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> 48 year old puzzle, What happened to the paint color
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post Apr 15 2020, 06:35 PM
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In 1975 I was in college, Jr college in Illinois. I got hit in the parking lot. No note, I had no money to fix it. I drove around like an idiot with a dented fender until one day a guy approaches me at school and says he is sorry he hit my car and offers to pay for the damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I brought it to the North Shore Porsche Dealer in Kenilworth IL and this is what I got>

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I complained about the match, they said: we used the right color - your car has faded!

I of course believed them, I went home and glazed the entire car to try and remove the oxidation that they mentioned. The picture was taken after the polishing.

QUESTION that has been bugging me since '75, what color did they paint it? Is it a 911 color? Sure isn't signal orange!

Thank you Teeners!

Could not get the picture to post horizontal.........not sure why..........
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post Apr 16 2020, 09:46 AM
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The answer is..They Fuch'd up and blew off a young man... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

My Mom had a head gasket replaced on her Rabbit.. I opened the hood to find about
5 bolts/screws laying on the core support, I called the service Manager, He did nothing
and the Tech. said she ran out of time.....WTF....Thats how I learned about flat rate and crappy work ,and management... Cambell Nelson VW ...



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post Apr 16 2020, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Apr 16 2020, 08:46 AM) *

The answer is..They Fuch'd up and blew off a young man... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

My Mom had a head gasket replaced on her Rabbit.. I opened the hood to find about
5 bolts/screws laying on the core support, I called the service Manager, He did nothing
and the Tech. said she ran out of time.....WTF....Thats how I learned about flat rate and crappy work ,and management... Cambell Nelson VW ...

Same thing with my 2004 Passat I took in for service at University VW. The bottom cover always would only have a few fasteners put on. Get the car and get on the freeway and the damn cover is dragging on the ground. Back to the dealer and they would put some more screws in. Every f*cking time til I got the service manager to give a bunch of the screws so I could do it myself.
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