show me your all original cars

[Jens]

Hey Lew, I'm sorry for the short remark. The weird thing about digital cameras is that they sometimes to weird things to colors. Not that your wrong necessarily, but look at this original Tangerine paint that the sun is playing games with. It never looked that way to my eyes.

[blucille]

I hear ya, jens, no offense....but in your photo, there is no body line that acts as a color changer....on the other car, I see it twice at opposite corners, the front hood to front left fender, this I can attribute to bad photography, trick of light or flash, but the rear quarter to door sure looks bad.....not to say it is that way in person, but often the amera lens, aided by the flash can pick up nuances in hue variations that the naked eye might miss.

Again, I didn't personally inspect the car, but i'd be hesitant to believe a claim of 'all original paint'

[Jens]

Lew, I agree. You never really know unless you have the chance to inspect it personally with an educated and experience eye. Funny that the grey Turbo shown looks to be a victim of the same condition. Might be newer paint, might be mud and dirt, might be camera trickery???

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You have to prove it. I've heard that the PCA concours rules allow a car to be called "original paint" if only 45% of the original factory paint is preserved... including the underside of the hood and decklid!!! WTF?!

Different interpretations of "original" are all over the map. I had an original Silver '73 911T recently that was still in factory all original paint except for the rear license plate panel. That's pretty darn original, it had 3,100 real documented miles on it.

[alfin32]

Purchased from the original owner in 2010.
Original paint [except driver's door], original interior, 24,000 original miles.

[Jens]

Wow, what a nice car!

[JH0524]

I 've heard that the PCA concours rules allow a car to be called "original paint" if only 45% of the original factory paint

Actually the requirement is 75% of original paint. This is the quote from the Parade Competition Rules:

"The Preservation Group has both cosmetic and mechanical connotations. It implies that the entered Porsche has most, if not all, of its original parts and surfaces (at least 75% original factory applied paint, upholstery and carpet)."

[Jens]

I was waiting for that, uhm, clarification. Thanks.

[LongRanger]

I like this one . . . .

VIN = 9111300152
Eng## = 6310232
Trans# = ?

Mileage = 108673?

Bahia Red on black leatherette
US Equipment

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...2-71-S-on-Ebay

[LongRanger]

Wonder what ever happened to this one? . . . a $40k eBay purchase by Road Scholars (?) 7.5 years ago

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...sual-ebay-junk!

[wgwollet]

My 1967 912 in Aga Blue, original paint about 80%, original interior, 2nd owner, first had it 40 years.