My 73 2.0 looks orange but that is not the colour, the plate inside the drivers door says L 32K, my paint guy is drawing a blank, can anyone help with more info??

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

L32K = Phoenix Red (Phönixrot)

914 Color Codes

Andy

Thanks, the end of this month may be the end of buying paint as we know it in Canada according to my painter so we are ordering the paint today to ensure we have it. Not painting the car til next winter but wanting to ensure the supply!!

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

Just bought the Irish Green for my 3.2 car (being prepped now) and the L32K for my '73 which will go next month.

edit: just walked out and asked my brother; are you talking solvent based paints, Ian? He hasn't heard anything here and he buys every day. Maybe it's a New Brunswick thing

I've heard rumors about this for the last year or so, just casual conversation with guys that paint cars for a living, apparently everything is going waterbase. What that means for the small shops is the retooling may be cost prohibitive and I know one shop is just gona stop painting as he is close to retirement and doesn't want to spend that kinda money to retool. My guy got the news this morning from his ppg rep that he better order stuff now since the cutoff may be as early as June. I am pretty sure it is not a New Brunswick decision alone. I didn't mind getting the paint now as I am gonna paint the whole car anyway in the next 12 months and it doesn't go bad, and at least we have it, to late to contemplate a colour change now!

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

California went all water based this year, and my painter hasn't had any trouble making the swap. And apparently, at least in Calif, a lot of the paint manufacturers are finding ways to produce solvent based paints & primers with low enough VOCs to still comply, even though they're not water based.

I'll mention it to my brother (he's owned a restoration shop here since the '70s)

The paints for my car are PPG - Global I think. He already shoots the water based as well and doesn't mind it. Given the choice though he is not using the water based on either of mine. I think the Global line is already extremely low VOC.

Phoenix Red is really more of a red-orange color, than a true red like the Bahia Red.

Here are some more color info sources with more "example 914s" in many/most of the colors, including yours.

http://www.p914.com/p914_paint.htm

http://members.rennlist.com/914_collectibl...aintFabrics.htm

http://members.rennlist.com/chuxter/914Colors.htm

Here's a great topic on here for getting the paints today:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...f=2&t=39488

Get Busy!!!!

mine is L32K and has just recently been painted. (2 pack med-solids)

Can look red/orange... or verging on pink! as in last photo... very nice in real life though, very period correct i think Mine was a horrible black mess before repainting.

all L32K

That's one of the finest looking 914's I've seen - super nice.

thanks, wish I still had it...