Blue or Black

[BIG-G]

Hi Gents

We are currently stripping a 1982 911sc Targa and notice that the chassis is originally painted in the Light Blue metallic of that year however the car is in fact Black and the VIN confirms this as a black car. Does anyone have information or as heard of the Stuttgart factory or Porsche North America back in the 1980's changing a cars color pre registration its a little strange.

let me know your thoughts

Cheers
G

[moito]

my fist thought would be that there is something fishy with the VIN

[blucille]

The metallic part throws me off.

I’ve seen many original paint black cars that have a light to medium blue in various places in the trunk, engine compartment and under the carpet.

[BIG-G]

We are probably assuming its Metallic as that is the closest color on the paint charts that we can see but the color is everywhere

[BIG-G]

my fist thought would be that there is something fishy with the VIN

Yes that was my first feeling however the numbers stamped on the dash also correspond to the same year and Targa Model as the VIN states plus zero evidence of foul play not to mention it is a matching numbers engine and Trans.
If someone said they Paint primer the chassis in Blue first it would make sense