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> Original Dash Color, - were many yellow?
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post Dec 4 2020, 08:46 PM
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I pulled the lower dash off (my Ivory white 73 1.7L) to deal with the steering column recently and was surprised to find yellow paint - I believe this is an original unpainted car . . .

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Also please note the red (primer?) under the driver fender in the door jamb. . .



I just read in another thread (excerpt below), however that an L96 car also had the yellow bottom dash . . . please enlighten me . . .


QUOTE(John @ Nov 26 2020, 09:13 PM) *


Anyone have a clue about what colors and why they chose those colors on the original dashes? The bottom of the dash of my L96D car is an odd yellow color.
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post Dec 4 2020, 08:52 PM
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I have the same yellow dash and my car is red (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Well known fact. Apparently there might be some hand writing too.
You think your car was never repainted (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) But what is the orange shade we see on the inside of the fender (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Dec 4 2020, 08:56 PM
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QUOTE(Montreal914 @ Dec 4 2020, 09:52 PM) *

I have the same yellow dash and my car is red (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Well known fact. Apparently there might be some hand writing too.


Phew, thanks! Thought I was gonna have to start cutting on this car since it's wasn't as original as I thought . . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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post Dec 4 2020, 08:57 PM
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I’ve parted a dozen 914’s and the dash has always been a different color from the car.
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post Dec 4 2020, 08:59 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Dec 4 2020, 06:57 PM) *

I’ve parted a dozen 914’s and the dash has always been a different color from the car.


And what about the hand writing? Wasn't it the chassis number or something? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Dec 4 2020, 09:02 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Dec 4 2020, 09:57 PM) *

I’ve parted a dozen 914’s and the dash has always been a different color from the car.


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post Dec 4 2020, 09:07 PM
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And yes lots of them have hand written numbers on them. Not sure if they match the chassis number or not.
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post Dec 4 2020, 09:12 PM
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Thanks, Gents . . .Mark-that's the kind of facts I love!
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post Dec 4 2020, 09:27 PM
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My 73 Alaska Blue freaked me out for a moment when I replaced the radio. Same exact yellow dash.
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post Dec 4 2020, 09:42 PM
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When I pulled a green dash out of a one owner, all original white 75, I knew the story was true.

Parted the car because owner let it sit outside for 4 years when it needed a new clutch. Rust wasn’t terrible but more project than I wanted. I gave the roller (for free, so no complaints from that buyer - lol) to Paul Petition and his brother built it up from parts from a crash damaged car. Even had the original bill of sale from the dealer.
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post Dec 5 2020, 04:58 AM
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red primer, new fender
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post Dec 5 2020, 06:47 AM
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Yes, all dashes were multi color. On a rare occasion your dash might be the same color as your car. Dash numbers indicate the sequence the car was built that day.
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post Dec 5 2020, 07:03 AM
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My dash could never be the same color as the car. I have a 98 paint.
But....funny enough...I have a yellow/greenish-ish dash too !
(instrumentpanel removed revealed this)

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post Dec 5 2020, 11:30 AM
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Plenty of evidence here - and thank you for the dash pics, Frank!

Now I have to take shots of any chips that show primer . . .guessing the fender was replaced then. Tubs (near fender vin) in the frunk (still dislike that word for some reason - weird sounding . . .guess I'm lazy enough to use it now) are shiny white . . .

So as the factory oem fenders did not have red primer, what color primer should I be looking for if it's still original paint?
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post Dec 5 2020, 12:01 PM
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Factory bodies were in white primer. Listed in parts books as "Body in White"
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ Dec 5 2020, 01:01 PM) *

Factory bodies were in white primer. Listed in parts books as "Body in White"



Got it - funny, engineers still call the painted chassis "body in white" whether it's white or not.
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post Dec 5 2020, 03:31 PM
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My Bahia Red car came with a blue dash...Alaska Blue?
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Ok-we’re going in deep on this one, submariners!

I’m halfway through this complete brake job including e-brakes on the old Odyssey and I need a break- (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)—sorry!

So I just took a few pics (since this red primer is not “original” thing is eating at me), and this is what I found: there’s red red primer on a few spots under the hood (front trunk-yep-spelling it out -old school)

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Here’s another shot:

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My car was built in October 1972.

It also has white headlight surrounds, which @Pete000 said was unlikely (but a little research proved otherwise I believe) and in all aspect seems very original. Is it possible they used red primer when they built this one?
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post Dec 5 2020, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE(roblav1 @ Dec 5 2020, 02:31 PM) *

My Bahia Red car came with a blue dash...Alaska Blue?


I had the same color combo. With a dash number that did not match the VIN, but was close to the Karmann chassis number (4219593 on the dash, 4219606 on the Karmann plate).
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