Special Colors aka 'Paint-to-Sample' . . .

[Schiefer]

Here is my 1978 930 with 'special wishes' 99 Viper Green Metallic:-

Looks nice!

[jaldeguer]

This '66 I believe, based on its KARDEX, was a special order car with what seems like a "paint to sample" color since its supposed color code on the door plate was not in any of the color charts, including charts and data on special colors. In the Kardex, all it said was gelb. Aside from the color, this car came with a few other interesting options as well such as Limited Slip Differential, sunroof, all leather interior, two side mirrors, etc. It also seems, after having checked with the production completion date, this car was delayed by three weeks compared to the cars whose VIN numbers succeeded this one.

[pu911rsr]

Gelb (I thought that was german for light yellow) looks a lot like code 117, very pretty.
Phil

[Flieger]

Gelb is simply yellow. Light yellow is hellgelb.

[frankc]

I have not yet been able to find a listing for my "Paint to Sample" color of 252-9-3.
If I provide a the body shop or paint supplier with the number (252) and manufacturer (Herberts, I believe), will they be able to look up the formula for the paint? Is the 252 simply a number that indexes the pigments needed to mix the color, or does the number itself encode the pigments in some way?

Thanks

[Carl Bauer]

Frank,

252 is simply the number that indexes the pigments needed to mix the color.

Is this 252 code on your '73 or '77?

[frankc]

Is this 252 code on your '73 or '77?

Carl,
For the '73. I posted this before on a different thread, but here it is again for convenience:

[Carl Bauer]

200's are greens in the Porsche scheme of things so you're in the ballpark.

[frankc]

252 is simply the number that indexes the pigments needed to mix the color.

Carl,
One more question on this topic. Is the paint number (e.g.; 252) unique to each paint manufacturer, or is this an industry standard? That is, would paint number 252 be the same color for Herberts and Glasurit?

[Carl Bauer]

Frank,

252 is the auto manufacturers number. All paint companies should recognize this number and have a formula to recreate it but it's not always the case. For instance I wanted the formulation for 024 Frasie but Glasurit (for some odd reason) doesn't have the formulation for it. Their sister brand RM does but the formula won't translate over.

Try searching for 252 in the Glasurit database here: http://coloronline.glasurit.com/ Lots of other automakers used a code 252 and it's possible the first owner of your car chose a color from a different automaker instead of a color from Porsche's palette.

Carl,
One more question on this topic. Is the paint number (e.g.; 252) unique to each paint manufacturer, or is this an industry standard? That is, would paint number 252 be the same color for Herberts and Glasurit?