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rgalla9146 |
Aug 10 2017, 10:30 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,569 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None |
Is L80E (or 11 on a 6) a true white ?
It is called Elfinbein or Light Ivory on the color code list on this site. My recollection is that early cars both 6s and 4s were commonly seen in a true white color The problem for me is that if you look up Elfinbein it is shown as a light tan. I want to paint my car white but I'm not sure if that code might give me a 'off white' shade. Can you early white car guys help me out ? Is L80E or 11 a true white ? TIA Rory |
Tom_T |
Aug 10 2017, 11:44 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Rory,
I can't tell you the white used on the plastic racers, but you probably can do some googling & online searching to find it & the Porsche name & color code for their race cars in "white". You might also try looking at the Colliers Museum article in Panorama or Excellence for their website, & see if they have any color name/code details on his collection of Porsche racers up to `73. I think that Grand Prix White was a later color/code on production cars from the `70's on, but I may be wrong. As for the L80e pic you saw - you probably saw a faded or off-color rendition (camera &/or screen) version of L80E if it was tan looking - as you can see from the pix above. Light Ivory is very hard to tell as being off-white, unless it's next to a truer white like the Grand Prix white cars in the pix above. BTW - IIRC on the 914-6's the full Porsche color code was supposed to be 1110 for Light Ivory with black - for the targa roof/sails/rollbar & raockers/valances in black. PS - You can see examples of 914s in various colors for each MY, if you click on the 914 color silhouettes under each MY to go to the car example. http://p914.com/p914_paint.htm (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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