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> Original Dash Color, - were many yellow?
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post Dec 5 2020, 09:03 PM
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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?


Lots of NOS factory replacement panels with red primer...

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post Dec 5 2020, 09:43 PM
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Here’s another shot:



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?



No...they didn't use red primer. It's been replaced at some point.
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post Dec 5 2020, 10:00 PM
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I would investigate a little more... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Are you sure your car was originally white? This front trunk and fender seemed to have been repainted.
Have you pulled up your carpets to see the floor tar color?
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post Dec 7 2020, 01:51 AM
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White floor. White everywhere-L80e on the tag.

Guess it had some panels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) a bit shocked and disappointed-still a pretty straight and solid SoCal car according to the sticker and the records.

Sawzall warming up now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

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Guess I should go ahead and add a front anti-sway bar so I can have more fun on the tight mountain roads I like to drive. . .

What were original factory primer colors?
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post Dec 7 2020, 08:31 AM
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The car could’ve been repainted more than once. L80E originally from the factory, then red, then back to white.
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post Dec 7 2020, 01:03 PM
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Maybe we should put this in our signature line:

74 1.8 Saturn Yellow, Zambezi Green dash.
Parts car 72 1.7 Alaska Blue, Signal Orange dash.
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post Dec 7 2020, 01:28 PM
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My yellow car has a yellow Dash !! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Dec 26 2020, 10:36 AM
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Interesting fined @MM1 I don't recall my Saturn yellow 74 having an odd colored dash. I believe it was yellow which sounds plausible. Your car might have received a factory replacement hood and fender in the OEM red primer back in the day, so perfectly correct repair with OEM Porsche parts. Interesting discovery in 914 weirdness. !
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post Dec 26 2020, 03:00 PM
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The removable dash section was painted and assembled separately from the body. The color coat was in whatever color happened to be available at the time; perhaps done during body color changes so as not to waste paint while flushing the guns. Then they had the flat black paint sprayed over the front and top faces.
The handwritten # on the underside of the dash is a production #. The production # and the Karmann body # (stamped on the paint badge and either stamped into the rear trunk floor or on a body tag riveted in the front trunk) are independent date codes, but for the 914/4 are almost 95% the same as one another. For some 35 years I thought they might be always the same, then I was able to get source for factory data and found a few that differed. Then I was able to prove the handwritten # was the production #, and the other was a Karmann body #.
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post Dec 26 2020, 08:25 PM
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Looks like @simonjb and @pete000 got lucky . . .

Thank you @davep - I love a proper history lesson!
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post Dec 26 2020, 09:48 PM
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My ‘73 has a 74 front clip, so not sure what year the dash is but it was green, and the glove box lid was red.

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post Dec 27 2020, 11:33 AM
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I just checked my 914-6 # 1937 as the dash is out of it and it is painted ( over spray) the same color as the rest of the car , Tangerine . It also has a grease pencil # 1301952
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post Dec 29 2020, 01:09 AM
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My silver car the dash is light metallic blue.
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post Dec 29 2020, 04:39 AM
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My 1971/4 is white L80E and I remember when pulling the dash some 30 years ago it was painted in blue with a handwritten note "Enzianblau"on it. Enzian is a flower of the alps an can be used to make some high octane booze. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

Back then I figured that maybe the factory used the dash panels to judge the look of new colours?

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