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| watsonrx13 |
  May 27 2008, 05:22 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States  |
OK, I had an interesting conversation with my auto paint store guy. I'm trying to finish painting the engine compartment of my car and dropped by the DuPont store to get a quart of bahia red, L30E. Well, the guy knows that I work on Porsches so I said I wanted a quart of L30E. He says, 'Hey, that's a VW color, don't you want a Porsche color?'. 'Yea, bahia red.' Well he pulls up the color listing for Porsche - bahia red - 022. He also looks up VW - bahia red - L30E.
Here's the breakdown of the colors used: Porsche - bahia red - 022 qty color 212.2 orange 45.2 red orange 41.2 red violet 13.0 white 618.4 acrylic binder VW - bahia red - L30E qty color 148.7 orange 111.0 clean magenta 22.5 white 6.8 quindo maroon 634.3 acrylic binder So, my question is, which code is the correct color to paint an original '74 bahia red 914? -- Rob |
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| smontanaro |
May 27 2008, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Which code is on your door jamb? Can you get a bit of your color into your paint guy so he can see which mix it's closest to? (Unfortunately, the door or one of the lids is probably the smallest piece of painted sheet metal you could remove from the car.)
Skip |
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| Pat Garvey |
May 27 2008, 06:56 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Door jamb plate tells it all, or the COA.
Really, the mixing components are not necessary. The plate tells the story. It is what it is. As I recall (and do not hold me to this), L30 was the red paint through '74, when they switched to Malaga. Whatever the door plate says is gospel, unless you have a "clipped" car. |
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| watsonrx13 |
May 27 2008, 07:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
The door jamb is L30E, which is what I've always ordered paint by. My point was that the paint store had the L30E listed as a VW paint code. Does anyone know if the 911 had a bahia red - 022, for 1974?
-- Rob |
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| smontanaro |
May 27 2008, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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| watsonrx13 |
May 27 2008, 07:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Thanks Skip... So evidently there are (2) color combinations of the bahia red, the Porsche (022) for the 911 and the VW (L30E) for the 914....
-- Rob |
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| siverson |
May 25 2009, 11:41 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,448 Joined: 5-May 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 654 Region Association: Southern California 
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Was this ever resolved? Are there really two reds for Bahia Red?
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| siverson |
May 25 2009, 11:43 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,448 Joined: 5-May 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 654 Region Association: Southern California
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And maybe this is a stretch, but has anyone ever seen production #s by color code? What was the most popular color? And how many Bahia Red cars were there?
(I may be back up to 2 914s, and this new one is Bahia Red...) |
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| SirAndy |
May 25 2009, 11:51 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,625 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(watsonrx13 @ May 27 2008, 05:06 PM)  My point was that the paint store had the L30E listed as a VW paint code. Well, you ARE driving a VW, so what part are you confused about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy |
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| SirAndy |
May 25 2009, 11:53 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,625 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(siverson @ May 25 2009, 09:43 AM) has anyone ever seen production #s by color code? What was the most popular color? I've never seen a complete list by color. Our VIN database can be queried by color, but i'm afraid 5000 out of 120,000 is not a perfect representation ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy |
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| Lou W |
May 25 2009, 02:28 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 25 2009, 10:51 AM) QUOTE(watsonrx13 @ May 27 2008, 05:06 PM) My point was that the paint store had the L30E listed as a VW paint code. Well, you ARE driving a VW, so what part are you confused about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy Damn, I thought everyone knew that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| URY914 |
May 25 2009, 08:57 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,486 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I only have the W left of my car.
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