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Paper paint code labels, When and why did they use these? |
JeffBowlsby |
Sep 1 2006, 12:30 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,533 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
I have images of a couple of the foil-faced paper paint code labels on my Plates-Labels-Marking webpage and I just found another one on a 2/73 car here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...A%3AIT&rd=1 Until now, the earliest car I have seen them on is a late 1974 car, this new find bumps it up a year. The label is found on the drivers door jamb and none of the four 1974 cars I have owned had any sign of ever having them. Any idea when the factory began to use these, and why or under what circumstances they used them? The paint code is also indicated on the Karmann plate on these cars. Maybe this was a production line thing before the plates were affixed? Anyone know? Also, this ebay cars' label is odd to me too...Is not saturngelb translated as Saturn Yellow and not Delphi Green? L99A does = Delphi.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Attached image(s) |
davep |
Sep 4 2006, 08:33 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,152 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
L99A is saturngelb and is Saturn Yellow Metallic and is Delphi Green Metallic.
They had several different names for several different colors. I was never sure why they called it Saturn Yellow Metallic when it was nowhere close to Saturn Yellow. Besides, Delphi Green sounds much better and it does have a green hue to it. How many of these decal were for non-metallic colors? So far I have only seen them on metallic paint cars. I've no idea why they needed these decals since the color code is on the Karmann badge. The decal is more noticable though. Still, they rarely last long. |
type4org |
Nov 17 2006, 07:48 PM
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You need PLAID! Group: Members Posts: 231 Joined: 13-June 06 From: Oldenburg (Oldb), Germany Member No.: 6,212 |
L99A is saturngelb and is Saturn Yellow Metallic and is Delphi Green Metallic. They had several different names for several different colors. I was never sure why they called it Saturn Yellow Metallic when it was nowhere close to Saturn Yellow. Besides, Delphi Green sounds much better and it does have a green hue to it. This color name confusion is not unique to 914s. On my 1974 412 wagon the brochures call L20A "Chrome Yellow", while the sticker in the front trunk says "Marino Yellow". |
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