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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) |
davep |
Oct 14 2007, 10:14 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,154 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Okay, good info. We can be relatively certain that the body #'s do match, so the paint code must be in error. The factory probably made sure the body # was correctly matched to the body even though the paint code was in error. I'd be guessing that the body was at or near a paint changeover. I don't have enough 1972 data to know that yet.
You may find that better photos can be taken if you set the camera to macro /closeup mode, and turn off the flash manually. |
Carofornia_Kid |
Oct 15 2007, 09:14 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-October 07 From: Central Carolina Member No.: 8,216 |
Thanks Dave, that pretty much confirms it for me. I'll stay with Plan A and sort of drive the girl back to good condition--in L13M--after the hell-hole and floor pan edge repairs, of course. Doubt we'll quite reach the condition of Jon's Achtung! car, but will try. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
Would a COA contain any useful info on the paper documentation of the color? I'd sort of like to have one anyway, to verify that the extra engine I have is indeed original to the car per the PO's statements. However, I hate to reward a company for what some folks here have said is a rather dubious document. I am curious, though. Following up with better images of the Karmann Tag and Compliance Sticker. It's that Flower Hieroglyphic that means Macro Mode. Doh! And one more thing. Why is there no Achtung!-colored Emoticon in the list. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) |
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