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) |
davep |
Dec 9 2007, 10:05 AM
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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 |
That is good news. Too bad they used the wrong code series for the paint. Even the 914/6 no longer used that code by that time. Fact is they usually have the wrong code series. They could also use the correct engine code, but almost never do so.
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