Standard and Special Colors for late 64 until May 65 901/911 ?

Dave I thought Golf Blue was a 1966 MY color - 6603
I have a lot of golfblau 66 MY cars on my database - the earliest being 302136, a RHD one, with a Kardex date of 17 September 1965

6403 in 64 and 65 was emailleblau

Here is my Kardex. Thanks for looking.

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Dave
I think that this is a great example of the fact that nothing about these car is ever for certain and there can and are outliers to the perceived facts

It is quite possible that this color was being tested during the latter half of the 65MY and anyway there are always exceptions to be found (including errors on Kardexes) However with both the numbes and the words on the kardex I think that you probably have the first car painted in Golfblau (unless it was offered as a special color for 356's)

Just to show that there are similar events here is another 65 MY car with a 66 MY paint also coincidentally (or maybe not) a blue
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This one completed early June 1965 is shown as 6608 Agablau on the kardex

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Dave,
Hugh,

the paint chart W25, listing the 66** colors has a print date of 5.65.
The previous mentioned 64** color codes had been valid up to this 5.65 release.
There had been for sure early internal notes to the sales stuff and dealers in which these „new colors“ had been announced.
I expect quite some more overlapping 66** codes cars having still the 64/65 MY characteristics, being delivered prior to the MY change.

Nevertheless the Lesonal internal color code for the Golf Blue is already posted in #72.

So for me it is a standard order in standard available configuration.
But i t has to be acknowledged - a very early appearance of Golf Blau, a direct placed order from Sonauto, to have it maybe for the showroom, with european gauges, and for the winter ski enthusiasts, equipped with the ski rack.

a very nice combination, definitely

enjoy
br
haul

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Martin,

we have this doc from Eric Lindens father already discussed very early on.

Thank you to everyone for chiming in. I appreciate it. Does anyone have the data to see how many of the first 15-1600 cars were ordered with Golf Blue? Any with a Fawn interior? From HughH’s perspective, there may be only a handful or less?
I am always drawn to the unique and I was unaware of any of this when I first bought it. I kept trying to buy it for two years before I finally got it. I feel like I’ve had a little good luck here. The post from #72 tells me that it was not an official color at the time my car was ordered. Thus the Lesonal number was used. The brochure was printed 5.65 and the car was delivered that same month.
Good stuff and thanks again. Keep it coming.