yet another '67 fuel tank color question. ( sigh!)(groan)

[Silverbullit]

I'm not critiquing this car in any way, but it was posted here as a completely original example. In this photo the fuel tank is black, and I recall reading somewhere that the switch to grey occurred during '67 production. Thoughts on this?

[Silverbullit]

This grey has a just a touch of green in it (I've got 30+ years in the apparel business).

Thanks

OK, so what tie would go with this, stripes or print?

[304065]

The tanks started out a lighter gray and over time fade to a darker gray/brown color.

[Schiefer]

These pictures posted by Bryce in another thread are pretty interesting. Wish these were in color, but gives an idea about the tanks.

https://revslib.stanford.edu/?utf8=✓...q=Porsche+911S

[friggens]

That photo looks exactly like my tank which is definately original. Not that it doesn't need to be refinished mind you

[Silverbullit]

My original tank was also dark grey (almost black) as EriK describes. I keep seeing the lighter 'beige-grey' color applied and have long questioned it. Thanks all.

[mike curnow]

I owned these cars back in 1968, the tanks were gray, about the shade of grey primer. How often do we need to go over this subject ?

[Silverbullit]

Well, if you take a moment to actually read the posts in this thread, you'll discover that a fair number of the earlier cars had a very dark, almost black color, which is not at all like "grey primer". Sorry this is boring to you.

[gsjohnson]

I owned these cars back in 1968, the tanks were gray, about the shade of grey primer. How often do we need to go over this subject ?

We are talking about MY 67, not MY 68.

[mike curnow]

Did you own these cars in 1968, did you ever hear of fading, or people repainting them over the last 46 years ?