Original Color?, Can the Chassis # / Paint Code Tag be wrong? |
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Original Color?, Can the Chassis # / Paint Code Tag be wrong? |
Carofornia_Kid |
Oct 14 2007, 10:55 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-October 07 From: Central Carolina Member No.: 8,216 |
Hello oh wise ones. A newbie here with a question about my '72 1.7's original color. The riveted Chassis Tag in the LF door jamb says the car's color is L80E (Light Ivory). The color showing through the VIN/Compliance sticker in the LR door jamb clearly shows L13M (Saturn Yellow). Chassis # stampings in the RR trunk, on the RF fender and on the riveted Data Tag on the RF headlight bucket all agree with the Chassis Tag. Every crevice and cavity of the car shows L13M paint. The edges of the "taped-off", Earl Scheib-type yellow repaint of the car reveals a factory original-looking L13M paint. The PO got the girl into an argument with a guardrail, and the LF sheetmetal was replaced (fairly well) from the tire forward and across to the edge of the RF headlight. The red donor sheetmetal is covered with the Earl Scheib-type yellow paint.
Is the Chassis Tag paint code stamping wrong? And on a tangential note, are the Fuchs-style wheel covers hard to find? Pricey? Thanks for any help ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
jonferns |
Oct 14 2007, 07:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States |
the VIN sticker on the drivers door jamb shows color code too? -JON
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Carofornia_Kid |
Oct 14 2007, 07:55 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-October 07 From: Central Carolina Member No.: 8,216 |
Not saying there's a color code on the sticker, Jon. There's not as far as I know. I'm just assuming that what's showing through the manufacturing date and VIN # perforations on the sticker is the absolute original paint, since it's yellow on my car. The perforation color may be just part of the sticker for all I know, as this is the only one I've ever seen. Also, I've no idea what my assumption would mean on a black car. Maybe they'd use a silver sticker on a black car. I don't really know the expert-type stuff. That's why I'm asking you guys.
You can't really tell from the pic, of course, but the door jamb paint looks original. It was not cheaply repainted like the car's exterior. I'm just getting back into the air-cooled boxer engine cars after having owned a '66 Karmann Ghia for about 10 years. But that car was many, many moons ago. In the days when I could only dream about owning a 914. |
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