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| Greg Silva |
 May 3 2003, 08:05 PM
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I went to look at a factory 914/6 today, with a view toward buying it. The original color was signal orange, and at some point in its life it had been re-painted red (possibly Guard's Red). When I started scratching around in the engine compartment, I found a dark green on the firewall. Would that have been a primer coat, or is it possible the car has been re-painted more than once? Also, was the original battery location for a six the same as for a /4? The factory six (which comes with the car) was replaced in 1988 with a 2.7. The last time the car was registered was 1989. It hasn't been driven since then, and it's been about 3 years since it has even been started. I'd appreciate any thoughts, especially about the paint. Thanks.
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| krk |
May 4 2003, 09:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 27-December 02 From: San Jose Member No.: 22 |
Alrighty, back to the primer question.
I'm willing to bet almost a dollar that it's identical to the /4. Here goes the reasoning. I'm sure I've read in a couple of books that the bodies for the /6's were simply pulled of the line at Karmann and sent to Porshe for fitment of the rest of the bits. While possible, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to ship unprimed bodies around. The easiest thing to do would be to shunt them off after priming and stack them somewhere. 'Course, everything we see on our cars makes sense, right? Oh oh... There are probably several places to look for misses on color changes. Here are a couple right out of the gate. (other can add their favorite of course (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) Inside the doors for overspray (look down thru the glass or roll the window down and peer in there) The originals were painted without glass in them. Bottoms of doors. The area around the gas tank. (and maybe under the rubber trunk seals front and back -- this one's not that hard tho -- really lazy painters) Sides of the glove box. Underneath the car -- if it ain't dirt or undercoated, there are several places where the body color shows up. (I'll need to look under mine :-)) As noted, the engine compartment is hard to do right. kim. |
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Greg Silva Question about factory primer May 3 2003, 08:05 PM
Bleyseng The only place I have found not to be the orginal ... May 3 2003, 08:33 PM Greg Silva Geoff, thanks. Although the body panels line up p... May 3 2003, 08:41 PM tracks914 When I bought my car it was white. After spraying ... May 3 2003, 09:05 PM Gint Tell ya what Greg. I'll go out and sand a spo... May 3 2003, 09:36 PM Greg Silva Mike, thanks. I'm on my way to work now and w... May 4 2003, 04:53 AM Lawrence914-6 Greg,
I don't want to sound like a smart-ass,... May 4 2003, 05:26 AM krk Rusty's right. You can actually chase the vin ... May 4 2003, 08:39 AM Lawrence914-6 I have some of the information, on a CD somewhere.... May 4 2003, 08:41 AM krk Found it. Dunno if he is still active on this or n... May 4 2003, 08:45 AM Gint That would be Larry Lee.
"Larry Lee" llee50@stny... May 4 2003, 08:46 AM Lawrence914-6 Larry Lee. Yep, that's the guy.
His database... May 4 2003, 08:47 AM Gint And I never got around to sanding wome firewall to... May 4 2003, 05:24 PM Brad Roberts I have found grey primer under factory paint on si... May 4 2003, 05:27 PM
Greg Silva Gents, thanks very much for the replies. I just n... May 5 2003, 11:35 AM |
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