I have seen plenty of decoders for the various options that were available on our cars, and there is plenty of information on the exterior colours and their various codes that even specify the paint manufacturer.
However I have never seen a comprehensive list of the interior colours / fabrics / materials options that were available for the early cars.
Does anyone know if one exists?
The Peter Morgan book (and others) lists various codes for colours and types of fabrics and colours and types of carpet. However these do not seem to match any codes I have seen on documents from Porsche itself when providing options codes or build data on specific cars. Indeed they seem to be "part numbers" more than anything.
The "RS book" does show a list of interior codes that do seem to correlate with what I have seen on various documents / letters describing specific cars. However as they applied to the RS only they only cover the various black options - not other colours.
For the record they are:
code type seats middle stripe
11 LT black LT LT perforated
12 LT black LT Courduroy
13 LT black LT Hounds tooth
16 LT black Leather Leather
17 LT black Leather Courduroy
18 LT black Leather Hounds tooth
99 special order
LT = leatherette
I have a code on the order sheet for my car that I can't find an explanation for - 32. The car has tan carpets and tan leatherette interior and seats with a corduroy centre stripe. (I am certain they are original although the Porsche "kardex" records show my car as having black seats with houndstooth - very unlikely in a car that seems to have an original tan interior)
There is no other information on the option data sheet that relates to the colour and type of interior but there is a 1111 for the exterior colour code - light ivory.
I am surmising that the pattern of numbers and options that were in the RS book in relation to black might be repeated, but with a different first number, for other coloured interiors - say a "3" for tan and another colour (maybe brown) for "2" etc.
That would make my mystery number "32" the code for tan leatherette interior with tan leatherette seats with a corduriy middle stripe.
I would be interested to know if anyone knows for sure, and in particular if they have the key to these codes.