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joeav8tor
post Feb 3 2005, 09:01 PM
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does anybody know if black was a color option on a 76 914, or a possible repaint....I have seen a few pictures of black cars, but dont know if they are original.
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:03 PM
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:15 PM
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No, all 76 cars were painted Nepal Orange! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:29 PM
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:46 PM
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Black was an option every year from '71 on according to Brett Johnson's book, just not very common.
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:48 PM
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As Henry Ford said, Give the customer any color they want, as long as it is black.
Yep, I had a 76 Black 914 Original paint.
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:50 PM
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saw a 75or 76 914 1.7L? in B.G....looked rusty but did have A/C and a bunch of crap parts all in the seats....it was black though....and brown (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

fer sale too (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) welll..it was. i think the guy wanted 3500 for it but dropped it to liek 1800 or something like that...
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post Feb 3 2005, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Feb 3 2005, 07:15 PM)
No, all 76 cars were painted Nepal Orange! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)



Sure that isn't fiesta orange??
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post Feb 4 2005, 04:07 AM
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thanks to all for the replies....even the Nepal Orange one. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flag.gif)
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post Feb 4 2005, 09:09 AM
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http://homepage.mac.com/markd/914/colors.html is the site to look at all the 914 colors with pics of real cars!

(its Nepal Orange not Fiesta)

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post Feb 4 2005, 11:28 AM
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My '76 was black OEM but the PO repainted it burgandy......
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post Feb 4 2005, 03:50 PM
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There is an original black 72 here about a mile from me for sale....very rust free, not TO bad...$1500.00

Martin thas all very good information...if youd fill in youd LOCATION (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
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post Feb 4 2005, 04:47 PM
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my '76 has its original black paint.
shitty, but original.
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