't know it but you can tell by his feet cause there long fellows
Posted by: 74ravenna May 6 2018, 07:20 AM
you can see the gold on the rear quarter panel
I'm not sure if thats gold or surface rust but you can see what appears to be gold on the inside of the front fender.
Posted by: 74ravenna May 6 2018, 07:22 AM
you can see the gold on the rear quarter panel
I'm not sure if thats gold or surface rust but you can see what appears to be gold on the inside of the front fender.
between the fender and bumper.
Posted by: Edward Blume May 6 2018, 07:45 AM
VIN section link shows you the real story. Heck of a paint job. 
Posted by: KELTY360 May 6 2018, 08:16 AM
VIN section link shows you the real story. Heck of a paint job.
Nice catch, Jeff.
Posted by: Larmo63 May 6 2018, 10:10 AM
We already have creamsicles, bumblebees, and even grasshoppers.
From now on, are all cars that color called "goldfish?" 
Posted by: rgalla9146 May 6 2018, 12:18 PM
Yep, original paint.
Kinda.
Take it from the expert salesman.
What a hoot.
Perfect example of 'anything on the internet is forever'
Posted by: Michael N May 6 2018, 02:48 PM
From now on, are all cars that color called "goldfish?"
I second that!!!
Posted by: era vulgaris May 10 2018, 03:42 PM
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=328646
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com May 10 2018, 04:24 PM
that is nuts that that car brought that much! Someone got a bad deal. Adriatic blue maybe originally? Side markers gone, so obviously it had a little work, front mounted rear trunk jack corresponds with 1/72 production Funky jack, clutch needs some radical adjustment, no good hardware on the front and rear hood hinges, crazy money for that one that is for sure
Posted by: era vulgaris May 10 2018, 04:37 PM
that is nuts that that car brought that much! Someone got a bad deal. Adriatic blue maybe originally? Side markers gone, so obviously it had a little work, front mounted rear trunk jack corresponds with 1/72 production Funky jack, clutch needs some radical adjustment, no good hardware on the front and rear hood hinges, crazy money for that one that is for sure
No it was originally gold...then blue...then gold again.
The door jamb VIN sticker is a repro that was put on the car when it was blue.
See link I posted above, where I posted screenshots of the two auctions it sold in in the last 6 months.
I agree though, someone got a bad deal. The current seller really misrepresented the car if he was the guy who bought it six months ago from the previous seller who claimed in his auction that he repainted the car from blue back to it's original gold.
This was Dec 2017
http://www.autoquid.com/car-detail/914/1972-Porsche-914-1972-Porsche-914_172997122202.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Porsche-914-/172997122202?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=s%252BtKdtvXe08DDT0qc3ew011OFtw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Posted by: era vulgaris May 10 2018, 04:47 PM
I sent the current seller a screenshot of the blue car from the VIN registry here. He sent me many colorful replies. This was the one I responded to.
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Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com May 11 2018, 07:35 AM
unbelievable and he is a concours judge?
I sent the current seller a screenshot of the blue car from the VIN registry here. He sent me many colorful replies. This was the one I responded to.
Posted by: rhodyguy May 11 2018, 07:46 AM
Testy seller.
Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com May 11 2018, 08:37 AM
How did you know that it was a repro sticker? It looks very old, and the dot punching for the serial number looks quite original. What gives it away as a repro?
that is nuts that that car brought that much! Someone got a bad deal. Adriatic blue maybe originally? Side markers gone, so obviously it had a little work, front mounted rear trunk jack corresponds with 1/72 production Funky jack, clutch needs some radical adjustment, no good hardware on the front and rear hood hinges, crazy money for that one that is for sure
No it was originally gold...then blue...then gold again.
The door jamb VIN sticker is a repro that was put on the car when it was blue.
See link I posted above, where I posted screenshots of the two auctions it sold in in the last 6 months.
I agree though, someone got a bad deal. The current seller really misrepresented the car if he was the guy who bought it six months ago from the previous seller who claimed in his auction that he repainted the car from blue back to it's original gold.
This was Dec 2017
http://www.autoquid.com/car-detail/914/1972-Porsche-914-1972-Porsche-914_172997122202.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Porsche-914-/172997122202?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=s%252BtKdtvXe08DDT0qc3ew011OFtw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Posted by: mepstein May 11 2018, 09:02 AM
unbelievable and he is a concours judge?
I sent the current seller a screenshot of the blue car from the VIN registry here. He sent me many colorful replies. This was the one I responded to.
The concours judge thing might come back to bite him if the buyer figures out what he purchased.
I doubt the buyer made a trip out to see the car but I sure would have for that kind of money.
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