914 Colors - Color code chart and pictures, Charts, pictures, links & more Options

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This question seems to come up around here from time to time. So, I thought that I would start a thread that includes some of the often-mentioned resources that also has a meaningful title.

There are two web sites that have a lot of this information laid out in easy-to-use formats. They are:

McMark's 914 Colors site (includes photos) and Charles Davis' 914 Colors chart.

Jeff Bowlsby also has some great original documentation at his 914 Paint & Fabric Sample Cards site.

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Now, the 914 was assembled in the Karmann factory in Osnabrück. The 4-cylinder models were completely assembled in this plant while the chassis for the 6-cylinder models were put together before being shipped to Porsche for completion.

Many of the paint colors that were used on the 914 were also used on many of the VW models that were also being assembled at Osnabrück at the time. Many of the shared colors can be referenced on the following VW color charts produced in the early '70s.

1970

The colors available for this model year were:

Canary Yellow L11E
Signal Orange L20E
Tangerine L21E
Adriatic Blue L50E
Irish Green L60E
Light Ivory L80E
Silver Metallic L96D
Gemini Blue L96E
Metallic Red L97D
Metallic Green L97P
Metallic Blue L98P

The only color available for 1970 that is not referenced on this chart is Gemini Blue - L96E. However, that color does appear on the 1971 chart below.