Ok....I'll be the 1st to say.....WTH?
No idea what that rhyme has to do with a gold 914.
And I've been around awhile.

It was a blue car ? it's a VW label ? aren't all 4 cyl. cars labeled like that ?
only two things smell like fish ?

Color change from white
Edit : I say white because of the borders, but now I see the blue in the dots...

No fish in NH today.

Doesn't look to be a tamper proof sticker... Mine also has "Type Passenger Car" as the top line. Don't know if all years had that though.

I am not usually this vague...sorry for the mystery. This one smells 'fishy'...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Porsche-914/1...Fcr&vxp=mtr

Seller says its the original color...not by the looks of that ratty label, which almost looks like a photocopy its so rough.

Here is the Serial Number link in the VIN Section.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...mp;viewid=15020

Very good catch Mr. Bowlsby.

you can see the gold on the rear quarter panel

How do you explain the blue behind the
compliance sticker ? .......there's a masking line around the whole thing.
Seller should provide the color code on the Karmann tag.
He's a Austin Healey guy.
Good eye Dave

If it smells like fish, do as you wish...


I think the reference is to the seller stating all paint on the "jams", trunk, engine compartment, etc. is original, yet that sticker sho' looks to have been taped for a spray job.


Edit: What Rory said...

Already sent a request for that information an hour ago.

He's a poet and don't know it but you can tell by his feet cause there long fellows

I'm not sure if thats gold or surface rust but you can see what appears to be gold on the inside of the front fender.

between the fender and bumper.

VIN section link shows you the real story. Heck of a paint job.

Nice catch, Jeff.

We already have creamsicles, bumblebees, and even grasshoppers.

From now on, are all cars that color called "goldfish?"

Yep, original paint.
Kinda.
Take it from the expert salesman.
What a hoot.
Perfect example of 'anything on the internet is forever'

I second that!!!

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=328646

that is nuts that that car brought that much! Someone got a bad deal. Adriatic blue maybe originally? Side markers gone, so obviously it had a little work, front mounted rear trunk jack corresponds with 1/72 production Funky jack, clutch needs some radical adjustment, no good hardware on the front and rear hood hinges, crazy money for that one that is for sure

No it was originally gold...then blue...then gold again.
The door jamb VIN sticker is a repro that was put on the car when it was blue.

See link I posted above, where I posted screenshots of the two auctions it sold in in the last 6 months.

I agree though, someone got a bad deal. The current seller really misrepresented the car if he was the guy who bought it six months ago from the previous seller who claimed in his auction that he repainted the car from blue back to it's original gold.

This was Dec 2017
http://www.autoquid.com/car-detail/914/197...2997122202.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Porsche-914-/...=p2047675.l2557

I sent the current seller a screenshot of the blue car from the VIN registry here. He sent me many colorful replies. This was the one I responded to.

unbelievable and he is a concours judge?

Testy seller.

How did you know that it was a repro sticker? It looks very old, and the dot punching for the serial number looks quite original. What gives it away as a repro?

The concours judge thing might come back to bite him if the buyer figures out what he purchased.

I doubt the buyer made a trip out to see the car but I sure would have for that kind of money.