was thinking of respraying my car at some point and its yellow now, but i like the look of the orange that i have seen on early cars....
can someone please post some pics please


michael

Singal Orange - L20E. Here is my 70 after it was repainted last year.
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Action shot at first solo after paint.

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I've been researching orange for my project car.

I get my paint at a PPG automotive supply shop (I know the owner).

They had problems getting the mix codes for the older colors for modern paint.

What I've decided to do is use the orange color on 2008 Ford Mustangs. It's ford color U3 and comes up as "Valencia Orange" in the PPG system. (the window sticker calls it "Grabber Orange")

Another orange that is very close in color to the Mustang color is "Orange" on the new limited edition Boxster. Without parking the two cars next to one another (sure not going to happen!), I can't tell the difference in color.

I can get the Ford color in a single stage paint and avoid doing a clear-coat.

Wes V

L21E - Tangerine

There is color information here. Click on the 914 Info section at the top of this page. Click on Color Codes.

Or click here.

It would be great if someone could post the mix codes for the different colors from the different paint vendors. PPG, Dupont, etc... Sounds like a job for one of the CWs.

IIRC the PPG dealer I bought my paint from looked it up with the factory paint code.

no pics there (yet) but all the available color codes for each year ...

McMark;

I know about that page (very helpful) and went to the paint supplier armed with the name of Nepal Orange and also the color code L20C.

They were able to come up with some information, but it wasn't for a PPG mix. It was for some other manufacturer's material.

As you may know, here in California, the EPA is constantly changing what's allowable, and that makes it difficult to get mix formulas for the new material

Wes

was signal orange an option on 914-6?

It was a standard color on sixes and fours.

1970 914-6 Signal Orange but faded
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1970 914-6 Yellow & 1971 M-471 Tangerine
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Nepal Orange is also known as Fiesta Orange (to VW people). The PPG code is 2794.

70 in Tangerine

Signal Orange.. 2 stage

Phoenix Red

anyone got signal orange with positive "PORSCHE" side decals ??


let me see ...

I've been considering doing this.

Signal orange.

Cool! do it!

DON'T!