1973 interior color problem

[levrairoms]

Hi everyone,
I am from France, so please excuse my english. I am new here and after dreaming about it many years, I just bought a wonderful 1973 2.4E targa. It is blue (original color olive), has matching engine, and plenty of native options (400,402,404, 425,470,490,566,568). It is actually on a boat and should be in France in a few weeks.



My problem is with the color interior. I tried to find my answer on internet or to find an original Colour Chart, but it seams impossible.

From the certificate I ordered to Porsche, it's initial interior color was Brown leatherette basketweave (reference 21). But It actually has two different colors. One that matches dashboard and front seats. And the other one the matches door panels and backseats.



From your experience, which one is the good (and what would be the other)?

Also, do my carpet color match the good or the bad color (or maybe both)?

Thanks for your help

Romain

[PD Targa]

Hi Romain
Congratulations on your purchase, I have a 73e targa as well. Looks like your interior has been retrimmed during its lifetime, the correct shade of brown is what’s on your dashboard.

Thanks

[levrairoms]

Thanks Peter. And do you think the carpets match this colour or are they not the good ones?

[dirk07]

Congrats Romain.
Nice car.
The carpet seems too light. The Leatherette at the low A Pillar looks to been replaced while they changed the carpet.

BR

Dirk

[911MRP]

The large format 72-3 brochure and the simpler folded version has some interior shots that might be of interest

Discussed here including some sample pages from Karim

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...nglish-version

Enjoy your new purchase

HtH

[levrairoms]

Thanks for your help Dirk and HtH. I am going to look at this!

[smedley]

The color of the vinyl on the dash fascia is the clue and answer...this is very difficult to change out and also seems to wear fairly well seldom needing replacement.

The car was either re-trimmed with a lighter material or another scenario was a dealer swap.....it was not uncommon for dealer to swap out seats and side trim to make a sale. The clue there would be if your seats and side/door cards were original material...the tan/brown swap was the easiest ams most common.

Your car most likely had originally a brown interior. You're in luck as the original brown Hargaarn velour is still available...the tan is not.

[levrairoms]

Thanks Smedley,
do you know where I can find this brown Hargaarn velour?

[smedley]

Thanks Smedley,
do you know where I can find this brown Hargaarn velour?

We did a brown interior about a year ago, and Tony Garcia at Autobahn Interiors had some.

[911T1971]

-Front seat including peanut shaped headrests and dashboard original.
-Rear seat, door/side panel and carpet not original.
-Rockerboard/side door trim missing.
-If rear wiper not installed anymore, the engine panel was replaced too but a non fonctional knob on dashboard is visible.

Olive was a special color choice.
You had the (darker) Brown interior No21, and not the lighter Beige one.









Btw, fog lights on 911 were always chromed, however the ones for 914 were black and some mounted them in period.